AFA’s 2017 Air, Space & Cyber Conference was the best-attended yet, beating last year’s attendance figures by more than 1,000 people and boasting many more exhibitors, as well.
Boeing’s receipt of the 10th lot contract award for the KC-46 Pegasus this week leaves just three lots left to complete the Air Force’s buy of the tanker, although a further buy of 75 additional aircraft as a “bridge” to the Next-Generation Aerial-refueling System (NGAS) seems increasingly likely.