Frank Wolfe
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: Skyborg, SkyGuardian, F-15EX Testing
Transitioning Skyborg and Golden Horde. The U.S. Air Force plans to end its Skyborg and Golden Horde Vanguard programs over the next year and move the developed technology into other […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Addressing Parts Shortage for AAN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) and companies, including F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT], are addressing a parts shortage for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS). […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySOCEUR Conducts JASSM Palletized Munition Test Over Arctic Circle
As Ukraine continues its NATO-backed defense against Russian forces, U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) on Nov. 9 conducted the first theater test over the Arctic Circle in Norway of […]
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Air ForceNo Updated Statistics Available on F-35 Cannibalization Rates
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has said that the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is to have no more than five cannibalizations per 1,000 hours and a maximum of 10 per […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves Potential $380 Million Sale of AMRAAMs to Belgium
The U.S State Department has approved a potential $380 million sale of up to 120 Raytheon Technologies [RTX] AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and related equipment to Belgium. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAFWERX Mulls Software and Hardware Efforts For eVTOL Aircraft to Pass Sniper Pod Data
The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, AFWERX, is considering hardware and software efforts under the Project Fast Open X-Platform Agile Combat Employment (FOX-ACE) to pass targeting data from Lockheed Martin […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHundreds of Future Satellites May Get GPS-Type Payloads
Hundreds of future satellties under the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA) may carry GPS-type payloads to complement, improve, and back-up GPS satellites, per the Department of the Air Force Space […]
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Air ForceKratos Announces Flight of XQ-58 in Valkyrie Maturation Program, As Company Looks to CCA
Kratos [KTOS] said on Nov. 3 that it recently flew a production XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. for the Block 2 Valkyrie maturation program. The test flight […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Testing Upgrades on AN/ASQ-236 for F-15E and F-16
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md.–While the U.S. Air Force has installed the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radar (SABR) on dozens of Air National Guard F-16s, the service also equips F-15E Strike […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Advanced Technology Lab Tests Chips for More Than 80 Federal Programs
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md.–The Northrop Grumman [NOC] campus here has a more than five-decade history, beginning as Westinghouse, and today developing a variety of systems, including the Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated […]