{"id":33227,"date":"2017-12-03T00:47:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T00:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/03\/boeing-will-miss-2017-delivery-goal-for-first-kc-46\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:44:05","slug":"boeing-will-miss-2017-delivery-goal-for-first-kc-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2017\/12\/03\/boeing-will-miss-2017-delivery-goal-for-first-kc-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing will miss 2017 delivery goal for first KC-46"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIMI VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 Boeing will miss its self-imposed goal to deliver the first KC-46 tanker to the Air Force by the end of the year, the head of the company\u2019s defense business told Defense News in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not going to be delivering a tanker this year,\u201d Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense and Security, said Saturday on the sidelines of the Reagan National Defense Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis has been a focus of mine since I\u2019ve taken over this role. The team has been persistent, they have a lot of grit, they\u2019re continuing to drive it,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are extremely close, we will be delivering those in 2018 and there is no doubt in my mind that this is a great franchise for the Boeing Company and we are delivering an incredible capability to the United States Air Force and to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/reagan-defense-forum\/\" data-original-title=\"\" title=\"\">Click here for more from Reagan National Defense Forum! <\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing is contractually required to deliver 18 certified KC-46s and nine refueling pods by October 2018 or face additional penalties, but is not bound by the terms of its fixed-price contract with the Air Force to hand over the first aircraft by a certain date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As such, the company will not be subject to a fee \u2014 a minor point of consolation for Boeing, which has already had to pay $2.9 billion pretax , or about $1.9 billion after tax, because of the numerous cost overruns and delays associated with the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2017\/10\/25\/boeing-hit-with-another-kc-46-cost-overrun-this-time-worth-329m\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17BFT000088_036_sm.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Boeing hit with another KC-46 cost overrun, this time worth $329M<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Under its fixed-price contract, the company has now had to cough up about $2.9 billion in pretax fees \u2014 or about $1.9 billion after tax \u2014 as delays and cost overruns mount.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing has already missed its original deadline in August 2017 to deliver the first 18 KC-46s, and first delivery has also slipped a couple times since then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. 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Arnold Bunch, the Air Force\u2019s uniformed head of acquisition, said the service has been made aware that Boeing will not be able to deliver the first tanker until 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve said all along that we thought it would be later than what they have been predicted, but the point on it is that Boeing is still very committed to the program,\u201d he added. \u201cThey are a great partner, they are definitely committed and are throwing resources at the program to get it to go forward, and we\u2019re doing everything we can to provide the resources to make them successful at getting it done as quickly as they can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bunch said the Air Force had expected to accept the first KC-46 in March, but now \u201cwe think it may be a little later than that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force plans to purchase 179 KC-46s during its program of record, and Boeing is 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