The KC-46A is designed for inflight refueling and after nearly 100 have been delivered it continues to be improved, with the latest contract for 15 of the aircraft worth $2.47 billion for Boeing.
Manufacturing Extension Partnerships need a re-examination, say some, while others find the Trump-administration cuts tone-deaf to the needs of manufacturers.
“An array of challenges are keeping manufacturing in the doldrums – apart from robust factory activity tied to AI,” says Nationwide Financial Markets Economist Oren Klachkin.
