That high tech remote viewing refueling boom system for Boeing's KC-46 is facing a 19 month delay.
McDonnel Aircraft Corporation has destroyed 2 national treasures, Douglas and now Boeing.
This is what happens when MBA types take over engineering driven company:
The KC-46’s new remote vision system (RVS) will not be operational until October 2025, a 19-month delay from the previous plan as the U.S. Air Force and Boeing negotiate subcontractor development timelines as well as both service and FAA airworthiness processes.
Boeing and Air Force officials had planned for the new RVS system to be operational in 2024, stemming from the April 2020 agreement between the two sides to overhaul the system’s cameras and sensors and redesign the boom operator station. The service in an Oct. 7 statement says the delay will involve no additional costs to the government, since there have been no changes to the government-furnished design specification that was on contract under the preliminary design review earlier this year.
The critical design review (CDR) for the RVS 2.0 overhaul is still ongoing, as the Air Force and Boeing still need to finalize a way ahead for airworthiness certification of the commercial-off-the-shelf cameras that will be installed. Those issues are due to be resolved by year’s end. Other noncritical actions are being addressed as well, but the closure is not needed to finish the CDR, the service says. As part of the agreement for the cameras, Boeing will pay about $125 million for nonrecurring engineering for wiring and other preparations, while the Air Force will pay to furnish the cameras.
“Our defense industrial base continues to face supply chain issues and we’re seeing effects in the acquisition schedules of technically complex systems, such as the KC-46 Remote Visual System 2.0,” Andrew Hunter, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, says in a statement. “We’ll continue to examine possible opportunities to accelerate the schedule to bring this increased operational capability to the tanker fleet. KC-46s will continue to support worldwide deployments to meet the daily Joint Force air refueling demands.”
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