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BAE Systems completes 1,000th repair for U.S. Air Force KC-135 fleet at New York facility
BAE Systems completed its 1,000th repair for the US Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet at its Endicott, New York, facility, where it supports the aircraft’s fuel-management electronics. The work covers the Fuel Management Advisory Computer and Integrated Fuel Management Panel, keeping existing hardware serviceable while the company develops upgrades for the ageing tanker fleet. The upgraded design uses individually replaceable modules and an open architecture to simplify future repairs and modifications, and BAE says its reliability is designed to exceed the Air Force’s future requirements for mean time between failures.