AAR selected to provide KC-46 palletized seating to U.S. Air Force

AAR has been selected to provide the United States Air Force (USAF) with palletized seating systems to accommodate passenger carriage in KC-46 aircrafts in 10- or 12-seat configurations. The contract with AAR’s Mobility Systems is valued at just under US$5m, with ordering periods through the end of DoD’s FY19. This contract supports the USAF’s newest air refueling tanker aircraft, the KC-46 Pegasus. The wide-body, multi-role tanker can refuel all US, allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures. For the first delivery, multiple sets of 12-passenger and 10-passenger seat pallets, valued at approximately US$2m, have been ordered by the USAF to support the Initial Test and Evaluation of the KC-46 Tanker Program.