
The Air Force could be on the hook for increased costs in the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker program if it has to re-open its contract with prime contractor Boeing [BA] due to sequestration-related budget caps, a top Air Force contracting officer warned Wednesday The Defense Department said Tuesday in its “Estimated Impacts of Sequestration-Level Funding” report it would purchase five fewer KC-46s over the next five fiscal years, known as the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), if sequestration caps were…