Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceNo USAF Breakout Available of Nearly $6.7 Billion Cost Estimate for F-35A AETP Engine
The U.S. Air Force has estimated a development cost of nearly $6.7 billion for the Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) to provide more range and improved thermal management/engine performance and […]
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PentagonValiant Shield Exercise Included Provision of Targeting Information on Simulated Targets by Raytheon’s Multi-Program Testbed, Company Says
Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Multi-Program Testbed (RMT)–a converted 727–collected data on a simulated sea-based threat and provided targeting solutions to other assets in the western Pacific this month during the Pentagon’s […]
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InternationalBAE Systems Highlights Slovakia’s Choice of CV90 Mark IV as Country’s New Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Slovakia has chosen BAE Systems’ CV90 Mark IV as the country’s new infantry fighting vehicle, the company said on June 28. “The joint bid from the Government of Sweden and […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Picks LIFT Airborne Technologies’ Helmet for Fixed Wing Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force has picked California-based LIFT Airborne Technologies‘ AV 2.2 helmet to serve as the Next Generation Fixed Wing helmet. LIFT Technologies’ offering was competing in the prototype […]
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SpaceGPS OCX Program Says It’s Resolving Computer Deficiencies, Which Are Not ‘Substantial’ Risk to Performance
The Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) by Raytheon Technologies [RTX] has some critical hardware and software deficiencies and several hundred major and minor computer flaws, but […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems Gets Up to $12 Billion Air Force Contract for ICBM Support
The U.S. Air Force on June 24 awarded BAE Systems an up to $12 billion contract for ICBM support for the Nuclear Weapon Center at Hill AFB, Utah through 2040. […]
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SpaceCalvelli Wants Contractors to Submit Realistic Cost and Schedule Estimates for Space Program Competitions
The Department of the Air Force’s top space acquisition official said that he wants to use the cost and schedule realism injected by the National Reconnaissance Office into its competitions […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUkraine Using Technologies Developed Through Defense Innovation Unit
Ukraine has benefited from commercial technologies developed for U.S. military and other federal government use through the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)–technologies that include synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and artificial […]
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PentagonGeneral Electric Looks to Adapt XA100 Engine for F-35B
This year, General Electric [GE] plans to deliver a report to the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) on how the company could adapt its XA100 engine for the U.S. Marine […]
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Air ForceHASC Wants Report on USAF AMTI and Battle Management Requirements Before Allowing Full Service Request for AWACS Retirement
The House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill would prohibit the U.S. Air Force from divesting five of 15 Boeing [BA] E-3 Airborne Warning and […]
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