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U.S. Air Force May Begin Industry Talks and Requirements Process for KC-Y in FY 2023

U.S. Air Force May Begin Industry Talks and Requirements Process for KC-Y in FY 2023
Two KC-46A Pegasus pilots from the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus AFB, Okla., conduct preflight checks for an incentive flight at Ellsworth AFB, S.D. on, July 21, 2021. The KC-46A visited Ellsworth to participate in exercise Combat Raider 21. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force plans to move back discussions with companies on a possible KC-Y tanker from this fiscal year until fiscal 2023. In fiscal 2022, Air Mobility Command at Scott AFB, Ill. plans to submit the final KC-Y Capability Development Document to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and conduct an "early strategy and issues session," but the KC-Y program office has pushed back a possible industry day and a Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System to define DoD requirements…

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