Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceF-35 Program and Lockheed Martin Starting Transition to Cloud-Based Logistics Program
The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have begun a transition to the the Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) cloud-based logistics program from the nearly 20 year-old Autonomic […]
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Air ForceAir Force Negotiating with Boeing on Communications Upgrade for KC-46
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing [BA] are negotiating the terms of a contract for Pegasus Combat Capability (PC2) Block I for the company’s KC-46 Pegasus air refueler–a contract which […]
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Air ForceRoper: Air Force Developing Two eSats, Has Flown NGAD Demonstrator
The U.S. Air Force is developing two digitally engineered satellites–so-called “eSats”–and has flown a full-scale demonstrator of its Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, service acquisition chief Will Roper told the […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Red Hawk Future Trainer Receives Foreign Interest
The Boeing [BA] and Saab Red Hawk training aircraft for the U.S. Air Force has received an “unprecedented” level of interest from potential foreign customers who may want the standard […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Goal for 220 Bombers Could Change
A U.S. Air Force goal for 220 bombers–75 re-engined Boeing [BA] B-52Hs and 145 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth aircraft–could change, Air Force Global Strike Commander Gen. Timothy Ray […]
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Air ForceAir Force Secretary Barbara Barrett Names Red Hawk As First System to Carry “e” Designation
In her kick-off address to the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space, and Cyber (vASC) conference on Sept. 14, U.S. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett named the Boeing [BA] and […]
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Unit Cost of F-15EX to Be $80 Million, Boeing Says, As Company Prepares to Deliver First Two Jets
Boeing [BA] is preparing to deliver its first two F-15EX jets to the U.S. Air Force, as company officials said that the unit cost of the fighter is to be […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyJoint Warfighting Concept To Be Delivered to Esper by End of Year
The Joint Staff is preparing to deliver a new, Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) to Defense Secretary Mark Esper by the end of the year–a concept that will heavily rely on […]
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Unmanned SystemsStrong U.S. Industrial Base for Small UAS Needed to Counter China, Lord Says
Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord highlighted the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Blue sUAS (small unmanned aerial systems) project as a stepping stone toward a stronger U.S. drone industrial base, which […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAgile Condor Pod to Go Through Classified Testing Over Next Year
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Agile Condor wide area surveillance pod is to undergo classified testing over the next year after a recent flight on the General Atomics […]