Frank Wolfe
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyL3Harris Technology Accelerator Has Eye of CEO Chris Kubasik
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has Skunk Works, Boeing [BA] its Phantom Works. Over the last five years, L3Harris [LHX] has been developing its own technology accelerator for classified DoD and intelligence […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves Sale of F-16 C/D Block 70s to Bulgaria
The U.S. State Department has approved a nearly $1.7 billion sale of up to eight Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 C/D Block 70 Viper fighters and related munitions to Bulgaria. The […]
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Navy/USMCAs Navy Looks to AARGM-ER, Build of Baseline Missile to Continue Through Fiscal 2024
While the Navy finished its last buy of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM) last year, the company is to continue building the missiles for the […]
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SpaceNTS-3 Satellite on Track for Delivery This Year, L3Harris Says
L3Harris [LHX] is on track with the building of the 1,100 pound experimental Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), which is to launch aboard the first operational United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan […]
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Air ForceU.S. Transportation Command Re-Examining Tanker Requirements
U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is re-examining tanker requirements and collaborating with the combatant commands to alleviate risk associated with the retirements of Boeing [BA] KC-135 and KC-10 tankers and the […]
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InternationalBoeing, Airbus/Northrop Grumman Consortia and General Atomics Receive NATO Study Awards for AWACS Replacement
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on March 31 said that it has awarded $17.2 million contracts each under the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) initiative to consortia […]
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Air ForceDepartment of the Air Force Plans to Finish Future GMTI Force Design This Year
The Department of the Air Force is to complete a force design for future ground moving target indication (GMTI) using a possible mix of space and air assets this year […]
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Air ForceAmid Suggestions to Arm Ukraine with MQ-9, USAF Prepares to Transfer 100
Of some 300 General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers in the U.S. Air Force inventory, 100 are to go “to another government organization,” per the service’s fiscal 2023 budget request, Air Force […]
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Air ForceWith Joint STARS Retirement in FY ’24, USAF Plans to Use Other ISR Platforms for GMTI Coverage
The U.S. Air Force plans to retire its 12 remaining Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System,(Joint STARS) ground moving target indication (GMTI) planes–eight in fiscal 2023 […]
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InternationalCanada Chooses F-35A in Future Fighter Competition
The government of Canada on March 28 said that it has begun negotiations with Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a buy 0f 88 F-35As under the country’s Future Fighter Capability Project […]