Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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InternationalState Department Approves Possible FMS Sale to Chile for F-16 Modernization
The State Department has approved a possible $634.7 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Chile of modernization equipment for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 fighter. The Chilean Air Force, Fuerza […]
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WeaponsAFRL Moving Forward with Miniature Self-Defense Missile, As Raytheon Secures Contract
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) munitions directorate at Eglin AFB, Fla., is moving forward with research and development on a miniature self-defense missile (MSDM), as Raytheon [RTN] beat out […]
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Special OperationsHouse Appropriators Advise $80 Million Cut to SOCOM “Armed Overwatch” Procurement Request
The House Appropriations Committee is recommending cutting $80 million from the U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) $101 million procurement request for the “Armed Overwatch” program in fiscal 2021. Last year, […]
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Air ForceDefense Contract Management Agency Negotiating with Lockheed Martin on Possible F-35 ALIS Repayment
Since April, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) have been negotiating a possible repayment by Lockheed Martin of $183 million to $303 million of awarded F-35 […]
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PentagonAerojet Rocketdyne Announces Completion of Second Series of Propulsion Tests for Hypersonic Missile
Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] said on July 21 that it has finished a second series of propulsion system tests under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Operational Fires (OpFires) program […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Releases Arctic Strategy to Guide Power Projection, Deterrence Efforts
The U.S. Air Force on July 21 released what it called the service’s first Arctic Strategy to meet competitive threats from Russia and China. The 14-page strategy, accompanied by a […]
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CongressHouse Oversight Committee Hearing To Address F-35 Spare Parts Issues
A July 22 hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee is to tackle spare parts issues with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighter. “The hearing will examine […]
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Special OperationsSierra Nevada Continues Work On DVE Systems For Air Force, Army Helicopters
Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is continuing its work to build and field degraded visual environment (DVE) systems for DoD helicopters, including the U.S. Air Force HH-60 combat search and rescue […]
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Air Force
Air Force Buying Anti-Jam JDAM Kits in Response to PACAF Urgent Need
The U.S. Air Force is buying Strategic Anti-jam Beam-forming Receiver Y-code (SABR-Y) GPS and antenna kits for Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) in response to an urgent operational […]
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ArmyDraper Designing Autonomous Software Suite for Small Army UAS
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. is designing an autonomous software suite for small, handheld unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) weighing about half a pound or less–systems that may fly 20 minutes […]