Frank Wolfe
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Air ForceGeneral Electric May Receive Up to $5 Billion for F110-129 Engines for Foreign F-15s
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Cincinnati’s General Electric Aerospace [GE] a contract worth up to $5 billion to provide the company’s F110-129 engines for Boeing [BA] F-15 fighters and […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force Surveying Industry on Mature Counter UAS
The U.S. Air Force wants to hear from companies able to demonstrate mature, Technology Readiness Level 6 ground-to-air and air-to-air counter drone systems by June 30 and to increase production […]
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Air Force
USAF Awards Lockheed Martin More Than $1.9 Billion for JASSM and LRASM
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a more than $1.9 billion contract for the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), DoD […]
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Air ForceTransfer of Four KC-135s to Eielson in the Works, USAF Says
U.S. Air Force plans have called for moving four more KC-135 tankers by the end of September to Eielson AFB, Alaska under the 168th Wing, and a service official said […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looking for Cost Estimates on PTES Modifications
U.S. Space Force wants cost estimates on modifying the design of Boeing‘s [BA] future Protected Tactical Enterprise System (PTES) ground segment that will initially support Boeing’s Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) […]
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Air ForceHoeven Wants USAF Budget to Fund Updates for LRSO at Minot and Concurrent Upgrades to ICBM Bases for Sentinel
Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) wants the U.S. Air Force to ensure that its upcoming fiscal 2026 budget has funds to update Minot AFB, N.D.’s weapons storage for RTX‘s [RTX] future […]
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Air ForceResponding to DoD Direction, DiSCO Not Focused on Specific Platform
AURORA, Colo.–The teaming of L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Shield AI on the software-defined Distributed Spectrum Collaboration and Operations (DiSCO) electronic warfare (EW) battle management system could aid drone initiatives like […]
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SpaceDoD Looks for Launch Alternatives, as Launch Emerges As ‘Long Lead Item’
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is examining launch sites in Australia, Spain, Scotland, and French Guyana, as DoD searches for launch companies that can offer alternatives to SpaceX. The latter’s […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Independent Review Team Begins Work
Originally to start launch last September, the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 1 satellites–the first to link to military forces in the field–are to begin orbiting late […]
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Missile DefenseCollins: Missile Defense ‘Magazine Depth Is Going to Be Crucial’
AURORA, Colo.–Iran’s missile and drone attacks against Israel last year and what DoD officials have often stated is a significant Chinese threat have led to Pentagon missile defense officials urging […]
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