Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceGPS-IIIF Will Change “Calculus” Of Adversaries Seeking To Counter GPS, Lockheed Martin Official Says
AURORA, Colo.–While analysts have often spoken of the near certainty of sophisticated and off-the-shelf jamming and spoofing of GPS in a future conflict in which the United States engages, Lockheed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Test Pilot School And Lockheed Martin Collaborate On Automatic SAM Avoidance
AURORA, Colo.–The Air Force Test Pilot School and Lockheed Martin [LMT] Skunk Works are collaborating this year on a “Have Remy” Test Management Project to enable fighter aircraft to use […]
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Congress“Not Sure How They Get To Where They Wanna Be,” Calvert Says of $1.5 Trillion Defense Topline Proposal
As the federal government enters a third week of tardiness in a fiscal 2027 budget release, a big question is how the Pentagon will be able to spend $500 billion […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems To Develop 300 Prototypes For AGR-20F Upgrades Against Drone Swarms
In response to a U.S. Central Command and Air Forces Central Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) in August 2024, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) armament directorate at Eglin […]
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Air ForceEmbraer Pledges $500 Million Investment In U.S. Production Of KC-390, If Sizeable Domestic Order Placed
MELBOURNE, Fla.—In 2024, L3Harris Technologies [LHX] backed out of a partnership begun two years earlier to develop a refueling boom for Embraer’s [EMBJ] KC-390 tanker, but on Thursday Northrop Grumman […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman To Conduct Gap Analyses To Inform Software Support For Next-Gen OPIR Polar
The Department of the Air Force plans to award Northrop Grumman [NOC] a sole source contract for gap analyses to inform Air Force software support at Robins AFB, Georgia’s, 402nd […]
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Air ForceSentinel Software Development “Slower Than Anticipated,” GAO Says
The Air Force faces software design challenges for Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] future LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). “Sentinel is software-intensive, and development progress remains slower […]
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Air ForceFirst Air Force Sentinel Flight Test From Pad Planned Next Year; Service Breaking Ground On Prototype Silo
The Air Force is to start construction this month of a prototype silo for the Sentinel LGM-35A future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC] in advance of a planned Pentagon engineering […]
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Air ForceUSAF Using “ATACMS Technology” To Bolster Parts Supply For MOP
To increase the parts supply for the Boeing [BA] GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), the U.S. Air Force last August began using technology from the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) […]
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Air ForceWhither the F-35’s AN/APG-85?
With a radar or without, F-35A iron on the ramp is what some are voicing as a major Air Force need. A 24-page Long Term U.S. Air Fighter Force Structure […]