Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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CongressRep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]
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Air ForceUkraine Requests U.S. Provision of S-300 ‘Clones’ and TELs For APKWS
The U.S. would conduct industry competitions for the provision of nearly $2.7 billion in military equipment requested by Ukraine this month and funded by Norwegian “jump start” dollars and Foreign […]
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Air ForceNew BAE Systems IFF System Receives Certification for Use on F-16
The AN/APX-127(V)1 Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT) by BAE Systems for Mode S/Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) has received Allied Identification and Monitoring System (AIMS) certification from the Pentagon […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Raytheon Nearly $21 Billion for AMRAAM Foreign Orders
The U.S. Air Force has awarded RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon an almost $20.7 billion contract for multi-year production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) for foreign allies through […]
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Space21 Tranche 1, Transport Layer Satellites Delivered to Vandenberg, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday that it has delivered 21 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for Tranche 1 of the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Transport […]
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Air ForceUSAF Plans Participation of Early CCA Production Aircraft In Emerald Flag
The U.S. Air Force wants to use General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems, Inc.‘s (GA-ASI) FQ-42A Vengeance and the Anduril Industries FQ-44A Fury in the Emerald Flag Exercise this December. Those aircraft are […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Receives Long-Lead Funding for 67 APG-85 Radars for F-35s
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a nearly $124 million fixed-price incentive contract for long-lead items for 67 AN/APG-85 active electronically scanned array radars for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin […]
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Air ForceUSAF Seeking Industry Input on Replacement of ARSR-4 Radar
The U.S. Air Force wants companies’ insights on a replacement for the Air Route Surveillance Radar-4 (ARSR-4). Northrop Grumman [NOC] delivered more than 40 ARSR-4s in the 1990s for border […]
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Missile DefenseBaseline Designs for L3Harris’ Tranche 3 Missile Tracking Satellites Okayed
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has completed a preliminary design review (PDR) for Tranche 3 of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future Tracking Layer against ballistic and hypersonic missiles, the company said […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Vectis To Have ‘Almost F-35 Like Capabilities’
As the U.S. Air Force considers whether Increment 2 of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program will feature more attritable or more advanced drones, or a mix of those, Lockheed […]