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Pentagon Will Give ‘Extra Credit’ for Fuel Offloading Capacity in Revived Tanker Competition

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Thursday, August 7th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic The Defense Department yesterday issued a new draft request for proposals (RFP) to build the Air Force's refueling tanker aircraft fleet and said it plans to give "positive consideration" for the ability to offload fuel in excess of the Air Force's threshold requirement for the capability. "It was always our intention to give positive consideration for the amount of fuel offload above threshold," Shay Assad, the department's director of procurement and acquisitions policy, said during a press…

Army

Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

Army

Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

Congress

CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

Army

Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]