Defense agency OKs Israel's plan to buy Boeing KC-46 tankers in $2.4B deal

Boeing has won approval from the U.S. State Department for the sale of eight KC-46 military refueling tanker jets and related equipment to Israel for an estimated $2.4 billion, a federal agency said Tuesday. Details of the Israeli deal were revealed by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which then delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the possible foreign military-to-military equipment sale. The deal is good news for Boeing's Everett factory, where the KC-46 jets…