Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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InternationalBoeing to Build Two Additional KC-46As for Japan
As the Boeing [BA] KC-46A tanker program faces DoD procurement challenges, including timely resolution of six critical Category 1 deficiencies, the aircraft is getting a shot in the arm from […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Releases Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy
The Pentagon on Oct. 29 released an electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) superiority strategy meant to link with the 2018 National Defense Strategy, which stressed a new era of great power competition. […]
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Air ForceElectronic Warfare Interoperability PDR for B-52 Radar Modernization Program Upcoming
While Boeing [BA] officials said that they’ve had to conduct in-person meetings on the classified part of the B-52 Radar Modernization Program (RMP), they finished a three-day preliminary design review […]
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SpaceBarrett: Revamping Acquisition for Rapid Fielding of Space Systems ‘Maybe the Harshest Fight There Is’
For nearly six months, a final report on an Alternative Acquisition System for the U.S. Space Force has been stuck in an “interagency” coordination netherworld, including with officials at the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Moving to Resolve Six Category 1 Deficiencies on KC-46A
Boeing [BA] said that it has replaced or retorqued 22 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) duct clamps on 12 of the 38 KC-46A tankers delivered to the U.S. Air Force after […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Submits First POM, As Service Looks to Counter China and Russia Advances
While the U.S. Space Force hopes to get its own service acquisition executive soon, the newest military service submitted its first Program Objective Memorandum (POM) budget proposal to DoD in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Wants to Grasp International High Tech Advances to Prevent Sole Access by Adversaries
The U.S. Air Force is looking for the participation of international companies in its AFWERX innovation efforts to grasp high tech advances in artificial intelligence, materials sciences, advanced manufacturing and […]
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Business/FinancialPalantir Forecasts Major Increase in Its Share of DoD, Other Federal Software Business
Denver-based Palantir Technologies, Inc. [PLTR] forecasts a major increase in the company’s share of DoD, intelligence community, and other federal software business, as the company seeks to become the “central […]
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Air ForceAir Force Looks to Increase B-2 Mission Readiness with Cockpit Display Upgrade
A U.S. Air Force official said that availability of B-2 stealth bombers has been increasing, as the service looks to increase the mission readiness of the service’s 20 Northrop Grumman […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBAE Systems to Leverage Autonomous Systems’ Experience for U.S. Air Force Skyborg Program
BAE Systems is to leverage its experience in autonomous systems, as it seeks to develop an attritable drone under the U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg program, the company said on Oct. […]