Frank Wolfe
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International
Greece Becomes 19th Foreign Nation to Join F-35 Program
Greece became the 19th foreign nation to join the F-35 program, as the country signed a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) on July 25 to buy 20 of the Lockheed Martin […]
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Business/Financial
Raytheon and Italy’s Avio Sign Solid Rocket Motor Agreement
RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon business and Italy-based Avio said at England’s Farnborough Air Show on July 23 that they have signed a contract to develop military solid rocket motors and bolster […]
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Weapons
Mako Missile Offered by Lockheed Martin For Close and Standoff Missions
In development since 2017, Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Mako missile did not enter Phase 2 in the U.S. Air Force Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) competition last year, but the company is […]
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Unmanned Systems
NORAD and U.S. Northern Command Plan C-sUAS Exercise This Fall
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command are to hold the Falcon Peak 2025 (FP 25) counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) experiment this fall in Colorado […]
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International
Boeing and Ukraine’s Antonov Sign MOU, Possible Cooperation to Include Support for ScanEagle
Boeing [BA] and Ukraine’s Antonov Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding at England’s Farnborough International Air Show to cooperate on defense projects, such as the Boeing ScanEagle drone, Boeing said […]
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International
IAI Introduces WIND DEMON Cruise Missile at Farnborough
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is introducing the WIND DEMON air-to-surface cruise missile, the company said on July 22 at England’s biennial Farnborough International Air Show. “IAI’s newly developed WIND DEMON […]
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Air Force
F-35 Program Expects PTMU Contract In Next Few Months
The F-35 Joint Program Office said that Lockheed Martin [LMT] will be responsible for integrating a Power Thermal Management Unit (PTMU) on the company-built fighter to accommodate higher cooling and […]
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Space
New NSSL Contracts Bring United Launch Phase 2 Total to $4.5 Billion, SpaceX’s to $4 Billion
As U.S. Space Force looks for new entrants beside Blue Origin for Phase 3 of National Security Space Launch (NSSL), the service on July 19 awarded more than $1.7 billion […]
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Air Force
F-35 Program and Lockheed Martin Say They’ve Begun TR-3 Deliveries
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that deliveries of the first F-35s with the Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) began on July 19. TR-3 is to allow […]
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Air Force
AFRL to Hold Software Development Forum on AI-Generated C2 Decisions
The Department of the Air Force is to hold a software development forum in Las Vegas in September to explore future artificial intelligence (AI)-aided decision making under the service’s Advanced […]