“This technology resulted from the hard work and innovative spirit of dedicated, professional teams from Rockwell Collins, Boeing, and the Air Force. This unique mobile KC-46A trailer housed the exact replica of the KC-46A flightdeck, which caught the imagination of Air Force pilots. “The cutting-edge technology developed for the RVS defies anything that’s previously been used for airborne refueling,” said Dave Schreck, Rockwell Collins’ vice president and general manager for Airborne Solutions. The unique RVS platform combines two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) vision technologies using visible and long-wave infrared optical spectra for safe refueling of aircraft in all weather and possible threat conditions. The Remote Visions System (RVS) combines different optical wavelengths and detection technologies for complete cockpit vision aboard the U.S. The KC-46 is a tanker aircraft and is the newest addition to Altus AFB’s fleet. A KC-46A Pegasus arrives at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Jan. Sean Robinson, 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work leader, demonstrates how to remove a stuck screw from a KC-46 Pegasus panel at Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, April 18, 2023. The firm provides flight displays, communications, networking, and remote vision for refueling and other systems on the KC-46A. Despite growing pains, KC-46 tanker will begin ‘limited operations’. Nearly 180 of the aircraft will be built and supplied to the USAF over the next several years.Įquipped with the Remote Visions System (RVS) from Rockwell Collins, the aircraft can also detect, avoid, defeat, and survive threats. 2X more passengersWith ample room for passengers, the KC-46A can hold twice as many people as the KC-135. 3X more palletsThe KC-46A holds as many pallets as a C-17. The KC-46A Pegasus is a wide body tanker aircraft that can provide in-air refueling of U.S., allied, and coalition military aircraft. With a large cargo door and cargo rollers, the KC-46A is adaptable to rapid cargo loading and mission versatility for Agile Combat Employment.

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Air Force has looked to Boeing and its KC-46A tanker aircraft as part of the plan to upgrade the service’s tanker fleet. A KC-46 Pegasus, center, refuels an F-15C Eagle over the Gulf of Mexico on Nov.

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