Aviation Week: What went wrong with the KC-46’s fuel system

Aviation Week scored an exclusive interview with Brig. Gen. Duke Richardson, the program executive officer for all U.S. Air Force tanker programs, and he was able to shed some light on the difficulties Boeing encountered while designing the fuel system for the KC-46A.

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Serious delays with the flight test program of the new tanker could be attributed to struggles by Boeing to get the fuel-management system working as promised.

Source: Aviation Week: What went wrong with the KC-46’s fuel system