Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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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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Air ForceFirst 40 B-21s to Be Fixed-Price, DoD Says
The U.S. Air Force is to buy the first 40 B-21 Raider stealth bombers–out of a planned service buy of at least 100–through “fixed price options,” Defense Secretary William LaPlante […]
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SpaceTexas and U.K. Second and Third DARC Sites
The U.S. Space Force’s first site for the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) is to start operations in Exmouth in the Western Australian Outback in 2026, and a top […]
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SpaceSen. Warren Pressing DoD to Help Nix Russian Use of Starlink
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants a forthcoming DoD contract renewal with SpaceX for Starlink in Ukraine to have provisions to help nix Russian black market-enabled use of the communications service. […]
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Air ForceDoD Implements Rule on Limiting Fixed Price LRIP Contracts
One of the Aerospace Industries Association’s (AIA) 22 bullet point priorities for the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill is to limit contracting officers in buying “not more than one lot […]
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PentagonAIA Argues for Reduction of Barriers to International Defense Cooperation
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) wants Congress in the upcoming fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill to reduce barriers to cooperation with foreign allies and partners to help fulfill current and […]
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Air Force89 of 98 F-35s Delivered in 2023 Were Late, GAO Says
Lockheed Martin [LMT] delivered 89 of 98 F-35s late last year–the highest rate in six years, and RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney delivered all 137 F135 engines for the fighter […]
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Air ForceDoD Nunn-McCurdy Review of Sentinel to Wrap Up in Six Weeks
The U.S. Air Force and DoD are to complete a Nunn-McCurdy review of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel next generation ICBM in the next six weeks, Pentagon acquisition chief […]
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Business/FinancialKansas Senator Questions Defense Industrial Base Impact, If Boeing Buys Spirit Aerosystems
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) on May 15 questioned the impact of Boeing‘s [BA] proposed buy of Wichita-based Spirit Aerosystems [SPR], which supplies commercial and military programs, including the Airbus A350 […]
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