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Boeing, the company building the tanker, noticed this spring that vibrations from a KC-46 fuel pump were damaging air ducts in its bleed air system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kevin Stamey, the Air Force\u2019s program executive officer for mobility and training aircraft, told reporters Tuesday Boeing has worked quickly to repair damaged ducts and the program is currently testing a workaround for the issue. A longer-term design fix is likely, he added, noting that the deficiency may soon be downgraded to a lower category because of these measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe potentially have a path to downgrade that as we work toward a permanent fix,\u201d he said during a media briefing at the Air Force\u2019s Life Cycle Industry Day conference in Dayton, Ohio. \u201cThe mitigation is designed to minimize the damage caused by the vibration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force and Boeing are in varying stages of resolving seven Category 1 deficiencies. Col. David Hall, senior materiel leader for the program, said during the same briefing that three of those are close to a resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the more high-profile issues involves  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/02\/22\/after-long-costly-road-air-force-happy-with-new-kc-46-vision-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">the tanker\u2019s remote vision system<\/a>, or RVS \u2014 a camera system that tanker operators use to a refuel a receiver aircraft. After years of delay and rework, the Air Force in 2022 approved a redesign of Boeing\u2019s design, dubbed RVS 2.0, that addresses image distortion and shadowing issues in the previous version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RVS 2.0 was supposed to be delivered this year, but that timeline <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2024\/03\/14\/revamped-kc-46-vision-system-slipping-into-2026-nearly-two-years-late\/\" target=\"_blank\">has since shifted to 2026<\/a>. Stamey said a recent schedule risk assessment indicates that spring of that year is the target for that delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing is also redesigning the tanker\u2019s boom actuator, which is required to ensure it can safely fuel the A-10. Stamey said the company has completed prototype hardware for the fix and began lab testing it in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per its development contract with the Air Force, Boeing must pay to fix most of the Category 1 deficiencies discovered before the program\u2019s initial operational test and evaluation concludes. 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