Frank Wolfe
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFuture Warfighting Concepts, Lessons from Ukraine to Figure in Air and Space Chiefs’ Discussion
The Global Air and Space Chiefs Conference this week in London will delve into future warfighting concepts harnessing artificial intelligence/machine learning for kinetic and command and control purposes; quantum computing; […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Expects to Close Two Category 1B Deficiencies by End of Year
The F-35 program has fixed one of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter’s Category 1B deficiencies and looks to resolve another two by the end of the year, while the remaining […]
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Air ForceAir Force Looks for Industry Suppliers of Helmet Mount to Support Night and Nuclear Missions
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management wants to determine industry capacity to supply mounts for the GENTEX Corp. [GNTX] HGU-55/P helmet to support night and nuclear missions. Using additive manufacturing, […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force and Virgin Orbit Launch First 7 of 44 Planned R&D Satellites
Under the Space Test Program (STP), the U.S. Space Force on July 2 launched seven DoD research and development satellites to low Earth orbit from Virgin Orbit’s [VORB] 747-based LauncherOne […]
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House Wants to Re-Direct ARRW Funding to HACM
The House Armed Services Committee and the House Appropriations Committee want to redirect funding from the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) to the Air Force’s other […]
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Air ForceNo USAF Breakout Available of Nearly $6.7 Billion Cost Estimate for F-35A AETP Engine
The U.S. Air Force has estimated a development cost of nearly $6.7 billion for the Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) to provide more range and improved thermal management/engine performance and […]
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PentagonValiant Shield Exercise Included Provision of Targeting Information on Simulated Targets by Raytheon’s Multi-Program Testbed, Company Says
Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Multi-Program Testbed (RMT)–a converted 727–collected data on a simulated sea-based threat and provided targeting solutions to other assets in the western Pacific this month during the Pentagon’s […]
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InternationalBAE Systems Highlights Slovakia’s Choice of CV90 Mark IV as Country’s New Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Slovakia has chosen BAE Systems’ CV90 Mark IV as the country’s new infantry fighting vehicle, the company said on June 28. “The joint bid from the Government of Sweden and […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Picks LIFT Airborne Technologies’ Helmet for Fixed Wing Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force has picked California-based LIFT Airborne Technologies‘ AV 2.2 helmet to serve as the Next Generation Fixed Wing helmet. LIFT Technologies’ offering was competing in the prototype […]
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SpaceGPS OCX Program Says It’s Resolving Computer Deficiencies, Which Are Not ‘Substantial’ Risk to Performance
The Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX) by Raytheon Technologies [RTX] has some critical hardware and software deficiencies and several hundred major and minor computer flaws, but […]