Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceReplacing F-35 PTMS May Cost $3 Billion, Honeywell Estimates
Whether and when the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter will need a new Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) or an upgrade has been a matter of debate within industry […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAFRL Solicits Industry Input on Resolute Sentry Vanguard Prospect Effort
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is soliciting ideas from industry on Resolute Sentry–an effort to forge a clear view of military forces in potential conflicts against potential high-tech adversaries. […]
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Air ForceUSAF Considers Engineering Support Contract for F-35 Radar and Distributed Aperture System
The U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center’s branch office at Robins AFB, Ga., is considering a possible contract to provide engineering support for Initial Operational Capability of the Operational Flight Programs […]
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Air ForceDoD Inspector General Audit Says F-35 Program Lacks Accurate Parts Data
Last month, the Pentagon Inspector General (IG) released an audit of the program for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter–a review that found the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) lacked […]
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Air ForceUSAF Examining AI Aid to GMTI in Indo-Pacific
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is examining how artificial intelligence (AI) will aid military forces in rapid targeting in the Indo-Pacific theater. While Operation Desert Storm in 1991 had 40,000 […]
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Air ForceUSAF Wants U-2 to Inform Fighters’ Open Mission Systems, Future SIGINT
DAYTON, Ohio–While the U.S. Air Force plans to retire its Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance fleet by 2026, the service wants to use the plane to inform future […]
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Air ForceHASC CCA Proposal Would Require Significant Unit Cost Drop
While Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has posited a $20 million unit cost for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and up to five CCAs for each manned F-35 or Next […]
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SpaceNRO Official Says Agency Looking for Satellite Innovation in Plan to Quadruple Number of Satellites in Next Decade
A National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) official said that the agency is looking to innovation, including that of small companies, as NRO plans to quadruple the number of its on-orbit satellites […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Seeks Small Businesses to Bid on Program to Seize High-Altitude, Slow-Flying Objects
The problems encountered by the U.S. Air Force earlier this year in shooting down a slow flying, high-altitude Chinese balloon have led the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to […]
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Air ForceUSAF Moving to Field KC-46A Communications ‘Backbone’ in Next Year
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force intends to field a communications “backbone” for the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus in the next year in Capability Release 1 (CR1) of the service’s Advanced […]