The Pentagon will kick off the KC-X tanker competition soon after lawmakers return from their summer recess in the coming weeks, according to the Air Force's top acquisition official. At a Pentagon briefing this morning, acting service acquisition executive David Van Buren told reporters that Air Force Secretary Michael Donley has said that "after the Hill reconvenes after Labor Day here the timing will be right for us to go forward with" the tanker competition. "A lot of people [are]...
