A forthcoming hearing by the Senate Armed Services Committee on a competition-sensitive data-release mishap will not impact the schedule for announcing a winner in the $35-billion competition to build new aerial refuelers for the U.S. Air Force, if USAF Secretary Michael Donley has his way. But the mistake made late last year by officials in the program office has at the very least cast a shadow over a procurement process that senior Pentagon leadership had hoped would be flawless and help regain eroded confidence.
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