Chalk up the first delay in the new and improved KC-X tanker competition. A final request for proposals—taking into account input from the competitors and members of Congress—was to have been issued in December, but its anticipated release date is now in January. Pentagon spokeswoman Cheryl Irwin said Wednesday DOD “has been reviewing comments and questions submitted on the basis of the draft RFP.” It will issue the final RFP “when this process is completed, probably in January,” she said. A defense official told the Daily Report that the RFP’s targeted release date had been Dec. 16. But given slippage to that date and the fact that members of Congress won’t all be back from their holiday break until the President’s state of the union address, the RFP is likely to appear in late January, almost concurrently with the next defense budget request.
Air Force Conducts Test Launch of Minuteman III ICBM
May 21, 2025
The Air Force tested an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif,. at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time May. 21. The successful test saw the missile equipped with a single reentry vehicle travel more than 4,200 miles to strike a test site near Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall…