Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceStart of F-35 ODIN Software Fielding to Squadrons Delayed Until 2025
While the U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2023 and 2024 budget requests said that fielding of Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) software for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter would begin […]
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CongressHouse Passes Bill Asking for DoD Report on UAP Intrusions Since 2017 and Sanctions on China for Balloon Surveillance
The House this week passed legislation calling on DoD to submit a classified report on the incidence of the violation of U.S. airspace since Jan. 20, 2017 by unidentified aerial […]
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Air ForceUSAF Vice Chief Agrees with ACC Commander on Need for More Fighter Squadrons
The U.S. Air Force fiscal 2024 budget request of nearly $4.9 billion for 48 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As–five more than Congress funded last year–and $2.3 billion ask for 24 Boeing […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySASC Cybersecurity Panel Witnesses Push Back Against Suggestion of Pause in Cutting Edge AI Development
The three witnesses at an Apr. 19 hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) cybersecurity panel said that a pause in the development of cutting edge artificial intelligence would […]
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Air ForceSupply Chain Shortfalls Affected KC-46 RVS 2.0, But Air Force Still Plans to Begin Fielding by Start of Fiscal 2026
The U.S. Air Force would like to field the Remote Vision System 2.0 (RVS 2.0) fix for the Boeing [BA] KC-46A’s original RVS sooner than the start of fiscal 2026, […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Reports Growth in Space, Yet Continued Supply Chain Headwinds in Munitions, Other Areas
Lockheed Martin [LMT] first quarter sales grew slightly from $15 billion last year to $15.1 billion this year on the strength of 16 percent sales growth in the space sector, […]
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Air ForceDoD and Lockheed Martin Look to Possible Performance Based Logistics Contract to Help Improve F-35 Readiness
FORT WORTH, Texas–More than two decades ago, the Pentagon Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved key performance parameters (KPPs) for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) that set the availability rate […]
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WeaponsLockheed Martin Near-Term Aim to Build 10,000 GMLRS Annually
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas–The Lockheed Martin [LMT] plant in Camden, Ark. has a goal of producing 52 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) per day, as the U.S. Army ramps up […]
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WeaponsGreater Load Outs of Advanced Weapons for F-35 to Start This Year with Lot 15
FORT WORTH, Texas–The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is soon to have a company-designed weapons rack–“Sidekick”–that will allow the internal carriage of six Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] AIM-120 advanced medium range […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Plans to Finish 1,000th F-35 By End of Year
FORT WORTH, Texas—Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to turn out its 1,000th F-35 fighter by the end of this year on the one-mile, 20-foot-long assembly line here at Air Force Plant […]