Boeing KC-46 aerial tanker schedule 'unlikely to be executed' on time

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Boeing's KC-46 Pegasus refueling jet is unlikely to meet its "aggressive" schedule, according to the annual report from the Department of Defense's Director of Operational Test & Evaluation.

Boeing is scheduled to start delivering the tankers to Air Force bases in late 2017.

"Execution of the current schedule assumes historically unrealistic test aircraft fly and re-fly rates," the report says. The three-page Pegasus section from the report is below.

"We’re working in lockstep with the Air Force and have a plan in place to execute aircraft build, test and delivery," Boeing spokesman Charles Ramey said Monday.

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1. Call in the Dealer-in-Chief Donald. He can re-negotiate small engines for the

aircraft. If more efficiency is needed, he can raise the cargo capacity.

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2. Smart