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James P. Stevenson • 181but not always) perspective (e.g., I want 100 of X but only enough budgeted dollars for muchless than X).6 Comptroller General of the United States, “Decision: Matter of The Boeing Company (b-311344),”June 18, 2008, http://www.kirotv.com/download/2008/0625/16708220.pdf7 The U.S. Air Force has officially designated the KC-X as the KC-45. Due to the protest, and theuncertainty regarding which aircraft will ultimately be selected; we elected to go with KC-X inour analysis and discussions.8 Christopher Bolkcom, “Air Force Aerial Refueling,” CRS Report for Congress, March 20, 2007,http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS20941.pdf9 Air Force Magazine Almanac 2008, pp. 147-149.10 Michael Bruno, “ARH, C-5 RERP Help Drive Up DOD Cost Growth Estimates,” Aviation Week,November 20, 2007, http://www.aviationdaily.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/DOD112007.xml&headline=ARH, percent 20C-5 percent 20RERP percent20Help percent 20Drive percent 20Up percent 20DOD percent 20Cost percent 20Growth percent20Estimates11 “C-5 Modernization Program Certified,” B-Net, March 2008, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3731/is_200803/ai_n2541951912 Christopher Bolkcom, “Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF),” CRS Report for Congress, October 18,2006, http://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL33692.pdf13 James W Herron, “Future Airlift Requirements,” USAWC Strategy Research Project, http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/ksil30.pdf14 “Fact Sheet on the U.S. Air Force C-130J Transport,” Center for Defense Information, http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/C-130JTransport.pdf; “Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA),” Global Security, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/jca.htm15 “Taxpayers Carry the Load: The C-130J Cargo Plane Does Not,” Project on Government Oversight,March 15, 2005, http://www.pogo.org/p/defense/do-050301-C130J.html16 “Fact Sheet on the U.S. Air Force C-130J Transport,” Center for Defense Information, http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/C-130JTransport.pdf; “Selected Acquisition Reports: Summary Tables,” Departmentof Defense, http://www.acq.osd.mil/ara/am/sar/17 “Operation Enduring Freedom,” Global Security, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/enduring-freedom.htm (accessed August 17, 2008).18 “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Roadmap: 2002 – 2027,” Office of the Secretary of Defense, December2002, http://www.uavforum.com/library/uavroadmap_2002.pdf19 “The Long-Term Implications of Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2008 (March),”Congressional Budget Office, 2008, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/90xx/doc9043/03-28-Current-DefensePlans.pdf20 The U.S. Air Force acquisition strategy is to buy three different tankers – notionally the KC-X,KC-Y and KC-Z. The KC-X is the first of these three tankers.21 Ibid.22 The Associated Press, “Boeing: Tanker Costs Miscalculated,” Air Force Times, June 13, 2008,http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/06/ap_boeing_tanker_fight_061208/23 Christopher Bolkcom, “Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF),” CRS Report for Congress, October 18,2006, http://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL33692.pdf24 Because we do not know which Tanker OSD will actually select – it is impossible to acquire abaseline from which to compare. Nevertheless, a parametric estimate of our recommendationsmakes a 30 percent cost reduction reasonable. Both the Boeing and EADS offers may be toolarge, with O&S costs that are significantly higher than the KC-135R.