Northrop Grumman Tanker Team Will Complete All Four Tanker Airframes in 2009, Two Airframes Ready to Begin Military Modification Now
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Tanker team announced yesterday that all four initial tanker System Design and Development (SDD) airframes are scheduled for final assembly and initial flight testing by the end of 2009. The first two SDD airframes have been built and flown, and are awaiting modification to the tanker configuration.
The initial KC-45 contract calls for four SDD aircraft before transitioning to Initial Low Rate Production.
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