Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF Issues Correction on 319 Procurement Number for KC-46s, Says Number Is 263
While procurement figures in the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 budget document gave a goal of 319 Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tankers–an increase of nearly 60 from the 263 planned in […]
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Air ForceBudd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters
Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]
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Business/FinancialPentagon And L3Harris Close $1 Billion Investment For Equity Deal In Company’s Missile Solutions Business
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Thursday that the Pentagon has invested $1 billion from Defense Department’s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program in the company’s new Missile Solutions business, […]
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Air ForceUSAF Budgets $55 Million for Extended Range FAMM in Fiscal 2027, Another $300 Million for FAMM To Be In Future Reconciliation Bill
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2027 discretionary budget procurement request includes $55 million for a more than 1,000 nautical mile range Extended Range variant of the Family of Affordable Mass […]
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Air ForceUSAF Examining Software, Construction Competition For Sentinel Program
The Pentagon is looking at competition in the software and support construction realms for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] future LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM, a top official said on Wednesday. The Air […]
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Navy/USMCINDOPACOM Commander Praises LUCAS And MEROPS Drones
Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), used the phrase “unmanned hellscape” in June 2024, to describe what China would face in the Taiwan Strait if […]
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SpaceSpace Force Budget Includes $1.8 Billion To Modernize Launch at Vandenberg And Cape Canaveral
Part of the Department of the Air Force’s $13.6 billion operations and maintenance (O&M) budget in fiscal 2027 for facility improvements–a $7.2 billion increase from last year’s appropriation–is to bolster […]
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Air ForceNearly All of USAF’s $1.5 Billion FY 2027 Request For Airbase Air Defense Is to Counter Missiles
The Air Force’s fiscal 2027 budget includes $1.5 billion for airbase air defense against missiles and drones–a $1.3 billion increase from last year’s appropriated amount, according to the service. Yet, […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Sells USAF One B-21 Test Aircraft As Part of Production Acceleration
Northrop Grumman [NOC] sold the U.S. Air Force one of the company’s test B-21 Raiders as part of an effort to accelerate production of the 6th generation stealth bomber. “To […]
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SpacePentagon To Move Forward On AEP Upgrades For GPS, As DoD Cancels GPS OCX
The Pentagon has decided to end the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) by RTX [RTX] and instead move forward on upgrades to the existing ground system for GPS, […]