Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter indicated he was leaning toward buying 75 more KC-46A tankers as a bridge to an accelerated next-gen program.
“If the [KC-Y] competition doesn't go forward, I'm not convinced the next competition would be for a [clean-sheet KC-Z]," said Larry Gallogly, Lockheed’s LMXT campaign director.
WASHINGTON -Lockheed Martin on Monday announced that a future U.S. Air Force midair refueling tanker would be made in Alabama and Georgia, potentially creating 1,300 new jobs between the two sites,.
Lockheed Martin plans to offer the LMXT for the US Air Force's KC-Y tanker programme. The LMXT is based on the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport. A Lockheed Martin-led team will build its proposed LMXT aerial refuelling aircraft in Ala.