Frank Wolfe
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Air ForceAir Force Budget Request Includes $120 Million for U-2 Aircraft
The Air Force fiscal 2021 budget request includes $120 million for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, including about $48 million for the “high altitude, deep look” Advanced Synthetic […]
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UncategorizedPentagon Wants To Ramp Up Investment in 5G
The Pentagon fiscal year 2021 budget requests $449 million in research and development for the 5G next generation information communications technology program, $249 million more than provided by Congress last […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon and Military Service Budget Requests for AI May See Avionics Applications
The Pentagon has requested $800 million for research and development for artificial intelligence (AI), including the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and Project Maven, in the DoD fiscal 2021 budget […]
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Navy/USMCBoeing Super Hornets Receiving Block III Upgrades
Dozens of Boeing [BA] F/18 E/F Super Hornets are to receive avionics upgrades under the Block III program to improve information exchange speeds and allow the sharing of streaming video […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Upgrading C-17 and C-130H Avionics As Supplier Base for Legacy Systems Falls
The U.S. Air Force is undertaking a number of avionics upgrades for Boeing [BA] C-17 and Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130H transport aircraft, as the supplier base for legacy avionics systems […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyViasat DVE to Improve Satellite Connectivity for Military ISR Aircraft
Viasat Inc.‘s [VSAT] new Dynamic Video Encoding (DVE) application is designed to improve satellite connectivity for military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, the company said. “In today’s ISR missions, […]
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Air ForceHandheld Viasat Radio To Provide Link 16 Connectivity For Close Air Support and Other Missions
California-based Viasat has received a $90 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from United States Air Force (USAF) Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio to provide USAF special […]
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UncategorizedLockheed Martin to Integrate New Situational Awareness System for F-35
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is to integrate the Raytheon [RTN] Next-Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) into all F-35 variants over the next two years under a nearly $99 million contract […]
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Air ForceFourth Flight Test of XQ-58A Valkyrie Expected Soon, AFRL Says
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is “eagerly anticipating” the fourth flight test of the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie stealth unmanned aircraft system (UAS) “in the near future,” AFRL spokesman Bryan […]
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Air ForceUpcoming Air Force Research Challenge May Help Air Taxi Certification
An upcoming United States Air Force research challenge may help the certification of air taxis by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a top Air Force official said last week. “One […]
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