Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHyten: Artificial Intelligence Underpins Information Advantage in Joint Warfighting Concept
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be key for the U.S. military to achieve Information Advantage (IA)–one of four pillars of the Pentagon’s emerging Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC), Vice Chairman of the […]
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Air ForceLeonardo to Deliver Additional Subsystems for F-35 Training, As U.S. Air Force Looks to Cybersecurity Upgrade for Older Jets
Leonardo DRS said on June 24 that it has received a subcontract from Cubic Corp. [CUB] to deliver more than 150 internal subsystems (IS) of the P5 Combat Training System […]
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SpaceSpaceX to Launch Falcon 9 to Transport First SDA Experimental Satellites on June 25
On June 25, SpaceX is to launch a Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) first satellite missions–Mandrake II, the Laser Interconnect Networking Communications System (LINCS), […]
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Air ForceIntegration of MH-139 Defensive Systems Causes FAA Certification Delay
The integration of two defensive systems on the Boeing [BA] MH-139A helicopter has delayed two Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supplemental type certificates (STC) for the aircraft–both required approvals, given that […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCompetition Likely on Airborne Edge Node for KC-46 Tanker
The U.S. Air Force is likely to release a request for proposal for the Airborne Edge Node for the Boeing [BA] KC-46 Pegasus tanker in the coming months, as it […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Negotiating with Lockheed Martin on Three Year Sustainment Contract for F-35
The U.S. Air Force is negotiating a three-year sustainment contract with Lockheed Martin [LMT] for its F-35A Lightning II fighter–a contract that is to have performance incentives for cost reduction, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAutonomous, AI-Enabled Tracking of Mobile Targets Demonstrated, As DoD Commits to Ethical AI Principles
The Pentagon recently demonstrated autonomous, artifical intelligence (AI)-enabled tracking of mobile targets–an effort simultaneous with other such AI drone projects and DoD’s development of principles for ethical AI use, a […]
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Unmanned SystemsAir Force Weighs Planned Global Hawk Block 40 Retirements and Replacement Fielding
The U.S. Air Force is weighing the timelines for the retirement of Block 40 RQ-4 Global Hawk reconnaissance drones by Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the fielding of a classified replacement […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looks to Qualify GPS OCX Software Baseline This Fall
U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles AFB, Calif. expects the qualification of a new software baseline for the future command and control (C2) system […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looks to Airborne Edge Node as Leader for Fielding ABMS on Aircraft
Of the U.S. Air Force’s nearly $204 million requested funding in fiscal 2022 for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), $147 million is for development of the ABMS Airborne Edge […]