The idea of a KC-390 with a boom has gotten a new breath of life, and could be ideal for bringing fuel to far-flung edges of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Business Insider recently interviewed a US Air Force boom operator at a base in England. The boom operator is responsible for ...

In three distinct occurrences, the KC-46A Pegasus’s refueling boom has caused over $22 million of damage every bit of it traced to the same design flaw: too much stiffness in the boom’s telescoping ...

Brazilian airframer Embraer and US defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman are teaming up to add an in-flight refuelling boom to Embraer’s KC-390 multi-role tanker. The pair announced their new ...

The U.S. Air Force expects to field a fix for the stiff aerial refueling boom (ARB) on the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker late in fiscal 2027. “The stiff boom deficiency is being resolved via the boom ...

The deal aims to court international buyers and the Air Force as it sketches out its future refueling program.

Embraer and Northrop Grumman aim to offer advanced aerial refueling options amid a tanker capability gap in the U.S. and other Allied air forces. The two firms will combine their technical expertise ...

The upgrades will enable the KC-390 to refuel more aircraft types and expand its mission roles.

Thousands of feet up and racing across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, US Air Force tankers close to within just 12 feet of fighter jets to refuel them in flight, sometimes as little as 8 feet, ...