Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceHouse Defense Appropriators Advise $900 Million Aircraft Procurement Boost for Air Force
The House Appropriations Committee defense panel’s (HAC-D) version of the fiscal 2022 defense funding bill recommends $16.6 billion for aircraft procurement for the U.S. Air Force–a more than $900 million […]
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Air ForceMore Than 80 Companies Competing in U.S. Air Force JADC2 Effort
The U.S. Air Force has instituted a broad competition on maturing Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), as the service has brought in 81 companies to compete for JADC2 […]
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Air Force“Force Elements” Key to Future U.S. Air Force Posture
As Air Combat Command (ACC) prepares a campaign plan by October to counter the “near peer” threats of Russia and China, one key element of the plan will be “force […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman Contract for Up to $3.9 Billion for ICBM Ground Subsystems
The U.S. Air Force on July 7 awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract that could be worth nearly $3.9 billion for ground subsystems support for the Boeing [BA] Minuteman III […]
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PentagonGAO: U.S. Air Force Needs to Reduce F-35 Costs Per Tail by $3.7 Million By 2036
The Pentagon must move out on affordability improvements for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighter or risk breaking the budget for the plane, per a new Government Accountability […]
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PentagonAAR Corp. Settles False Claims Act Investigation by DOJ for $11 Million
The Wood Dale, Illinois-based AAR Corp [AIR] and its Melbourne, Fla.-subsidiary, AAR Airlift Group Inc., have agreed to pay the federal goverment more than $11 million after a False Claims […]
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Air ForceAir Combat Command Targeting October for Completion of Campaign Plan
As the U.S. Air Force continues to retool to counter the “near peer” threats of China and Russia, Air Combat Command (ACC) is targeting October for completing its campaign plan […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Air Force Awards Raytheon $2 Billion EMD Contract for LRSO
The U.S. Air Force on July 1 awarded Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] missiles and defense division in Tucson, Ariz. a $2 billion cost plus contract with performance incentives for the engineering […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Presses Staff to Analyze Needed Capabilities, Not Numbers
While the U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2022 budget request proposes retiring 201 aircraft, including two squadrons of F-15C/Ds, to help pay for a requested $2.2 billion increase in research and […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySkyborg Program Conducts Another Test of Autonomy System on Different Drone
The U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg program–one of four service Vanguard efforts–conducted a two hour and thirty minute flight test on June 24 of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard […]