...a tanker. Boeing is considering both the KC-767 and KC- 777, depending on how the USAF sets the requirements for the...Boeing Boeing is considering upping its offer to use the KC- 777 Murray described the issue as a matter of maintaining...

... US Air Force tanker RFP reveals KC- 777 offer By Guy Norris The US Air...prompted Boeing to unveil its proposed KC- 777 tanker as a running mate to the KC...it is believed the inclusion of the KC- 777 may be unlikely in the first tender...

...proposals based on either the KC-767 or KC- 777, says Rick Lemaster, Boeing's KC...Boeing's strategy for offering the KC- 777 (below), Lemaster says. Boeing...considered if Boeing decides to offer the KC- 777. However, engines that have not been...

...capacity to carry fuel than the KC-767. One of Boeing’s options to counter this advantage is to change its offer to the KC- 777, although this could significantly drive up development and acquisition costs compared to its original bid. Extending...

...late next year. Boeing plans to offer the KC-767 or KC- 777, while Northrop Grumman is teamed with EADS North America...KC-767, which is smaller than the KC-330, or the KC- 777, which is larger. Observers believe the decision will...

...consider capabilities beyond the baseline requirement. Boeing says these changes came too late for it to switch to a KC- 777, but that aircraft was never more than a brochure, and almost certainly would have been too big. EADS will be...

...most in line with replacing the KC-10s downstream, the KC- 777 would be a good solution," says McGraw. The notional...Z requirement, but McGraw says: "We could launch a KC- 777 at any time as long as the 777 platform is still viable...

...providing the most fuel offload capacity compared with the KC-767. Boeing has the option of switching to the even larger KC- 777, but that could dramatically raise the costs and risks of its proposal. Both competitors have expressed a willingness...

...formerly KC-30, is a modified Airbus A330-200. The competitor, Boeing, can choose between the KC-767 or the KC- 777, with the former a smaller and potentially less costly option to the KC-45. Moreover, KC-45's key advantages...

...Boeing might yet have to ditch the KC-767 in favour of a KC- 777 proposal intended to trump the Airbus A330-based KC-30. The company has released fresh performance data on the KC- 777 concept, which it says will carry a maximum fuel load...

...mark in age, our men and women in uniform should not be asked to wait any longer." Boeing considered offering the KC- 777 in the first competition, but instead decided to propose the KC-767 after reviewing the USAF's evaluation terms...

...family and the 777-200ER, in particular. Sharply departing from claims in the previous competition, Bowman says a KC- 777 can be developed on a similar timeline and budget as a KC-767. The 777 option should offer Boeing a size advantage...

...777, but "we were discouraged [by the air force] from doing so". But at the time the final RFP was released, the KC- 777 was little more than a brochure, whereas the KC-767 was flying. Thompson believes Northrop prevailed largely because...

...Airbus and Boeing. The USAF request for proposals (RFT), issued in September, has prompted Boeing to unveil its proposed KC- 777 tanker as a running mate to the KC-767. Each must also meet stringent US government International Trade in...

...go forward,” says Chadwick, who adds: “we do have options”. Boeing has conducted previous design studies on a KC- 777 tanker, which would be larger than the KC-30. Dave Bowman, a former head of Boeing’s C-17 strategic transport...

...whether to offer "a tanker closer in size to the KC-135 or a larger tanker more focused on transport" - the KC-767 or KC- 777 respectively. The KC-30 has a greater refuelling and airlift capacity than the KC-767, but the commercial A330...

...an all-new 767-200 variant. One of Boeing's options to counter this advantage is to change its offer to the KC- 777, although this could significantly drive up development and acquisition costs compared with its original bid. It could...

...contains major changes to the evaluation criteria. All options, including offering a larger version of the KC-767 or the KC- 777, remain on the table. Northrop, meanwhile, supports the changes that the DoD intends to make to the proposal...

...providing the most fuel offload capacity compared with the KC-767. Boeing has the option of switching to the even larger KC- 777, but that could dramatically raise the costs and risks of its proposal. Both competitors have expressed a willingness...