Air Force KC-X Tanker Aircraft Program: Background and Issues for Congress

O' ; Rourke, Ronald

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Appropriations;    Defense budgets;    Defense procurement;    Weapons systems;    Tanker aircraft;   

RP-ID  :  RL34398
RP-ID  :  RL34398_2009Jul30

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses proposed FY2010 defense budget requests $439.6 million in Air Force research and development funding to begin a new program for acquiring new 179 KC-X aerial refueling tankers. The issue for Congress in FY2010 is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Administration's request for FY2010 research and development funding for the new KC-X program, and whether to take any action to define the acquisition strategy for the new KC-X program.