Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Navy/USMCDARPA And Marine Corps Cancel ARES Program For Cost Growth, Delays
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps have canceled the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) program because of cost overruns and schedule slips. Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk […]
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UncategorizedMarine Corps to Prioritize MUX Requirements
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Marine Corps wants an initial operational capability for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Unmanned Aerial System Experimental (MUX) vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone by 2025-26, but […]
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UncategorizedKnappenberger Says 355-Ship Navy Goal Will Put More Priority on Helo Fleet
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — As the U.S. Navy moves to fulfill a 355-ship goal, the service is “going to a more distributed force” that “puts more emphasis on our helicopter […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Introduces ‘Sidekick’ Weapons Rack for F-35C
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on May 1 that it has developed a new weapons rack, called “Sidekick,” to increase the internal weapons carrying capacity of the aircraft carrier variant of […]
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ArmyMD Helicopters Not Giving Up On FARA Bid, Chief Executive Says
NASHVILLE–While the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has turned down MD Helicopters‘ protest of what the company called its exclusion from the U.S. Army Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competition, Lynn Tilton, […]
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Air-to-Air Refueling For FVL “Increasingly Important” For Army Special Operations Pilots
NASHVILLE–An air-to-air refueling capability for a Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platform will be “increasingly important” for U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, as the command seeks to sustain its operational […]
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ArmyFVL ‘Absolutely Fundamental’ to Army Maneuver Warfare Against Near Peer, Milley Says
The Army Future Vertical Lift program is “absolutely fundamental” to the service’s ability to execute maneuver warfare against a near peer threat, like Russian and Chinese forces, Army Chief of […]
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Army
Army May Face Trade-Off Between CH-47F, Block II and AH-64E New Builds
As the FY 2020 budget season gets underway, the U.S. Army may face the issue of whether to push Congress for more funding for Boeing [BA] CH-47F, Block II upgrades […]
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ArmyNo Nunn-McCurdy Breach on CH-47F Block II ‘To My Knowledge,’ McCarthy Says
Will the U.S. Army’s planned 10 percent reduction in the service’s buy of Boeing [BA] CH-47 Block II upgrades result in a Nunn-McCurdy breach–a unit cost increase of 15 percent […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Budget Plan Delays Buy of Amphibious Ships
While U.S. Navy/Marine Corps requirements call for 38 amphibious ships to support the simultaneous deployment of two Marine Expeditionary Brigades, the Navy has not budgeted for any such ships in […]