Reliable Robotics, a leader in safety-enhancing aircraft automation systems, today announced completion of a KC-135 Stratotanker Automation Study for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The study was ...

The Boeing Company (BA) recently secured a contract involving its KC-135 refueling tanker aircraft. The award has been offered by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Oklahoma City, OK. Valued at ...

The next-gen "multirole tanker," in addition to advanced refueling systems, has "defensive countermeasures" and "secure ...

Airmen from the US Air Force's 22nd Air Refueling Wing Innovation Lab at McConnell Air Force Base have invented a new remote start device for the KC-46A Pegasus, called the Auxiliary Power Unit Start ...

Lockheed Martin first rolled out its A330 MRTT-derived proposal, known as the LMXT, in September 2021. This would have involved converting Airbus A330s into an Air Force-specific MRTT configuration at ...

The U.S. Air Force is partnering with Merlin to test its autonomous flight technology, Merlin Pilot, on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. Testing will involve progressively autonomous aerial refueling ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A KC-135 refueling tanker made a “nose landing” at Sioux Gateway Airport, Wednesday afternoon. A spokesperson for the 185th Air Refueling Wing said, in a statement, the Iowa Air ...

An Iowa Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker crash-landed at Sioux City Air National Guard Base when its nose gear failed to deploy during a training mission. All five crew members on board were ...

The U.S. Air Force has developed a method for launching small drones from its KC-135 aerial refueling tankers and is studying the implementation of the modifications to the aircraft. According to the ...

UK investigators have underlined the importance of transponders, after a serious airprox incident in which a US Air Force Boeing KC-135 carried out an evasive manoeuvre to avoid an undetected glider.

First phase of funded study provides key insights for full large aircraft and boom automation MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reliable Robotics, a leader in safety-enhancing aircraft ...