Frank Wolfe
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Air ForceAir Force Returns to 76 Congressionally Mandated B-52s After Restoration of Boneyard Bomber
The U.S. Air Force recently completed nearly a year-long renovation on a B-52H bomber, which re-entered service with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., earlier this month. While […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Authorizes Loan of GPS M-Code Receiver Cards for U.S. Allies
The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center is undertaking a three-year effort to loan U.S. allies Military Code (M-Code) Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver cards for testing. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDigital Engineering Efforts for Munitions Yield Lessons Learned for Possible Fielding
Last fall, former U.S. Air Force acquisitions chief Will Roper held out the possibility that the service would soon announce an e-series, digitally engineered weapon to follow the Air Force […]
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InternationalL3Harris Looks for Viper Shield Flight Testing and Production Contract Award Next Year
L3Harris [LHX], Lockheed Martin [LMT], and the U.S. Air Force are collaborating to flight test the L3Harris AN/ALQ-254 Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) suite on new F-16 fighter aircraft late […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace Looks to Leverage DoD Recognition of Company’s F-16 and C-130 Brake/Wheel Sustainment
Collins Aerospace [RTX] received DoD recognition in January for a performance-based logistics (PBL) effort that is projected to save the Air Force $117 million in sustainment costs on wheels and […]
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SpaceOmnispace and Lockheed Martin to Pursue Space-Based 5G
On the heels of the Federal Administration Administration (FAA) announcing the March 21 enactment of a new rule to streamline the licensing process for private sector space launch and re-entry […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyINDOPACOM Nominee Does Not Specifically Defend F-35, But Says Fifth and Sixth Generation Planes Needed
U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. John Aquilino, who has piloted F/A-18 and F-14 fighters, did not specifically defend the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 during his confirmation hearing to head […]
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InternationalL3Harris Sees Foreign Military Sales Potential for F-16 EW Suite
L3Harris [LHX] said on March 22 that it is looking for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of the company’s Viper Shield advanced electronic warfare suite for Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 fighter […]
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Air ForceCurtailing U.S. Air Force F-35A Buy, Increasing Procurement Rate Among Debated Items
While the U.S. Air Force has fielded some 250 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As, at the current buy rate of 60 per year, it would take until 2048 for the service […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUS Air Force Tests F-35 Emissions Control Tactics In Combined Orange Flag/Black Flag Exercise
The U.S. Air Force tested emissions control (EMCON) tactics for the service’s F-35A fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT] in a combined Orange Flag and Black Flag exercise earlier this month. […]