Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Commander Points to Benefits of Disaggregated Space Architectures
The head of U.S. Space Force said this week that the war in Ukraine has emphasized the “criticality of space in modern warfare” and said that commercial systems will continue […]
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Air ForceU.S. Space Force Looks for Bidders for Cobra Dane Systems Lifecycle Sustainment.
The U.S. Space Force this week issued a solicitation to sustain systems for the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane radar. The chosen contractor will provide life-cycle management of systems […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Developing New AN/APG-85 Radar for F-35 Lot 17 and Beyond
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 11 that it is developing the AN/APG-85 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for Lot 17 and beyond of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAvenger Drone Advances Collaborative Combat Aircraft Concept, General Atomics Says
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) said on Jan. 11 that a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger drone advanced the company’s internally funded work on Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) in three autonomous […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Announces First Technology Refresh-3 Flight
A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif., flew the Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) configuration of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter for the first […]
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Air ForceKratos to Help Oversee System Requirements Review for Leidos’ Mayhem Proposal
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. [KTOS] is to help oversee the System Requirements Review for Leidos‘ [LDOS] Mayhem air-breathing hypersonic aircraft proposal for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), […]
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InternationalCanada Finalizes Deal to Buy 88 F-35As
Canada has finalized a deal to buy 88 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As to replace 76 Boeing [BA] CF-18 Hornet fighters for the Royal Canadian Air Force. More than nine months […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Awards for MEO Missile Tracking Spacecraft Total $605 Million
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Raytheon Techologies’ [RTX] Intelligence & Space and Boeing’s [BA] Millennium Space Systems $605 million to design, build and deliver the first two prototype […]
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SpaceRaytheon and Boeing’s Millenium Space Systems to Start Work on MEO Missile Tracking System
Raytheon Techologies’ [RTX] Intelligence & Space and Boeing’s [BA] Millennium Space Systems–both in El Segundo, Calif.–are to begin building the first prototype Missile Track Custody (MTC) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) […]
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Air ForceNext Generation Adaptive Propulsion Receives $152 Million Increase for Fiscal 2023
The U.S. Air Force Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program for the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter received $220 million–a nearly $153 million increase over the budget request–in […]