USAF issues sources-sought notice for bridge tanker as GOP lawmakers continue call for KC-46 recompete

By Courtney Albon / June 16, 2021 at 4:33 PM
(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct the anticipated request for proposals timeline.) The Air Force today released a sources-sought notice seeking a non-developmental air refueler to supplement its tanker fleet later and plans to release a request for proposals by the end of next year. The service notes in a press release that it wants a commercial derivative aircraft that can enter the fleet at the end of Boeing's KC-46 production. "The new aircraft will bridge...

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