The U.S. Air Force has broken ground on a new KC-46A Pegasus sustainment campus at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma, the service announced Monday.
The future 158-acre site will be the new aerial refueling tanker's home for maintenance, repair and overhaul operations, the service said in a statement.
It is estimated the new facility will create more than 1,300 jobs for the state and local community.
The project brings a number of hangars, ramp infrastructure, software innovation labs and engine test facilities.
The CWG JV company will build the campus on Tinker's south side.
The land was bought by the Air Force, Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County.
The service paid $8 million, the city's share was $23.5 million and the county paid $12.5 million for the land, formerly owned by Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co., the Air Force said.
The Pegasus is the first phase of a three-part effort to replace the Air Force's aging tanker fleet.
It can refuel any fixed-wing receiver capable aircraft.
The first Pegasus is slated to arrive at Tinker in 2018.
DCS Corp. awarded change proposal for KC-46A mission planning
Alexandria, Va. (UPI) Aug 8, 2016 –
DCS Corp. has been awarded an engineering change proposal for K-46A Pegasus mission planning under the Mobility Air Forces delivery order on the U.S. Air Force's Mission Planning Enterprise Contract II, or MPEC II, the company announced Monday.
The order, valued at about $7.9 million, has a 26-month period of performance, DCS said in a statement.
MPEC II provides aircraft mission planning systems for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.
Under the delivery order, DCS will provide mission planning software development and integration to create a joint mission planning system mission planning environment for the KC-46A aircraft.
The effort builds upon similar initiatives DCS developed for the C-5, KC-135, KC-10 and various blocks of the C-130J, C-17 and C-130.
Work will be performed in New Hampshire and Maryland.
The Boeing-built Pegasus is a multi-role tanker that can refuel all U.S., allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures.
