Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin Plans to Integrate New Defensive System on F-22
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Wednesday that it has received a $270 million U.S. Air Force contract to integrate the Infrared Defensive System (IRDS) on the company’s fifth-generation F-22 Raptor […]
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Air Force
USAF Reports Receiving First Two F-15Es with EPAWSS
The U.S. Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in England has received the first two F-15E Strike Eagles with BAE Systems‘ AN/ALQ-250 F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability […]
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Air Force
Acting DoD Acquisition Assistant Secretary Named Acting Air Force Secretary
As Troy Meink awaits a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing as President Trump’s nominee to become Air Force secretary, the new administration named Gary Ashworth as the acting service […]
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Pentagon Wants to Speed Parts Repair for F-35 As Part of Sustainment Cost Reduction
As the Pentagon prepares to hand over contractor sustainment of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 to the Air Force and the Department of the Navy by the latter part of […]
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NRO’s Troy Meink, Who Accelerated Agency Use of Fixed Price, is SECAF Pick
Troy Meink, the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), is President-elect Trump’s pick to become Air Force secretary. Meink, a former U.S. Air Force KC-135 navigator and […]
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Space
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Debuts, Company to Re-test Booster in Coming Months
Blue Origin‘s New Glenn rocket had its debut launch early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. Named after the late John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to […]
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Air Force
Congressional Appropriators Will Likely Have to Change T-7A Provisions, Given Production Decision Delay
While the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act and both the House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill approved Air Force funding for seven low-rate initial […]
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Navy/USMC
Kaine: Future of Navy Will ‘Heavily Be in the Uncrewed Space’
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on Wednesday that he supports building a significant number of uncrewed U.S. Navy vessels in the […]
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Ship and Submarine Maintenance Improvement Needed, Navy Vice Chief Says
While the readiness of U.S. Navy aircraft is largely up to snuff, surface ship and submarine maintenance are continuing hurdles for the service, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James […]
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Navy Examining Ship Self-Protection Measures
The U.S. Navy is examining the fielding of relatively inexpensive weapons, including projectiles and directed energy, to protect service ships at distance against missiles and drones–both of which have been […]
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