Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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PentagonAIA Argues for Reduction of Barriers to International Defense Cooperation
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) wants Congress in the upcoming fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill to reduce barriers to cooperation with foreign allies and partners to help fulfill current and […]
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Air Force89 of 98 F-35s Delivered in 2023 Were Late, GAO Says
Lockheed Martin [LMT] delivered 89 of 98 F-35s late last year–the highest rate in six years, and RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney delivered all 137 F135 engines for the fighter […]
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Air ForceDoD Nunn-McCurdy Review of Sentinel to Wrap Up in Six Weeks
The U.S. Air Force and DoD are to complete a Nunn-McCurdy review of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel next generation ICBM in the next six weeks, Pentagon acquisition chief […]
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Business/FinancialKansas Senator Questions Defense Industrial Base Impact, If Boeing Buys Spirit Aerosystems
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) on May 15 questioned the impact of Boeing‘s [BA] proposed buy of Wichita-based Spirit Aerosystems [SPR], which supplies commercial and military programs, including the Airbus A350 […]
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Air ForceHASC Says No On F-15E Retirements Until USAF Submits Future Fighter Needs
While Congress last year allowed the U.S. Air Force to retire 68 Boeing [BA] F-15E Strike Eagles through fiscal 2029, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is saying “no” this […]
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SpaceKendall: Creating Space National Guard with 575 Personnel ‘Makes No Sense’
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall last week defended the department’s proposal to transfer Air National Guard (ANG) units performing space duties to the U.S. Space Force. “Creating an […]
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SpaceHASC Proposes Pilot for Hybrid Space Architecture
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill calls on U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to demonstrate a hybrid, military-commercial space architecture […]
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Air ForceHouse Authorizers Encourage Non-Developmental Engine for USAF CCA
House defense authorizers encourage the U.S. Air Force to use existing military engines for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). “CCA operational concepts call for extended unrefueled range greater than 3,000 […]
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Air ForceSettlement with Lockheed Martin on F-35 Data Rights Carries ‘Significant Implications for Organic Software Development,’ Program Says
A March 27 settlement between the Department of the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a more than four-year-old case on data rights for the F-35 fighter will spur improved […]
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Air ForceAirbus Eyes Replicator, Other DoD Efforts, for Flexrotor
Airbus‘ buy of Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel will add the Aerovel Flexrotor drone to the European defense giant’s U.S. product line in what Rob Geckle, the chairman and CEO of Airbus […]
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