Boeing officials say they are putting the KC-767 tanker built for Japan through a final round of evaluations in a bid for Federal Aviation Administration certification permitting the aircraft to carry personnel and cargo -- a designation the company failed to secure last spring, forcing a one-year delay in delivery of the first aerial refueling tanker to Tokyo. The defense giant -- which is locked in a high-stakes competition with Northrop Grumman and European Aeronautics Defense and Space Company to...
