USAF To Start Flight Testing KC-46 Pod Amid Mobility Data Push

A KC-46 refuels an F-35.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force is finally nearly ready to start flight testing a communications pod for the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus that has long been in the works under its Advance Battle Management System (ABMS) effort focused on sharing data between fifth-generation fighters. The service says...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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