Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceBAE Systems: Advanced Radar Warning Receivers for C-130Js Continue Production/Delivery
BAE Systems said on July 9 that it continues to deliver its AN/ALR-56M advanced radar warning receivers to the U.S. Air Force to protect C-130J transports by Lockheed Martin[LMT] under […]
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Air ForceSASC Wants F-35 Program to Submit Plan for Integration of Improved PTMS on Plane by 2029
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants insight from the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) on a timeline to compete and award a contract to build and integrate an upgraded […]
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Air ForceACC Commander Says He Expects NGAD Choice This Year
U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth “Cruiser” Wilsbach, the head of Air Combat Command (ACC), said on July 10 that he still expects the service to make a Next Generation Air […]
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Air ForceSASC Wants Report on Possible Deployment of 450 Sentinels
While the Pentagon on July 8 announced a further cost overrun and development delay for the U.S. Air Force LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC], the Senate Armed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Sticks with GE, As Foreign Nations Consider F-15EX Buys with Pratt & Whitney Engines
While the U.S. Air Force is sticking with the General Electric [GE] F110-129 engine for the service’s F-15EX fighter by Boeing [BA], potential foreign buyers may want a possibly cheaper […]
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Air ForceSentinel Program Director Dismissed
On June 24, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Newberry, the head of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtland AFB, N.M., dismissed Air Force Col. Charles Clegg, the […]
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Air ForceUSAF May Recompete Software Applications for STRATCOM System
Over the next three years, the U.S. Air Force plans to recompete some software application contracts for U.S. Strategic Command’s (STRATCOM) future Strategic Mission Planning and Execution System (SMPES). The […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Command ‘Eager’ for Space-Based GMTI
Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of U.S. Space Command, said on June 24 that he does not yet know when the command is to receive the initial fielding of space-based […]
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Business/FinancialNational Security Reform Program Established by Stimson Center
The Stimson Center has established the National Security Reform Program as a vehicle to expose “waste in the military budget while offering pragmatic, forward-thinking perspectives on security policy issues – […]
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Air ForceUSAF Air Mobility Command to Analyze Counters Against Small Drones
The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command at Scott AFB, Ill., wants industry technology ideas to improve protection for fixed wing transports against small drones weighing up to 55 pounds. […]