The U.S. Air Force has exercised the option for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's second Boeing [NYSE: BA] KC-46 tanker through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) process.
Boeing was awarded the initial FMS contract for Japan's first KC-46 aircraft and miscellaneous logistics services in December 2017 following the Japan Ministry of Defense's KC-X aerial refueling competition.
The KC-46 is a multirole tanker designed to refuel all allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures and can carry passengers, cargo and patients.
Boeing began developing the KC-46A Pegasus tanker for the U.S. Air Force in 2011 and is assembling the 767-derivative aircraft at its Everett, Wash., facility.
