Frank Wolfe
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Assigns 12 Phase 2 NSSL Missions–6 Each for SpaceX, ULA
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has assigned 12 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA)–six for each provider–under the fiscal 2023 […]
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SpaceCalvelli: Department of Air Force Will Reassess Need for 27 GPS M-Code Satellites
While DoD continues its development of Global Positioning System (GPS) M-code anti-jamming, anti-spoofing chips, cards, and receivers, the modernized GPS ground segment will not be ready for fielding until this […]
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CongressSenate to Receive Briefings on Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. Senate is to receive briefings in the coming weeks on the state of U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) and how potential U.S. adversaries may use AI. “This work period, […]
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Air ForceRequested USAF Multi-Year Procurements for JASSM, LRASM, AMRAAM ‘Just a Start,’ Brown Says
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown suggested on June 7 that the Air Force’s fiscal 2024 request for multi-year procurements (MYPs) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyVan Ovost: Future of Autonomy for U.S. Transportation Command ‘Wide Open’
U.S. Transportation Command will likely leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to enable autonomous logistics in the years ahead, U.S. Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, the head of the command, said […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin/Airbus Choose GE CF6 Engine for LMXT Tanker Offering
As the U.S. Air Force nears a decision on a buy of up to 75 tankers to fill the gap between the planned fielding of the 179th Boeing [BA] KC-46A […]
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Air ForcePentagon Awards Raytheon’s Pratt & Whitney $2 Billion Contract for F135 Engines
The Pentagon has awarded Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney a more than $2 billion contract for F135 engines in Lot 17 of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter buy, […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Looks to Increase Experienced Pilot Retention with Up to $50,000 Bonus
The U.S. Air Force wants to increase its experienced pilot retention through an increase in the Aviator Bonus from a maximum of $35,000 per year to $50,000 per year for […]
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SpaceRAND Advises Training Changes for U.S. Space Force to Combat Limited Number of Cyber/Intel Personnel
A new RAND study advises U.S. Space Force (USSF) to encourage or require its Guardian officers to have a third skill area to reduce the effects of a limited supply […]
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CongressGOP Move to Insert $18 Billion in Fiscal Responsibility Act for Pentagon UPLs Fails
A move by the U.S. Senate’s GOP caucus to insert $18 billion in the Fiscal Responsibility Act for the Pentagon’s fiscal 2024 Unfunded Priority Lists (UPLs) failed, as the amendment […]