at the company's 767 production facility in Everett, WA, the assembly team laid down an 82.4-ft (25-m) wing spar as the first step in assembling the widebody, multirole tanker. Derived from Boeing ...

The first engineering and manufacturing development aircraft of Boeing’s KC-46 tanker programme has completed its first airworthiness flight equipped with an aerial refuelling boom and wing air ...

This work will include incorporating a new glass cockpit and the installation of replacement GE Aviation CF6-80C2 engines, plus under-wing hose ... one converted 767 tanker to Colombia.

Jim Albaugh, head of Boeing defense, said the company could offer the U.S. Air Force either a tanker based on its 767 or its 777 jet ... looking at designing a new wing for the 777 to keep ...

Bowman said Boeing's commercial wing was cooperating closely on the tanker proposal, and was ready to support either the 767 or 777, depending on what Boeing decided to offer. "Whether it's a 767 ...

With either date, a final service-ready design for a tanker or other military-spec aircraft, would still be years away. “Blended wing body aircraft ... is based on the Boeing 767, which first ...

The spar is fully preformed here and being prepared for transfer to the production tool for resin transfer molding (RTM). Photo Credit, all images: GKN Aerospace There is, arguably, no single ...