Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceB-52Hs Cycled Through Bomber Task Force in Europe
B-52H bombers cycled through bomber task force (BTF) deployments from the United Kingdom to Romania on March 4 and March 7, as the U.S. seeks to deter any Russian designs […]
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SpaceSeventh X-37B Mission to Have Service Module, Like Sixth Mission, to Permit More Experiments
The seventh mission of the Boeing [BA] X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is, like the sixth mission, to include a service module attached to the spaceplane’s back end–a module that permits […]
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Air ForceF-35As in Pacific Not Seeing Sustainment Problems, PACAF Commander Says
U.S. Air Force F-35As in the Pacific are the newest versions of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter and are not having the sustainment problems found in older versions of the […]
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Air ForceUSAF Will Know ‘Very Shortly’ Whether B-21 Meets Design and Production Blueprint
The U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is testing one of six Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bombers to see whether the production fits the RCO’s design and […]
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USAF Looking for Uncrewed Fighter/Bomber Complements With Half the Unit Cost of NGAD and B-21
As the United States Air Force looks to ensure it has enough fighters and bombers in future years, the service wants to develop and field uncrewed complement systems that have […]
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SpaceStarlink Terminals May Aid Ukrainian Resistance to Russian Invasion
While Russian President Vladimir Putin tries to crack down on foreign–largely U.S.–companies, like Google [GOOGL], Meta Platforms [FB], Apple [AAPL], Twitter [TWTR], and TikTok, to prevent Russians from getting an […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin Picks Raytheon to Develop Second Payload for Next Gen OPIR Geo
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on March 1 that it has picked Raytheon Technologies [RTX] to provide a second mission payload under the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) […]
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InternationalU.S. Approves Third Party Transfer of Stinger, Javelin Missiles from Baltic States to Ukraine
The United States has approved a third-party transfer of Raytheon [RTX] Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon Javelin anti-armor missiles from the Baltic states to aid Ukraine’s […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Enters Field for SDA Transport Layer
As the Space Development Agency (SDA) approaches its third birthday on March 12, the agency on Feb. 28 announced nearly $1.8 billion in awards to three contractors for 126 prototype […]
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Air ForceUnder AFRL Contract, Leidos to Pursue ‘Mjolnir’ High Power Microwave Counter Drone System
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) directed energy directorate at Kirtland AFB, N.M., has awarded a $26 million contract to Leidos [LDOS] to develop the company’s Mjölnir high power microwave […]