Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceAFRL Opens Lab for Testing New, High-Strain Composites for Space
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has opened a Deployable Structures Laboratory, DeSel, at Kirtland AFB, N.M. Construction on the $4 million, 7,000 square foot DeSel began […]
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InternationalEngel Introduces Bill to Limit Arms Sales to Middle East
In light of the U.S. State Department’s informal notification to Congress of the White House’s intent to sell 50 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35s to the United Arab Emirates, Rep. Eliot […]
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Air ForceEMD on B-2 Cockpit Display Upgrade to Begin This Fiscal Year
The Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase for a cockpit display upgrade of the 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 stealth bombers is to begin this fiscal year, as the U.S. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin to Demo Airlifter Palletized Munition Next Year
Under an up to $25 million, 18-month contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) last month, Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to demonstrate next year the capability for C-130 […]
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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 […]