Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter has directed the Air Force to fully fund the multibillion-dollar KC-X tanker program in the fiscal year 2013 budget process and prepare key plans concerning the program's cost, testing and systems engineering. In a Feb. 24 acquisition decision memorandum marked "for official use only," Carter formally issued the milestone B approval required to launch the program's engineering and manufacturing development phase. The same day, the Defense Department announced Boeing had bested EADS North America in...
