Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF Working to Resolve Six Category 1 Deficiencies on KC-46A
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is working to resolve six Category 1 deficiencies on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A tanker, including Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) drain mast cracking that resurfaced as […]
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Air ForceUSAF Eyes Improvements for E-7A Radar, Communications
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is examining potential improvements for the communications and radar systems of the Boeing [BA] E-7A Wedgetail, which is to replace at least 15 of the […]
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Air ForceDraper Laboratory to Expand Florida Presence
The Cambridge, Mass.-based non-profit Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., said on July 28 that it is expanding its operations in Florida in tandem with the lab’s increasing footprint nationwide. Draper […]
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Air ForceTravis AFB Becomes Sixth Main Operating Base for KC-46
The 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis AFB, Calif. became the sixth operating base for the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker on July 28, as the wing received the 70th […]
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Air ForceBiden Nominates Allvin as New USAF Chief of Staff
President Biden nominated U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Allvin as the service’s new uniformed head to replace Gen. Charles Q. Brown, whom Biden has nominated to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNORAD/NORTHCOM Pathfinder Algorithms Used in Middle East for Target Identification
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has used artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) algorithms developed for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)/U.S. Northern Command’s (NORTHCOM) Pathfinder initiative to identify drone targets, CENTCOM’s […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force and F-35 Program Mum on Funding/Testing of New Radar
The U.S. Air Force and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) are mum on the service’s fiscal 2024 budget request for and the testing of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AN/APG-85 […]
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Space16 Companies Chosen for Space Systems Command LEO Communications
Under a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite-Based Services program that may be worth $900 million, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command […]
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Air ForceUSAF to Buy Small Drones for Counter S-UAS Red Team Training
U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) plans to award a contract next month to a small business to provide small unmanned aircraft systems for Air Force counter sUAS (C-sUAS) training. […]
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SpaceMaxar 300 Bus Completes Critical Design Review for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer
Maxar Technologies said on July 24 that it has gone through a Critical Design Review (CDR) of the company’s Maxar 300 series bus for the L3Harris‘ [LHX] offering for the […]
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