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Air Force

Pentagon Gathering TACAIR Input From Industry

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon is seeking industry's help in finding cost-effective ways to fill a projected tactical aircraft gap next decade. Acquisition authorities within the Defense Department (DoD) recently issued a request for information (RFI) to industry seeking "best practices in the future production of TACAIR assets." DoD has been collecting the responses this month, and is planning a industrial-base wargame to examine realistically implementing the suggested strategies. The Pentagon is gearing up for a two-part "Industrial Based Wargame:…

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