There is a "high risk" that the Boeing KC-46A tanker will not be ready in time for its initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) in 2016, a report to Congress disclosed on 29 January. According to the annual report by the US Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E), IOT&E for the KC-46A is expected to be delayed by six months to a year. Boeing is currently putting the finishing touches to the first of four test platforms that have been contracted under the USD3.9 billion engineering, manufacture, and development phase of the US Air Force's (USAF's) KC-X programme, with the remaining three now in varying stages of production at the company's 767 airliner line at Everett, near Seattle in Washington.
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