Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air Force
New Competition Possible for Maintenance of USAF Training and Other Fixed Wing Aircraft
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest by Maryland-based Vertex Aerospace, LLC of a nearly $302 million U.S. Air Force contract award to Texas-based DynCorp International LLC last […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Asks Industry for Innovative Space Debris Mitigation and Removal Ideas
Through the Orbital Prime effort, the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) innovation arm–SpaceWERX–wants industry to submit innovative ideas by Feb. 17 for space debris mitigation and removal for objects as large […]
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Congress
False Claims Act Update Aims to Tighten Loopholes, Increase Accountability for Defense Contractors
The False Claims Amendments Act of 2021, S. 2428, now before the Senate, aims to eliminate loopholes that, in some cases, may allow defense companies and other firms to avoid […]
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Air Force
USAF Looking for Hypersonic Test and Evaluation Support
The Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Arnold AFB, Tenn., plans to issue a solicitation by the middle of this month for a small business to support AFTC’s hypersonic test […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
5G Rollout Delayed By Two Weeks, As FAA Assesses Interference Risk
AT&T [T] and Verizon [VZ] have agreed to delay their planned Jan. 5 rollout of 5G networks by two weeks, thus accomodating a request by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Steve […]
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Congress
Report Finds Resumption of Giving by Defense Company PACs to GOP Members
Defense companies’ pause in all political donations by their Political Action Committees (PACs) in the wake of last year’s Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has not endured. Moreover, […]
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Air Force
AFRL Seeks Significant Reduction in Air Tasking Order Planning Time
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., wants to revolutionize air operations planning through the use of artificial intelligence and interactive gaming, a joining that AFRL believes could […]
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Air Force
USAF Has No Plans to Upgrade MQ-9 Reaper with Hughes HM400 Modem
While Hughes is equipping United Kingdom MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones with the company’s HM400 software-defined modem, the U.S. Air Force said it has no plans to undertake the upgrade for the […]
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International
Boeing Receives Integration Contract for Japan F-15MJ Fighters
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio has awarded Boeing [BA] a $471 million contract under Japan’s Super Intereceptor program “for the design and development […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin Receives $847 Million Long-Lead F-35 Contract
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a more than $847 million contract for long-lead items for 105 F-35s in Lot 17 of the fighter buy. On Dec. 29, Naval Air Systems […]
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