简氏防务视角之十二：波音已开始建造最后的KC-46A测试机

资料来自简氏防务网站，5th译制出品。
Boeing has begun assembly of the fourth and final KC-46A aerial refuelling aircraft currently under contract as part of the USD3.9 billion engineering, manufacture, and development (EMD) phase of the US Air Force's (USAF's) KC-X programme, the company announced on 16 January 2014.

波音公司在2014年1月16日宣布，第四架也是最后一架KC-46A空中加油机测试机已经开始装配了。该机属于价值39亿美元的美国空军KC-X计划的工程设计，制造和发展（EMD）阶段的一部分。

All four test aircraft are now under varying stages of construction on the 767 airliner line at Boeing's Everett manufacturing facility near Seattle, Washington. The KC-X contract will see the first 18 KC-46As built and delivered to the USAF by 2017, with a further 161 following by 2027 if all the options are exercised. In all, the USAF stands to receive 179 KC-46A under KC-X, including the four test platforms which will be refurbished and re-delivered as operational tankers.

所有的四架测试机都是在波音767客机的基础上改装的变种，这些改装工作都在波音位于埃弗雷特的制造厂进行。这份合同将会在2017年第一批交付18架KC-46A，如果一切顺利的话，美国空军将会在2027年拥有161架更多的KC-46A。总的来说，美国空军可以通过这一合同获得179架KC-46A，包括用于测试的4架。

The first 767-200ER-derived test aircraft is scheduled to be rolled out of Everett later in January. The company plans to fly the fully provisioned tanker for the first time in early 2015, to be followed in 2016 by the first delivery to the USAF.

第一架767-200ER测试机计划在1月份下半月推出。波音公司计划在2015第一次试飞满载的加油机，紧接着在2016年向美国空军首次交付。

Although based on the 767-200ER (Extended Range) passenger aircraft, the KC-46A will in fact be a 767-2C provisioned freighter with a 767-400 flight deck. This flight deck will feature the Rockwell Collins large format displays of the 787 airliner.

虽然是基于767-200ER运输机改装的，但是KC-46A将会以767-2C为基础再加上个767-400的飞行控制台。该飞行控制台是以787的飞行控制台为基础设计的。

With the KC-46A based on the 767 airliner, of which more than 1,000 have been built to date, Boeing hopes to tap into economies of scale with the global manufacturing, support, and sustainment infrastructure. Company officials have previously told IHS Jane's that more than 95% of the 767's existing commercial supplier base will be involved on the KC-46A programme, and that two-thirds of the tanker's workforce are from Boeing Commercial (this is a business model that Boeing has carried over from the 737-derived P-8 Poseidon multimission maritime aircraft it is building for the US and Indian navies).

因为KC-46A是基于767制造的,而767拥有在全球拥有超过1000架的制造总数，所以波音公司希望将其和全球的制造，支持基础设施一起运营以增大经济效益。波音公司的高官告诉记者，现存767服务基地的95%都将会加入KC-46A计划，并且三分之二的加油劳动力都是来自波音商用飞机公司的。（具体就不解释了）

As part of its planning for the type's introduction into service, the USAF announced in July 2013 that it had stood up the 418th Flight Test Squadron (FTS), Detachment 1, for the KC-46A at Boeing Field near Seattle. The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Defense Contract Management Agency, and the Federal Aviation Administration will join the 418th FTS at Boeing Field.

为了介绍这款加油机进入服役，美国空军在2013年6月宣布将派出其第418飞行试验中队第1小队进行试飞工作。美国空军作战测试和评估中心，国防合约管理局和联邦航空管理局将会介入试飞工作。
Test work will also take place at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in California, and from the test integrated product team in the programme office at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.

测试工作也会在加利福尼亚州的爱德华空军基地进行，并且由来自俄亥俄州的怀特森空军基地的测试集成产品小队进行。

呵呵，5th又偷懒了，真是不好意思。

资料来自简氏防务网站，5th译制出品。
Boeing has begun assembly of the fourth and final KC-46A aerial refuelling aircraft currently under contract as part of the USD3.9 billion engineering, manufacture, and development (EMD) phase of the US Air Force's (USAF's) KC-X programme, the company announced on 16 January 2014.

波音公司在2014年1月16日宣布，第四架也是最后一架KC-46A空中加油机测试机已经开始装配了。该机属于价值39亿美元的美国空军KC-X计划的工程设计，制造和发展（EMD）阶段的一部分。

All four test aircraft are now under varying stages of construction on the 767 airliner line at Boeing's Everett manufacturing facility near Seattle, Washington. The KC-X contract will see the first 18 KC-46As built and delivered to the USAF by 2017, with a further 161 following by 2027 if all the options are exercised. In all, the USAF stands to receive 179 KC-46A under KC-X, including the four test platforms which will be refurbished and re-delivered as operational tankers.

所有的四架测试机都是在波音767客机的基础上改装的变种，这些改装工作都在波音位于埃弗雷特的制造厂进行。这份合同将会在2017年第一批交付18架KC-46A，如果一切顺利的话，美国空军将会在2027年拥有161架更多的KC-46A。总的来说，美国空军可以通过这一合同获得179架KC-46A，包括用于测试的4架。

The first 767-200ER-derived test aircraft is scheduled to be rolled out of Everett later in January. The company plans to fly the fully provisioned tanker for the first time in early 2015, to be followed in 2016 by the first delivery to the USAF.

第一架767-200ER测试机计划在1月份下半月推出。波音公司计划在2015第一次试飞满载的加油机，紧接着在2016年向美国空军首次交付。

Although based on the 767-200ER (Extended Range) passenger aircraft, the KC-46A will in fact be a 767-2C provisioned freighter with a 767-400 flight deck. This flight deck will feature the Rockwell Collins large format displays of the 787 airliner.

虽然是基于767-200ER运输机改装的，但是KC-46A将会以767-2C为基础再加上个767-400的飞行控制台。该飞行控制台是以787的飞行控制台为基础设计的。

With the KC-46A based on the 767 airliner, of which more than 1,000 have been built to date, Boeing hopes to tap into economies of scale with the global manufacturing, support, and sustainment infrastructure. Company officials have previously told IHS Jane's that more than 95% of the 767's existing commercial supplier base will be involved on the KC-46A programme, and that two-thirds of the tanker's workforce are from Boeing Commercial (this is a business model that Boeing has carried over from the 737-derived P-8 Poseidon multimission maritime aircraft it is building for the US and Indian navies).

因为KC-46A是基于767制造的,而767拥有在全球拥有超过1000架的制造总数，所以波音公司希望将其和全球的制造，支持基础设施一起运营以增大经济效益。波音公司的高官告诉记者，现存767服务基地的95%都将会加入KC-46A计划，并且三分之二的加油劳动力都是来自波音商用飞机公司的。（具体就不解释了）

As part of its planning for the type's introduction into service, the USAF announced in July 2013 that it had stood up the 418th Flight Test Squadron (FTS), Detachment 1, for the KC-46A at Boeing Field near Seattle. The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Defense Contract Management Agency, and the Federal Aviation Administration will join the 418th FTS at Boeing Field.

为了介绍这款加油机进入服役，美国空军在2013年6月宣布将派出其第418飞行试验中队第1小队进行试飞工作。美国空军作战测试和评估中心，国防合约管理局和联邦航空管理局将会介入试飞工作。
Test work will also take place at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in California, and from the test integrated product team in the programme office at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.

测试工作也会在加利福尼亚州的爱德华空军基地进行，并且由来自俄亥俄州的怀特森空军基地的测试集成产品小队进行。

呵呵，5th又偷懒了，真是不好意思。