JetZero update 他們的BWB方案-Z4的資訊

全尺寸驗證機試飛在2027 on track不變，得益於BWB的高飛行效率好處，用作加油機時，起飛距離較KC-46短，可以操作的機場更多，除此之外雖然最大載油是20萬lb與KC-46相近，但在執行遠程加油任務時相比KC-46將有巨大優勢，像是可以飛行至4000nm處為6架次戰機各授油1萬lb (共6萬lb，花費45分鐘)，再返回原本基地，而KC-46在相同任務場景只能為一架次戰機授油：

Nate Metzler, head of strategic programs and partnerships at JetZero, said a potential KC-Z4 could carry enough gas after 4,000 nautical miles (about the distance from Joint Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, to 500 miles off Taiwan) to offload about 10,000 pounds each to six F-35s, while the KC-46 can refuel just one.

“You could sit in a refueling track for 45 minutes as the F-35s fill up and go on to do their work,” Metzler said. “And then the Z4 could go back to base 4,000 miles and land without having to refuel.”

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