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USAF Begins Incorporating ‘Lessons Learned’ From KC-X Protest Into Other Programs

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Friday, August 15th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force has already begun incorporating lessons from its troubled KC-X aerial refueling aircraft contract selection into other large-scale acquisition programs, Maj. Gen. Scott Gray, the director of global reach programs in the Air Force acquisitions office, said yesterday. The KC-X aftermath is already affecting the process by which the Air Force is selecting a contractor for its combat search-and-rescue (CSAR-X) helicopter replacement program, Gray told Defense Daily during an interview at the Pentagon. Gray reports…

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