Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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UncategorizedNavy Remotely Tests C/KC-130T Avionics Software Fixes
Due to travel restrictions because of COVID-19, the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] remotely tested software fixes for the latest software build of the C/KC-130T Avionics Obsolescence Upgrade (AOU) program […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDrone Likely First to Receive Neuromorphic Computing Under U.S. Air Force Effort
The United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., is working to develop neuromorphic computing for possible fielding on a drone in the next five years. AFRL is […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Navy Requests Increase for Development of MQ-4C Triton SIGINT Package
The Navy fiscal 2021 budget requests an increase for the development of the Integrated Functional Capability-4 (IFC-4) signals intelligence (SIGINT) package aboard the service’s Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance […]
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Air ForceFuture F-35 Panoramic Cockpit Display System to Feature Better Processing, Memory
A new Panoramic Cockpit Display – Electronics Unit (PCD-EU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is to feature significantly enhanced processing and memory. The PCD-EU “is considered a new development […]
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Air ForceAvionics Upgrade for U-2S to Feature Open Mission Systems
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently received a $50 million Air Force contract for the Avionics Tech Refresh (ATR) program for the service’s fleet of 31 U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance planes–upgrades that […]
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CyberComing Cybersecurity Mandates May Have Implications for Military Aircraft
Aviation cybersecurity mandates by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are coming in the next two years, according to participants in an Apr. […]
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Air ForceDoD Faces Avionics Terminal Challenges
On March 27, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded Raytheon [RTN] and L3Harris [LHX] $500 million each to develop protected tactical waveform capable modems for the […]
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CyberDHS Ends Cyber Vulnerability Testing Of Boeing 757-200
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) decided to end the Aviation Cyber Initiative’s (ACI) computer vulnerability testing of a Boeing 757-200 at […]
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Business/FinancialAvionics Builders Warn of Supply Chain Disruption and Other Fallout Due to COVID-19
While Boeing [BA] has requested a $60 billion lifeline from the federal government to cushion the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic and U.S. airlines through the Airlines for America trade […]
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SpaceViasat Hybrid Adaptive Network Fits U.S. Space Force Vision, Company Says
Viasat [VSAT] says its Hybrid Adaptive Network (HAN) fits with the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Vision for Enterprise Satellite Communications (SATCOM) to bolster the speed, agility and resilience of […]