Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceSecond B-21 Raider Bomber Arrives at Edwards, As USAF Plans Increase in Flight Tests
The second U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC] has arrived at Edwards AFB, Calif., for flight testing, the service said on Thursday. “With the arrival […]
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Air ForceUSAF Testing Leidos’ AlphaMosaic AI Battle Management, As Company Looks to 2027 for Fielding
The U.S. Air Force is testing Leidos‘ [LDOS] AlphaMosaic battle management artificial intelligence (AI) software, which the company hopes to have fully on tap in the next two to three […]
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SpaceTranche 1 Transport and Tracking Layer to Be Up and Running by 2027
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket put 21 York Space Systems satellites into low Earth orbit on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.–the first U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency […]
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Air ForceF.E. Warren AFB to Be Test Site for New Sentinel Silos
As the U.S. Air Force and DoD restructure the program for the future LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC], the Government Accountability Office notes a number of changes, including […]
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SpaceSDA Looks to Next Year for Operational Utility of Tranche 1, Transport Layer
On Wednesday, the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) is to launch 21 York Space Systems‘ satellites–the first that are to provide utility for fielded military forces in the […]
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Air ForceTwo-Year Effort to Design, Build, Test USAF Next Generation Penetrator Prototypes to Begin
Albuquerque’s Applied Research Associates (ARA) is to work with Boeing [BA] over the next two years to design, build, and test subscale and full scale prototypes of a Next Generation […]
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Air ForceUSAF APKWS Getting Software Upgrade for Counter Drone Operations
As part of an effort to field more affordable, counter drone systems, the U.S. Air Force in April issued a relatively small, $1.6 million contract to BAE Systems‘ site in […]
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Air ForceFPS-117 Radomes for North Warning System ‘Experiencing Serious Panel Decay’
The U.S. Air Force plans to replace the Alaska Warning System’s/North Warning System’s (NWS) 27 AN/FPS-117 radomes–15 in Alaska, one in Utah, one in Hawaii, and 10 in Canada. A […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman/U.S. Army Negotiating ITDS Scope to Meet Service Fielding Goals
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] Improved Threat Detection System (ITDS) for U.S. Army helicopters includes a two-color display, long wave infrared, one megapixel camera. The features are to allow spotting […]
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Air ForceCongress Add for Northrop Grumman IVEWS May Top More Than $400 Million
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] ultra-wideband architecture AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters received $187 million in the fiscal 2025 reconciliation law and […]