Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Announces Nearly $269 Million Task Order for USAF BACN
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on June 6 that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the company a nearly $269 million task order through January, 2027 for continued operations and sustainment […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWill Novel Solid Rocket Propellant Mixing Technology Make the DoD Cut?
On Sept 18 last year, Rep Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) posted on X that he and Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, had recently […]
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Nuclear ModernizationGaramendi Highlights Upcoming July 24 Hearing on Nuclear Weapon Cost Overruns
Overturning the nuclear triad concept and reducing funding significantly for the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber and Sentinel next-generation ICBM […]
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Air ForceB-21 Exempt from LRIP Limitation, DoD Says
The U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC] is exempt from a Title 10 requirement that a defense secretary seek a waiver for a low-rate initial […]
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Air ForceDefense Innovation Unit/USAF Pick Four Companies for Weapon Prototypes
While companies like RTX [RTX], Lockheed Martin [LMT], General Dynamics [GD] and Boeing [BA] remain top DoD weapon heavyweights, the Pentagon is taking a step to move beyond the traditional […]
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Air ForceAircrew Training Devices for KC-46 to Incorporate RVS 2.0 Changes
The U.S. Air Force is looking for industry help to build Aircrew Training Devices (ATDs) for the Aircrew Training System (ATS) of the KC-46A Pegasus tanker, made by Boeing [BA]. […]
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Air ForceUSAF To Upgrade KC-135s With MUOS A-Kits
The U.S. Air Force is to buy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) A-kits to outfit 315 KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft. Fielded in 2019, the five Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built MUOS geosynchronous […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSAF and Merlin Labs Explore Autonomous Options for KC-135
Boston-based Merlin Labs, Inc. said on May 30 that it is using data from flights of a KC-135 at MacDill AFB, Fla., “to better understand crew workload drivers and gather […]
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Air ForceDoD Investigating Crash of F-35B in New Mexico
DoD is investigating the cause of a Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B crash on May 28, just after the plane took off from Albuquerque International Sunport, N.M. The Defense Contract Management […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looks for Low-Cost Paths to Counter High Altitude Balloons
The U.S. Air Force is looking for low-cost approaches to counter high-altitude balloons. “Adversarial, long-range, high-altitude balloons (HABs) represent low-cost threats capable of en masse employment that compromises the confidentiality […]
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