Boeing Risks U.S. Air Force Penalties on Aerial Tanker’s Delay
- Payments could be held or contractor’s Pentagon rating lowered
- Company CEO says ‘we’re not discovering new technical issues’
The KC-46.
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Boeing Co.’s delay in delivering aerial refueling tankers to the U.S. Air Force may bring the company financial penalties or negative ratings that could affect future contracts, according to a service document.
The Air Force office that’s overseeing the company’s $4.8 billion contract to develop and build the first KC-46 tankers said in a quarterly update that it “will use all the tools available to motivate Boeing to meet its schedule commitments and penalize Boeing when it fails to meet schedule commitments.”