Boeing KC-767 Tanker Completes Test Milestone
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 26, 2006 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] KC-767 Tanker extends its fifth-generation, fly-by-wire boom telescoping tube for the first time during recent tests. The future Italian tanker has surpassed 400 flight hours, completed its first phase of boom-free, air-stability testing and has begun fuel off-load testing on the ground.
| A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense business. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $30.8 billion business. It provides network-centric system solutions to its global military, government and commercial customers. It is a leading provider of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; the world's largest military aircraft manufacturer; the world's largest satellite manufacturer; a foremost developer of advanced concepts and technologies; a leading provider of space-based communications; the primary systems integrator for U.S. missile defense; NASA's largest contractor; and a global leader in sustainment solutions and launch services. |
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Contact Info:
Bill Barksdale
Boeing Tanker Communications
office: (314) 232-0860
office: (314) 707-3294
william.a.barksdale@boeing.com
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