The Pentagon's acquisition chief said today she believes the "root cause" of problems with the KC-46 tanker is linked to the program's fixed-price contract. "The KC-46 has been an extremely problematical program," Ellen Lord told lawmakers today during a Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee hearing. "I fundamentally think that the root cause of this is the contract type that was awarded for this." The Air Force awarded Boeing a fixed-price contract for the KC-46 in 2011. The...
