AMC capability-based assessment supports interest in stealthy tanker

By Courtney Albon / November 3, 2017 at 10:56 AM
ORLANDO, FL -- The results of a recent Air Mobility Command capability-based assessment have further focused the command chief's interest in adapting stealth technology and directed energy systems for future tankers and could lay the groundwork for a demonstration within the next six months. The study, which was conducted this summer and has not yet been released, assessed future capability needs for the tanker fleet and, when combined with a broader mobility requirements study slated to begin in 2019, will...

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