The Air Force now says the KC-46A Pegasus Remote Vision System 2.0 has been fixed and tested, clearing the tanker program for production integration in 2028. Troy Meink told a Senate defence subcommittee that Boeing and the service have closed the core defect that plagued aerial refuelling operations and drove years of retrofit work.
The update follows Boeing’s 3 June completion of the first flight-test phase, with remaining work still centred on lab and flight testing plus formal Air Force certification. The service and Boeing also signed a 12 May memorandum to accelerate fielding, pair the new system with performance-based logistics, and reuse early-production aircraft. The package is designed to lift KC-46A availability by more than 20% by 2030, while the fleet retrofit cycle is expected to run about seven years.
For operators, the issue is shifting from fix validation to fleet transition.