Frank Wolfe
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Congress
Resumption of Unrestricted V-22 Flight Operations Not Expected Until Mid-2025
The V-22 will not likely return to unrestricted flight operations until the middle of next year, Vice Adm. Carl Chebi, the head of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), said on […]
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Business/Financial
General Dynamics Electric Boat Files Lawsuit in Submarine Case
General Dynamics [GD] Electric Boat has filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court against a retired welder and his wife–Mickey and Joanne Skobic–who worked at a Jacksonville company, Nuflo, Inc., […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Route Planning for Ukrainian Drones Key to Avoiding Russian Jamming
Nearly two and a half years after Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are vying to see whose “observe, orient, decide and act” cycle–the late […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
U.S. Army TITAN and MSS to Complement Each Other
The U.S. Army’s Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN), the service’s new intelligence ground station, and the Maven Smart System (MSS) “absolutely complement each other,” Shyam Sankar, the chief technology […]
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Air Force
Northrop Grumman Announces Nearly $269 Million Task Order for USAF BACN
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on June 6 that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the company a nearly $269 million task order through January, 2027 for continued operations and sustainment […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Will Novel Solid Rocket Propellant Mixing Technology Make the DoD Cut?
On Sept 18 last year, Rep Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) posted on X that he and Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, had recently […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Garamendi Highlights Upcoming July 24 Hearing on Nuclear Weapon Cost Overruns
Overturning the nuclear triad concept and reducing funding significantly for the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines and the U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber and Sentinel next-generation ICBM […]
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Air Force
B-21 Exempt from LRIP Limitation, DoD Says
The U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC] is exempt from a Title 10 requirement that a defense secretary seek a waiver for a low-rate initial […]
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Air Force
Defense Innovation Unit/USAF Pick Four Companies for Weapon Prototypes
While companies like RTX [RTX], Lockheed Martin [LMT], General Dynamics [GD] and Boeing [BA] remain top DoD weapon heavyweights, the Pentagon is taking a step to move beyond the traditional […]
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Air Force
Aircrew Training Devices for KC-46 to Incorporate RVS 2.0 Changes
The U.S. Air Force is looking for industry help to build Aircrew Training Devices (ATDs) for the Aircrew Training System (ATS) of the KC-46A Pegasus tanker, made by Boeing [BA]. […]
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