Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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PentagonDoD May Issue Rapid Prototyping/Defense Acquisition Reform Plan This Week
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may issue a memorandum on rapid prototyping and acquisition reform this week, as the Pentagon considers scaling up the work of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). […]
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SpaceSen. Blumenthal Looking Into Possible Musk Conflicts of Interest in DOGE/SpaceX Work
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the investigations panel of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and a senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves More Than $7 Billion In Arms Sales to Israel
The U.S. State Department has approved more than $7 billion in arms sales to Israel, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on Friday. The sales include $660 million for […]
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Air ForceB-52 CERP Faces Concurrency Challenges, DOT&E Says
A recently released fiscal 2024 report by the Pentagon Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) noted concurrency challenges for the re-engining of the B-52 bomber fleet under the U.S. […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Says It Has ‘Eliminated’ More Than 20 ‘Readiness Degraders’ in Past Year
In response to a newly released DoD Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) report that has a section on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter, the F-35 Joint Program […]
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PentagonDOGE May Recommend Contract Terminations, Contract Experts Say
President Trump’s administration took a page from an unlikely book–that of former President Obama, in creating the inaptly named Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). To get around the public meeting/comment […]
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Air ForceViper Shield Has First Flight on F-16 at Edwards AFB
The L3Harris Technologies [LHX] AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare suite recently had its first flight on a Royal Bahraini Air Force Block 70 F-16C assigned to the U.S. Air […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSTR Began Section 301 Investigation into Chinese Semiconductors in December
On Dec. 23 last year, less than a month before the handover of presidential power, the Biden administration’s U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Katherine Tai, announced an investigation under Section 301 […]
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Business/FinancialMoog Expects Increase in Space and Defense Sales
New York-based Moog, Inc. [MOG.A] is predicting a rise in its space and defense business this year. Moog builds flight actuators, switches, and controls for a number of DoD platforms, […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looks Into Replacement of Minuteman III Flight Control Units
The U.S. Air Force is considering the replacement of flight control units for the engines on the three-stage Minuteman III ICBM by Boeing [BA]. The 90th Missile Wing at F.E. […]
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