Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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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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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft May Have Jamming Role
The future Combat Collaborative Aircraft (CCA) may have a role in future U.S. Air Force jamming missions, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said on June 22. […]
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Air ForceBoeing Points to Drone Employment Possibilities for F-15EX
ST. LOUIS—Boeing [BA] believes its F-15EX could carry and employ drones from conformal tech bays that would take the place of conformal fuel tanks on the plane. The aircraft’s open […]
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FAA Certification of MH-139 Expected This Summer, Boeing Says
ST. LOUIS—Boeing [BA] expects this summer to receive required Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supplemental type certification (STC) for the MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter, but such FAA certification has taken longer […]
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Air ForceBoeing Wants to Scale Up T-7A Red Hawk Approach for Other Planes
SEATTLE—Boeing [BA] wants to scale up the digital engineering approach the company said it took with the U.S. Air Force T-7A Red Hawk trainer to other programs. Through simulation, the […]
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Air ForceKC-46A May Enter Critical Design Review This Year
TUKWILA, Wash.—Boeing [BA] said it delivered its 61st KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the U.S. Air Force on June 14, as the program prepares for a critical design review (CDR) later […]
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SpaceExpected Delivery of New GPS Ground Control Segment Pushed Back to October
A six-month delay is expected in the delivery of the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) to the Department of the Air Force due […]
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Air ForceF-35 Joint Simulation Environment Not Dependent on Nine Algorithms in Legal Dispute, DoD Says
The development of the Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is not dependent on nine algorithms in a legal dispute before the Armed Services Board […]
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Air ForceContractors Announce Stand-in Attack Weapon Awards Before USAF
On June 7, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it had received a U.S. Air Force contract for Phase 1 of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) competition. A day later, L3Harris [LHX] […]
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Air ForceDepartment of Air Force to Conduct Further Assessment of Possible USSPACECOM Locations
On the heels of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report last week that cast doubt on whether credible analysis informed the decision to move U.S. Space Command from its temporary […]