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Air Force

Tanker Source-Selection Authority Still With SecDef’s Office

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Thursday, June 4th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The Pentagon still has control of the aerial-refueling tanker replacement effort and a decision on whether to transfer source-selection authority back to the Air Force does not need to be made before aircraft's solicitation debuts, a service official said yesterday. Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave the Pentagon's acquisition chief this authority over the KC-X tanker competition last year, after the Government Accountability Office sustained Boeing's [BA] protest of a now-cancelled contract away to a rival Northrop Grumman…

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