The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker remains one of the longest-serving military aircraft in history, a true workhorse that has supported USA operations around the globe for nearly seven decades. Since its ...

Autonomous flight technology start-up Merlin says it has launched flight testing on its proprietary pilot system, using a Boeing KC-135 tanker. The Boston-based company on 16 August said it has ...

Merlin and SNC conducted three test flights in July to gather data for a planned KC-135 autonomous flight demonstration. Credit: U.S. Air Force Boston-based startup Merlin, partnered with Sierra ...

Investigators probing the loss of a U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker in Kyrgyzstan last year have concluded that component failure and a lack of crew experience were key factors in the ...

Acceptance of the "airworthiness plan" allows the KC-135 autonomous flight test program to get underway, Merlin said. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] The U.S. Air Force has signed off on a plan to put AI ...

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.

The Boeing Company BA recently secured an order worth $2.38 billion from the U.S. Air Force to manufacture 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers. This contract win should significantly ...