Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceBoeing F-47 Build Underway As USAF Targets 2028 First Flight
The build of Boeing‘s [BA] F-47 sixth generation fighter is underway, as the U.S. Air Force targets 2028 for first flight, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told […]
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Air ForceNew 800- to 1,500-Pound Thrust Class Engines for Munitions and CCA under Development by Pratt & Whitney
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney said on Monday that it is developing a new 500 to 1,800 pounds of thrust class of engines to power munitions and U.S. Air Force […]
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Air ForceSkunk Works Says Vectis May Be Candidate for USAF CCA Increment 2
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works unit said that its Vectis drone under development for flight in the next two years will likely fit the needs of Increment 2 of the […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Solicits Space Based Interceptor Prototypes
The U.S. Space Force last Friday said the it has released a request for prototypes proposal for the space base interceptors (SBIs) portion of the Trump administration’s envisioned Golden Dome […]
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Air ForceUSAF 621st Contingency Response Wing Lays Out Need for C-UAS
Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW) out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. and Travis AFB, Calif., wants small handheld units to counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS). “In […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris Talks Alignment with Outline for Golden Dome
U.S. Space Force systems may account for two-thirds of DoD spending on an extensive Golden Dome missile defense architecture, according to an American Enterprise Institute report this month, as DoD […]
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CongressDoD to Examine Cyber Security Service Provider Consolidation
The Pentagon is to examine whether it can save funds and improve cybersecurity through consolidation of the 23 DoD cybersecurity service providers (CSSPs), which employ more than 3,200 personnel. “Since […]
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InternationalKratos Adapting MQM-178 Firejet for Use by Taiwan
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIS) are collaborating on the Mighty Hornet IV attack drone, “a revolutionary transformation of the […]
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SpaceAnduril and Impulse Space Plan to Run RPO in Geosynchronous Orbit Next Year
Next year, Anduril Industries and the Impulse Space startup plan to run a geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) rendezvous and proximity operations mission using Anduril’s mission data processor (MDP) and long-wave […]
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Air Force‘Longest Known’ AMRAAM Shot Last Year, Production Increase of Nearly 50 Percent, Raytheon Says
RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon said on Tuesday that an F-22 Raptor by Lockheed Martin conducted the “longest known” advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) shot by a 5th generation fighter in […]