Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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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 […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Tests Pegasus Rocket for Responsive Space Missions
The U. S. Space Force on June 13 launched a Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) technology demonstration satellite from a Northrop Grumman [NOC] Pegasus XL rocket. The latter, carried on a […]