Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceCalvert: ‘We Can’t Afford a Repeat of the F-35 Program’
The U.S. Air Force F-47 future manned fighter by Boeing [BA] should take lessons learned from the Air Force/Navy/Marine Corps program for the Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] F-35, Rep. Ken Calvert […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards ALQ-172 Field Engineering Services’ Follow-On to L3Harris for B-52s
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] recently received a more than $5.5 million U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) follow-on field engineering services contract for the company’s ALQ-172 electronic countermeasures system on B-52H […]
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Air ForceNuclear Modernization and Space Resilience Top Challenges Lohmeier Says He Plans to Address
Nuclear modernization, including the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM, and space resilience are top Department of the Air Force challenges that Matthew Lohmeier, the nominee for undersecretary of […]
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CongressSome Democratic Lawmakers Ask for DoD IG Review of Golden Dome
A group of 42 congressional Democrats–five senators and 37 representatives–are asking the Pentagon Inspector General’s (IG) office to investigate the planned Golden Dome missile defense project. A Jan. 27 executive […]
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Air ForceBeale AFB to Be Deployment Center for CCA, As USAF Begins Ground Tests
Beale AFB, Calif.–the home of the U-2 surveillance plane–is to house the Aircraft Readiness Unit (ARU) for U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to allow them to deploy quickly, […]
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Air ForceOperational Assessment Testing of IVEWS on F-16 Completed, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said that it has completed operational assessment testing of the company’s ultra-wideband architecture AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters. The […]
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Air ForceFourth Plane for USAF SAOC Program Arrives at SNC’s Dayton Site
Nevada’s SNC has received the fourth 747-8i at the company’s Aviation Innovation and Technology Center (AITC) in Dayton, Ohio for the U.S. Air Force Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) program, SNC said […]
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Air ForceTrump Announces 21 F-15EXs to Replace A-10s at Selfridge
President Trump announced 21 Boeing [BA] F-15EX fighters will replace the A-10 Warthog close air support aircraft at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. “As commander-in-chief, I am proud to announce […]
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SpaceGray Eagle Became MGUE Aviation Lead Platform Due to Development Challenges with B-2
The Department of the Air Force expects to sign off on Ready to Transition to Operations (RCO) for RTX‘s [RTX] Next-Generation Operational Control System (OCX) this summer, as the department […]
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Space$2 Billion for Space-Based AMTI Proposed in DoD Reconciliation Bill
While the Department of the Air Force is pursuing a fleet of Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetails to replace the service’s E-3 AWACS for air moving target indication (AMTI), the department also […]
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