'Entire Department' Will Play in U.S. Tanker Competition

Pentagon brass have yet to determine whether the U.S. Air Force will run the latest competition for a multibillion-dollar aerial tanker contract - but the "entire department" will be involved, says Ashton Carter, DoD's acquisition, technology and logistics executive.

Carter said Sept. 1 that Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, he himself, and "the entire Air Force chain" will be involved as DoD officials re-launch the years-delayed KC-X competition "this fall."