Frank Wolfe
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNorthrop Grumman Delivers Spacecraft Bus to L3Harris for NTS-3 Air Force Vanguard Program
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered its ESPAStar-D spacecraft bus to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] in Palm Bay, Fla. in preparation for the planned fall 2023 launch of the National Technology Satellite-3 […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Launches First Two Satellite Missions
The Space Development Agency (SDA) launched its first two satellite missions on June 30–two Astro Orbital-built Mandrake II cube satellites with an SA Photonics payload, two General Atomics Laser Interconnect Networking Communications System (LINCS) […]
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InternationalSwitzerland to Buy 36 F-35As for $5.5 Billion
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has won the fighter competition to replace Switzerland’s aging F-5E/F Tiger IIs and F/A-18C/Ds with 36 of the company’s F-35As for nearly $5.5 billion. Under consideration in […]
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Air ForceHouse Defense Appropriators Advise Restart of Air Force MQ-9 Buy, Add Six Reapers
While the U.S. Air Force requested no funding for General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones in fiscal 2022, the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel’s (HAC-D) version of the FY 2022 Defense […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force: Automated Flight Safety System to Allow More Rapid Launches
A SpaceX Automated Flight Safety System (AFSS) for the company’s Falcon 9 rockets permitted three launches within 11 days of one another in May and early June, U.S. Space Force […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems Highlights Continued Deliveries of F-35 EW System
BAE Systems is highlighting its continued deliveries of the AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare (EW) and electronic countermeasure system for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35. The company said that it has delivered […]
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Air ForceHanscom AFB and Air Combat Command Working to Establish Zero Trust Across U.S. Air Force
Personnel from the AFNet sustainment and operations branch at Hanscom AFB, Mass. and Air Combat Command’s (ACC) directorate of cyberspace and information dominance are teaming to develop “a modern software-based […]
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Air ForceAir Combat Command Establishes 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing
The U.S. Air Force on June 25 stood up the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing (350th SWW) under Air Combat Command (ACC) to focus on offensive electronic warfare (EW). The wing […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyJAIC’s Joint Information Warfare Team Helps Field Malware Detection, Looks to AI for Space Applications
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Joint Information Warfare (JIW) team developed and helped field AI malware detection and threat detection tools and is now looking to develop AI […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWhile Military Services Develop AI for Weapons Systems, JAIC to Focus on Accelerating Sound Decisions by Commanders
While the military services will take responsibility for developing and fielding artificial intelligence (AI) applications for weapons systems, the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is focusing on improving and […]