[Paleo Conservative]

The first KC-46A is an off the shelf 767 configured as a demonstrator for the refuelling mission. It does not have militarized comm and avionics equipment that follow-on units will.

I'm sure it is commercially available "as is".

It's deliberately developed with Boeing's money so they can sell it as a commercially available aircraft. If that part of the aircraft had been financed and certified by the USAF, Boeing wouldn't be allowed to sell it commercially.

[pfflier]

Boeing is in the airplane business to make money. Keeping the commercial tanker configuration design proprietary makes business sense to me.

Once an program item becomes a CDRL item, it belongs to Uncle Sam.