Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceTanker Readiness a Concern for DoD, Esper Says
A major concern for executing Pentagon war plans is the readiness of the fleet of refueling tankers, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said during a Heritage Foundation virtual event on Oct. […]
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Air ForceAESA Radar for F-16s Has Achieved FOC Readiness, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Oct. 15 that its AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radar (SABR) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters by Lockheed Martin [LMT] has achieved “full operational capability […]
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Air ForceAir Combat Command Clears Stormbreaker for F-15E Operations
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) has cleared the 204-pound, GBU-53/B Stormbreaker munition by Raytheon [RTX] for operational use after more than a decade of development. On Sept. […]
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Air ForceAether Spy Next-Generation Multi-Function Radar to Advance, Northrop Grumman Says
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Aether Spy next-generation multifunction radar by Northrop Grumman [NOC] is to move into the design phase after the radar completed a system requirements review […]
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Air ForcePreliminary Design Review for F-35 Full Motion Video Data Link Upcoming
A preliminary design review (PDR) of a Full Motion Video Data Link (FMVDL) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is planned before the end of the year, according to the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Plans to Re-Use Aerial Dogfight Algorithms for ISR, EW
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to re-use algorithms employed in the recent AlphaDogfightTrial (ADT) for research on artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); electronic warfare […]
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UncategorizedSpace Force and Boeing Announce Completion of PDR for WGS-11, as Company Says Production to Start Next Year
U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., has completed its preliminary design review of the Boeing [BA] Wideband Global Satcom-11 (WGS-11) satellite, as […]
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SpaceU.S. TRANSCOM Mulling Possibility of Rocket Deliveries
U.S. Transportation Command is mulling the possibility of rocket deliveries and plans to hold a proof of principle with SpaceX as early as next year, TRANSCOM Commander Army Gen. Stephen […]
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PentagonJoint Warfighting Concept Assumes ‘Contested Logistics’
While DoD has yet to publish the Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) that the Joint Staff has been developing, a Pentagon official gave a preview of a portion of the JWC […]
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ArmyRaytheon Looks to Provide Sustainment for Army OMFV
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] is looking to provide sustainment for the U.S. Army’s future Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV)—a program the service has estimated will cost $46 billion to buy and […]