DOD, Air Force Stand Up New Oversight Teams for KC-X Acquisition

By Carlo Muñoz / September 25, 2009 at 5:00 AM
The Pentagon and Air Force have set up a new slate of independent review teams to oversee the air service's embattled KC-X tanker acquisition effort, hoping to ensure a successful source selection by summer 2010, according to senior defense officials. The Defense Department will field two review teams, one focusing on the overall competition and a second "independent technical review team" that will oversee specific elements of the acquisition program, according to a senior defense official who spoke with two...

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