Frank Wolfe
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Air ForceUSAF To Upgrade KC-135s With MUOS A-Kits
The U.S. Air Force is to buy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) A-kits to outfit 315 KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft. Fielded in 2019, the five Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built MUOS geosynchronous […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSAF and Merlin Labs Explore Autonomous Options for KC-135
Boston-based Merlin Labs, Inc. said on May 30 that it is using data from flights of a KC-135 at MacDill AFB, Fla., “to better understand crew workload drivers and gather […]
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Air ForceDoD Investigating Crash of F-35B in New Mexico
DoD is investigating the cause of a Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B crash on May 28, just after the plane took off from Albuquerque International Sunport, N.M. The Defense Contract Management […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looks for Low-Cost Paths to Counter High Altitude Balloons
The U.S. Air Force is looking for low-cost approaches to counter high-altitude balloons. “Adversarial, long-range, high-altitude balloons (HABs) represent low-cost threats capable of en masse employment that compromises the confidentiality […]
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Air ForceJDAM Foreign Sales May Carry Revenue Growth for Boeing
Foreign military sales (FMS) of the Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), including the JDAM Extended Range (ER) for Ukraine to counter the Russian GPS jamming threat, may carry […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Limits PTS-R Field to Boeing and Northrop Grumman
Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are in the running for a U.S. Space Force cost reimbursement contract this December to develop and build two Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Resilient (PTS-R) […]
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SpaceNSSA Urges Significant Boost to Fiscal 2025 Funding for Space Force
The National Security Space Association (NSSA) is urging a significant boost to the U.S. Space Force fiscal 2025 budget request of $29.4 billion–a $600 million decrease from last year’s request. […]
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Air ForceEpiSci ‘Best in Class’ in Golden Horde Colosseum, DIU Says
California-based EpiSys Science, Inc.‘s (EpiSci) collaborative autonomy linking networked weapons was the “best in class” during the Golden Horde Colosseum demonstration, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) said in its fiscal […]
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Air ForceTop Democrat on HASC Readiness Panel Adds F-35 Data Rights Report Requirement to Bill
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill would require DoD to submit a report on the impact of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] ownership of […]
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Air ForceSNC Says Its Selection for SAOC A Jumping Off Point for DIB Expansion
Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) said that its win last month for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) will help “expand” the defense industrial base beyond top-tier […]
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