Frank Wolfe
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CongressWicker Calls for Ten-Fold Increase in Annual DoD Replicator Spending
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is calling for a ten-fold increase in annual spending on DoD’s Replicator initiative. Replicator, “an opening move toward making big bets on […]
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Navy/USMCL3Harris Expects Passive Detection System to Field First on Navy Destroyer in 2027
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] expects the U.S. Navy to begin fielding the company’s Shipboard Panoramic Electro-Optic/Infrared (SPEIR) system in 2027–operations that will begin with an Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer. “There is […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Awarded In-Space Refueling Contracts
The United States Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman two in-space refueling contracts, the company said on Wednesday. “These contracts build on Northrop Grumman’s proven on-orbit […]
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Air ForceCramer: Sentinel Design Changes May Be Possible to Fit In Minuteman III Silos
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said on Tuesday that the U.S. Air Force may be able to re-use some Minuteman III silos to house the future Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Boeing Nearly $2.5 Billion C-17 Sustainment Contract
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a nearly $2.5 billion two-and-a-half year contract for sustainment of the company’s C-17 cargo aircraft for Australia, Canada, India, Kuwait, the NATO […]
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Air ForceUSAF Sustainment Center Examines Reduction in AWACS Costs
While the U.S. Air Force may buy 26 Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetails to replace its fleet of 16 1970s-era E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) planes, also by Boeing, […]
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PentagonUpcoming Personnel Changes May Be Particularly Acute for Relatively Small U.S. Space Force
A memorandum that DoD said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed on March 28 may result in significant organizational changes in the Department of the Air Force, Navy, and Army, including […]
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Air ForceMeink Favors Multiple Competitions Within Programs, Examining Large ‘Heavy Press’-Type Industrial Investment
Secretary of the Air Force-nominee Troy Meink says that he favors multiple competitions over modernization programs’ lifetimes and an examination of direct, “big” investment in industrial capacity akin to the […]
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InternationalCanada Examining Alternatives to F-35A
Retired Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Lt. Gen. Yvan Blondin, who commanded the RCAF between 2012 and 2015, is advising Canada to curtail significantly the nation’s buy of Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]
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Air ForceEmbraer Sees Significant Market in United States
LISBON, Portugal–Brazil’s Embraer is looking to make significant inroads in the U.S. market, particularly with the company’s KC-390 jet tanker/transport. “We see how turboprop aircraft struggle to refuel fast jets,” […]