Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF APKWS Getting Software Upgrade for Counter Drone Operations
As part of an effort to field more affordable, counter drone systems, the U.S. Air Force in April issued a relatively small, $1.6 million contract to BAE Systems‘ site in […]
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Air ForceFPS-117 Radomes for North Warning System ‘Experiencing Serious Panel Decay’
The U.S. Air Force plans to replace the Alaska Warning System’s/North Warning System’s (NWS) 27 AN/FPS-117 radomes–15 in Alaska, one in Utah, one in Hawaii, and 10 in Canada. A […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman/U.S. Army Negotiating ITDS Scope to Meet Service Fielding Goals
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Improved Threat Detection System (ITDS) for U.S. Army helicopters includes a two-color display, long wave infrared, one megapixel camera. The features are to allow spotting […]
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Air ForceCongress Add for Northrop Grumman IVEWS May Top More Than $400 Million
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] ultra-wideband architecture AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters received $187 million in the fiscal 2025 reconciliation law and […]
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Air ForceLITENING Modernization May Be Big Ramp-Up Opportunity for Northrop Grumman
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman [NOC] is upgrading its LITENING pods–a modernization effort that may poise the company for a significant system production ramp-up. Northrop Grumman and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense […]
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Air ForceU.S. Space Force’s 30th Security Forces Squadron to Buy Dronebusters
U.S. Space Force’s 30th Security Forces Squadron (30th SFS) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., plans to sole source a firm fixed price buy of three Dronebuster handheld, non-kinetic counter-small […]
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Air ForcePACAF Commander: North Korea Prime Small UAS Threat in Indo-Pacific
North Korea represents the highest small drone threat to U.S. operations in the Indo-Pacific, according to the top U.S. Air Force official in the region. During a Mitchell Institute for […]
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Air ForceDoD Looking to Award Follow-On Contract for E-4B Communications
DoD is looking to award a follow-on, up to five-year competitive contract for strategic communications aboard the Boeing [BA] E-4B “Nightwatch” planes. “The anticipated performance period consists of a one-year […]
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Air ForceUSAF Expects to Field BTAR Fix for KC-46A Late in Fiscal 2027
The U.S. Air Force expects to field a fix for the stiff aerial refueling boom (ARB) on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker late in fiscal 2027. “The stiff boom […]
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Space150 Companies Interested in RG-XX, U.S. Space Force Official Says
To guide venture capital (VC) investment, the U.S. Space Force is increasingly engaging with VC firms as a departure from Space Force past practice, and one of the dividends of […]