Frank Wolfe
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SpaceSpace Warfighting Analysis Center Finishes Missile Warning Force Design, Raymond Says
The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) has finished a force design effort for future missile warning, USSF Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond said […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Plans to Pick Payload Provider for Next-Gen OPIR Polar Satellites Next March
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is targeting next March to select a payload provider for the company’s effort to build two satellites for missile warning under Block O of the Next-Generation Overhead […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Air Force Continues Palletized Munition Development for JASSM-ER; New Munitions Possible
Last month, the U.S. Air Force conducted its first system-level flight tests to demonstrate the ability of Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) to drop […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace Executive: DoD Acquisition of Commercial Subsystems Faces ‘Headwinds’
The Collins Aerospace [RTX] head-up display (HUD) for the U.S. Air Force C-130J by Lockheed Martin [LMT] is a derivative of the company’s commercial HUD for the Boeing [BA] 737 […]
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PentagonFate of U.S.-Made Weapons Systems in Afghanistan Unclear
While Pentagon reporters have unsuccessfully quizzed DoD press secretary John Kirby and top defense officials over the past several days on what U.S.-made weapons systems the Taliban has captured since […]
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Unmanned SystemsU.S. Navy Refuels E-2D with MQ-25A Test Aircraft
In the U.S. Navy’s second unmanned tanking flight since June using the Boeing [BA] MQ-25A T1 test aircraft, the latter refueled a Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-2D Advanced Hawkeye on Aug. […]
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SpaceAFRL to Highlight NTS-3 and Rocket Cargo Vanguard Programs
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is to highlight the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) and Rocket Cargo Vanguard programs at the 36th Space Symposium next week in Colorado Springs–a forum […]
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Air ForceKratos Pledges to Ready Skyborg to Be Program of Record by Fiscal 2023
While a U.S. Air Force official said last week that he was uncertain whether the service’s Skyborg Vanguard research and development program for teaming low-cost attritable aircraft and manned aircraft […]
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Air ForceNorth Warning System Modernization May Include Detection of Bombers, Cruise Missiles and Small UAS
The modernization of the U.S.-Canadian North Warning System (NWS) should include the ability to detect bombers, low-flying cruise missiles and small drones, U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck, the commander […]
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Air ForceAFRL Tests 2,000 Pound Dialable Effects Munition with Three Settings
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) said on Aug. 17 that it concluded its Dialable Effects Munition (DEM) demonstration program with a test of the experimental, three-setting 2,000 pound bomb […]