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Pentagon orders 3rd LRIP lot for KC-46A

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Boeing has been awarded a $2.1 billion Low Rate Initial Production contract for 15 KC-46As. This is the third lot ordered.

Boeing Flight Test & Evaluation (28081863073)
By US Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

This award brings the total number of tankers purchased by the Air Force to 34, the press release stated.

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