Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Army‘Cascading’ Old Technology a Problem for Guard, Reserve Units
Equipping National Guard and Reserve units with hand-me-down helicopters, which the U.S. Army calls “cascading,” can lead to such units receiving new technology or significant upgrades, including those for rotorcraft, […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin CEO Discusses F-35 Capabilities for Israel
The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 saw its combat debut with the Israeli Air Force (IAF) last year, and company CEO Marilyn Hewson put in a plug on July 1 for […]
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InternationalIndia Ministry of Defence Renews Ban on Leonardo
The India Ministry of Defence has renewed its ban on Leonardo in bidding on defense acquisition programs in the country. The ministry “has decided to further extend the period of […]
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ArmyArmy Units Equipped with Squad Level Nano-UAS Deploying This Summer
In late April and early May, soldiers from the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the Ft. Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Airborne Division received Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS) […]
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ArmyKarem, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Team Up on FARA Offering for U.S. Army
Karem Aircraft, Northrop Grumman [NOC], and Raytheon [RTN] are teaming up to execute a $738 million U.S. Army contract awarded to Karem in April as part of the Future Attack […]
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Air ForceSenate Calls for Additional HH-60Gs for Air National Guard
The Senate is calling for additional Sikorsky [LMT] HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopters (CSAR) for the Air National Guard to account for delays in the HH-60W Combat […]
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ArmyL3 Technologies Looks Forward to Air-Ground Synergies With Harris for MUM-T Effort
PARIS AIR SHOW–L3 Technologies [LLL] believes that its merger next week with Harris Corp. [HRS] will create air-ground synergies that will benefit L3 efforts, such as the company’s bid for U.S. […]
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ArmyTextron to Deliver Aerosonde HQ Drones to Army for FTUAS Testing
PARIS AIR SHOW–In the coming months, Textron Systems [TXT] is to deliver its Aerosonde HQ vertical take-off and landing drone to the U.S. Army as part of the service’s Brigade […]
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ArmyFARA Offering by AVX/L3 Made to Satisfy Requirements from Get Go, L3 Says
PARIS AIR SHOW–Now the president of L3 Technologies’ [LLL] surveillance and strike systems sector, Luke Savoie said that he remembers an Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior crew member firing an M4 […]
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Navy/USMCBell Aims at Increasing V-22 Mission Readiness Rates by 10 to 12 Percent
PARIS AIR SHOW—Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] are aiming to increase V-22 mission readiness rates by 10 to 12 percent through removing 8 of the 10 wiring interface boxes on the […]
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