Defence Turkey: Can we start our interview with an overview of 2023’s first 6 months from Boeing Defense’s point of view? Could you summarize your major activities during the first 6 months of 2023? What are your focus areas in 2023, and why?

Rick LEMASTER: We work with our customers to deliver products and services that meet the needs of the mission. Some major activities related to our defense portfolios include KC-46A Block 1 upgrades that will further enhance the unprecedented data and communications connectivity the KC-46A provides to joint and allied forces for battlespace situational awareness. Every month, global operators fly hundreds of sorties with the KC-46A, and its proven aerial refueling systems deliver more than five million pounds of fuel to the joint force and allied receivers.