The Ministry of National Defense announced that on September 29, at the General Aviation Staff (GAA), a meeting was held between a representative of the American Boeing and relevant staff of the GAA. The purpose of the meeting was the presentation of the KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft. The KC-46A Pegasus is an evolution of the KC-767, which is based on the civilian 767-200ER. The KC-767 first flew in May 2005 and has been selected by Italy, Japan and Colombia. The KC-46A Pegasus is an evolution of the KC-767, it flew for the first time in September 2015 and was selected by the US Air Force in the context of the new KC-X aerial refueling aircraft competition.
It should be noted that the KC-46A Pegasus is experiencing a problem with the RVS 2.0 (Remote Vision System 2.0). In April 2022, it was announced that Boeing had committed to fixing the problem at its own expense. RVS 2.0 is a vision system, both of the aircraft’s Boom System operator and of the Boom System itself. Control of the Boom system is achieved through a stereoscopic vision system, which combines two-dimensional and three-dimensional images, produced by electro-optical and infrared systems in the tail section of the aircraft.
The KC-46A Pegasus requires a crew of three (3) (two pilots and one refueling operator), while the aircraft also has 15 seats for additional personnel. In personnel transport configuration, it can accommodate 114 seats or 58 patients/casualties. In the cargo version it can carry 18 463L pallets or 29.5 tons of cargo. Its dimensions (length x width x height) are 50.5 meters x 48.1 meters x 15.9 meters. It weighs 188.24 tons empty, while the amount of fuel carried is 96.297 tons. It incorporates two (2) Pratt & Whitney PW4062 engines with a maximum power of 280 kN each. Its cruising speed is 851 kilometers per hour and its standard range is 11,830 kilometers.
