Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceHASC Wants U.S. Air Force/MDA Status Report on Radar Detection of Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) fiscal 2022 defense authorization bill directs the U.S. Air Force and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to inform the committee of radars’ ability to detect […]
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SpaceHASC Bill Would Allow Space Force Acquisition Executive Before Oct. 1 Next Year
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2022 defense authorization bill would permit the U.S. Space Force to put in place a Service Acquisition Executive (SAE) before […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Marine Corps’ Systems Will Be ‘Much More Unmanned,’ Commandant Says
As the U.S. Marine Corps reduces its size and its armor and artillery, the service will likely increase its number of unmanned systems significantly in the next decade, Marine Commandant […]
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Air ForceSmith Broaches Drone Swarms, NGAD, F-15 As Possible Partial Replacements for F-35
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), a critic of the F-35 program, has suggested that an acceleration of the U.S. Air Force Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) […]
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Air ForceL3Harris Receives U.S. Air Force Contract Worth Up to $947 Million for AN/ALQ-172
The U.S. Air Force has awarded L3Harris [LHX] a contract worth up to $947 million over 10 years for the company’s AN/ALQ-172 countermeasures program and modernization. Work will take place […]
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SpaceNew AFRL Equipment to Aid in Design of Rocket Motors and Satellites
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s rocket propulsion division at Edwards AFB, Calif., is using a new piece of equipment, a Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar system–known as a Kolsky bar–to aid eventually […]
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InternationalDemilitarization of 73 Aircraft in Kabul May Have Involved 8 Types
Marine Gen. Kenneth Mckenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), on Aug. 30 said that the U.S. military had demilitarized 70 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, 27 Humvees, Raytheon Technologies [RTX]-built […]
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Nuclear ModernizationHouse Defense Authorizers Want DoD and Independent Reviews of NC3 Modernization
The draft House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2022 defense authorization bill requests DoD and independent reviews of the modernization of the nuclear command and control and […]
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PentagonF-35 Parts to Be Catalogued in System by End of Next Year, Program Says
In 2019, the Pentagon Inspector General found that the F-35 program was unable to track parts adequately for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter, as the program had not chosen an […]
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PentagonSmith Mark: F-35 Program Must Meet Sustainment Cost Metrics Before DoD Awards PBL Contract
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), a critic of the F-35 program, is recommending that the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter meet sustainment cost metrics for two consecutive […]