Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Elbit Showcasing MAGNI Intelligence Drone at Paris Homeland Security Conference
Elbit Systems plans to showcase its new MAGNI intelligence drone at this week’s Milipol Paris 2019 safety and homeland security conference, which hosts some 30,000 visitors biennially. The drone is […]
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Uncategorized
Airbus Picks Collins Aerospace for Avionics Suite for C295 Transport
Airbus has picked the Collins Aerospace [LHX] Pro Line Fusion flight deck for installation on new Airbus C295 military transports, Collins Aerospace said on Nov. 17. Airbus builds the airlifters […]
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International
Sale of 5 Embraer KC-390s to Portugal Will Total $1 Billion, Embraer Says
The sale of five Embraer KC-390s to Portugal is to bring Embraer about $1 billion in revenue, the company said in a 2019 third quarter earnings call on Nov. 12. […]
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Air Force
L2 Aviation to Install ADS-B Upgrades for Air Force KC-10 Tankers
Collins Aerospace [UTX] has awarded L2 Aviation a subcontract for installations of Mode 5 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) upgrades for the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of 58 Boeing [BA] KC-10 […]
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Inmarsat Launches SB-Helo X-Stream High Data Rate Services for Rotorcraft
On Nov. 5, at the Vertical Flight Expo and Conference in Farnborough, United Kingdom, Inmarsat debuted its SwiftBroadband Helo (SB-Helo) X-Stream, a new system to allow X-Stream high data rate […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force to Experiment with Avionics Networks for Light Attack Aircraft
As the United States Air Force (USAF) continues its light attack aircraft program with the Textron Aviation [TXT] AT-6 Wolverine and the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano, the […]
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Army
U.S. Army in Final Stages of Developing EW Software Tool for Battle Management
The U.S. Army is in the final stages of developing a software tool, the Raytheon [RTN] Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT), to give the operators of military hardware, […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force Signs Predictive Maintenance Enterprise Agreement with U.K.-Based SDL
The U.S. Air Force is to install sensors on the military service’s fleet of aircraft to manage millions of pieces of information and streamline maintenance under a predictive maintenance enterprise […]
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Army
Upcoming ALIAS Test To Demonstrate Autonomous Flight
The upcoming final flight test of the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS), funded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will feature remote or autonomous flight of a […]
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Army
L3Harris To Upgrade Rover Under $90 Million Army Contract
L3Harris [LHX] is to upgrade its Remotely Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (Rover) under the terms of a $90 million contract with the U.S. Army, but the company said the Army […]