Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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PentagonGE Aerospace Plans to Flight Test HyCAT Hypersonic Test Bed in 2028
LYNN, Mass.—GE Aerospace [GE] said on Monday that the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded the company a prime contract for an all-up-round (AUR) hypersonic test bed under the […]
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ArmyGE Aerospace Anticipates Full Qualification of T901 By End of Next Year
LYNN, Mass.—GE Aerospace [GE] anticipates qualification of the company’s T901 engine by the end of next year. The Army awarded the company a $517 million engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) […]
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Air ForceInterview with Rolls-Royce’s F130 Program Director, Gregg Pyers on the B-52’s New Engine
Gregg Pyers, Rolls-Royce’s F130 program director, discusses the company’s development of the new engine for the B-52 under the Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program. Pyers provides updates on ongoing […]
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ArmyInterview with Rolls-Royce’s AE 1107 Program Director, Scott Ames provides updates on the development of the AE 1107
Scott Ames, Rolls-Royce’s AE 1107 program director, sits down to deliver a key update on the development of the AE 1107 engine powering the Army’s future MV-75 Cheyenne — the […]
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ArmyYearly Production Capacity Of More Than 100 AE 1107F Engines For MV-75, Rolls-Royce Says
INDIANAPOLIS—Rolls-Royce plans to deliver two AE 1107F engines for the first of six prototype Bell [TX] MV-75 Cheyenne II tiltrotors for the Army by the end of the year in […]
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Air ForceRolls-Royce Plans To Deliver 20 F130 Flight Test Engines For B-52 CERP Starting Next Spring
INDIANAPOLIS—Rolls-Royce plans to deliver 20 F130 flight test engines to the Air Force starting next spring for the Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) for the service’s B-52 bomber, as the […]
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SpaceSmaller Space Companies Want To See Programs Of Record For Their Investments
Smaller space companies want to see how the “commercial first” mantra of Pentagon acquisition reform translates into programs of record. The Space Force contends that its nine, new program acquisition […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Awarded $603 Million For New Radar For B-52
The Air Force on Tuesday said it awarded RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon an up to $603 million contract through August 2031 for a new radar, the APQ-188, for the service’s 75 […]
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Air ForceAir Force Mulls Draft Solicitation On Future Air Operations Center Weapon System
The Air Force is looking to issue a draft request for proposals in September and a final one in January on a Next Generation Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace Says Company Completed Altitude Testing of EPACS
RTX‘s [RTX] Collins Aerospace said on Monday that its Enhanced Power and Cooling System (EPACS)–the company’s proposed replacement for the F-35 fighter’s current Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS)–has undergone […]