The Air Force is planning to use a study intended to inform requirements for the Next Generation Air-refueling System to also help set guidelines for a follow-on tanker recapitalization program, Inside Defense has learned. “There is connective tissue,” Air Force spokeswoman Alexandra Stormer said in an email. “Early NGAS [analysis of alternatives] analytical results will inform not only NGAS but also existing tanker recapitalization requirements as the tanker recapitalization program proceeds to an acquisition strategy determination in" the third...
