Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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CongressDebt Ceiling Deal $886 Billion Defense Cap Defines Trade Space; Fate of UPLs Uncertain
The debt ceiling deal’s $886 billion fiscal 2024 defense cap will heighten congressional scrutiny of military service defense budgets this year and will likely mean congressional leaders will have to […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program: F135 ECU and PTMS ‘Must Be Designed Together’
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) considers the planned Engine Core Upgrade for the Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F135 engine and a new or upgraded Power and Thermal […]
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Air ForceUSAF Gives Go Ahead to Start Construction of Support Infrastructure for Sentinel
Robert Moriarty, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Installations, has given the go-ahead to start the support construction phase for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]
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CyberAbout 10 Percent of Air National Guard Personnel in Cyber Mission
About 10 percent of the U.S. Air National Guard’s 108,000 personnel are in the cyber field, as the ANG develops offensive and defensive cyber operations at the 179th Airlift Wing […]
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Air ForceNo Power and Thermal Management System Chosen Yet for F135 ECU, GAO Says
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget asks for $245 million for Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and cancels a new […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Announces Completion of CDR for Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on May 30 that it has completed Critical Design Review (CDR) and a software demonstration for the planned U.S. Space Force Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Says Solicitation on Space Force Range Contract Imminent
The U.S. Space Force was to release a final solicitation for the Space Force Range Contract (SFRC) by May 25, but the service now expects the RFP will come around […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Announces Completion of PDR for Next Gen OPIR Polar Satellites
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said this week that it recently finished a preliminary design review (PDR) for the U.S. Space Force’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) polar (NGP) […]
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PentagonU.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gets Biden Nod to Become Next Chairman of Joint Chiefs
President Biden on May 25 announced his pick to become the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)–U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown, a former […]
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Business/FinancialContractors Asking About Prompt Payment Act, As Default Specter Looms
Unlike a federal government shutdown, a default would not halt fiscal 2023 appropriations, and large defense contractors’ cash reserves could help tide those companies over, yet downstream effects of a […]
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