This is the basic airfame of the future USAF KC-46 tanker, although Boeing apparently also hopes to sell it as a commercial freight-hauler. According to the article at the link below, it is cobbled together from pieces of other Boeing products. I guess if you sign a fixed-price contract, you do whatever you can to keep costs down.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-completes-first-flight-of-new-freighter-and-tanker-407472/
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