Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Seeks Industry Help on Defeating Extensive Ground Moving Targets
The U.S. Air Force is seeking industry’s ideas for large-scale defeat of ground moving targets. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recently laid out a set of seven operational imperatives for […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Announces Proposed Sites for ‘Bridge Tanker,’ As Boeing Announces Delivery of 55th KC-46
On Jan. 31, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that if it wins a U.S. Air Force competition for the KC-Y “bridge tanker,” the company plans to build the LMXT refueler, based […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Fields First Sets of New Logistics Information Hardware
Between last July and this month, the F-35 program and Lockheed Martin [LMT] fielded the first 14 sets of new, unclassified logistics information hardware, the Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) […]
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Air ForceAir Force Association Moving Ahead with Plans to Hold Warfare Symposium in Orlando
Despite the decision this week by the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) to cancel a conference in Huntsville, Alabama in late March because of COVID-19 risks cited by […]
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Air ForceBoeing Expects to Resolve KC-46 Flight Management, Drain Tube Issues This Year
This year, Boeing [BA] is redesigning a drain tube for its KC-46A Pegasus tanker for the U.S. Air Force and is working with General Electric [GE] to resolve a flight […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Operationalizes Warp Core, Moving Toward ATLAS for Space Domain Awareness
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is operationalizing Palantir Technologies’ [PLTR] Warp Core tech stack, as the service moves toward fielding L3Harris Technologies’ [LHX] Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) for […]
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Air ForceIn a First, Bell Finishes Nacelle Improvements on a CV-22
Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] said on Jan. 26 that its plant in Amarillo, Texas has completed the first nacelle improvements on a U.S. Air Force CV-22 special operations helicopter by […]
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Air ForceU.S. F-35 Maintenance Man Hours Per Flight Hour Rate Improves Since 2018, But Mission Capable Rates Lag
While the most recently released mission capable (MC) rates for the F-35A, F-35B, and F-35C are below 60 percent, the program said that it has more than satisfied the nine […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin to Receive USAF Contract for ICBM Console Repair
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is to receive a five-year U.S. Air Force contract to conduct any needed repairs of Weapon System Control Console (WSCC) line replaceable units for the Boeing [BA] […]
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SpaceUSSF Launches Fifth and Sixth GSSAPs after Five-Month Delay
The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command launched the fifth and sixth Northrop Grumman [NOC] Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas […]