Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceHASC Says No On F-15E Retirements Until USAF Submits Future Fighter Needs
While Congress last year allowed the U.S. Air Force to retire 68 Boeing [BA] F-15E Strike Eagles through fiscal 2029, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is saying “no” this […]
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SpaceKendall: Creating Space National Guard with 575 Personnel ‘Makes No Sense’
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall last week defended the department’s proposal to transfer Air National Guard (ANG) units performing space duties to the U.S. Space Force. “Creating an […]
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SpaceHASC Proposes Pilot for Hybrid Space Architecture
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill calls on U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to demonstrate a hybrid, military-commercial space architecture […]
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Air ForceHouse Authorizers Encourage Non-Developmental Engine for USAF CCA
House defense authorizers encourage the U.S. Air Force to use existing military engines for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). “CCA operational concepts call for extended unrefueled range greater than 3,000 […]
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Air ForceSettlement with Lockheed Martin on F-35 Data Rights Carries ‘Significant Implications for Organic Software Development,’ Program Says
A March 27 settlement between the Department of the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a more than four-year-old case on data rights for the F-35 fighter will spur improved […]
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Air ForceAirbus Eyes Replicator, Other DoD Efforts, for Flexrotor
Airbus‘ buy of Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel will add the Aerovel Flexrotor drone to the European defense giant’s U.S. product line in what Rob Geckle, the chairman and CEO of Airbus […]
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Air ForceGovernors Reiterate Opposition to Proposal to Transfer Air National Guard Units to Space Force
After a meeting with U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on May 8, the National Governors Association (NGA) said on May 9 that it is urging the Air Force again […]
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Air ForceMQ-9A Block 5 to Get New Self-Protection Pod Next Year
Next year, the Block 5 Extended Range version of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper drone is to receive a self-protection pod developed by GA-ASI in concert […]
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Air ForceUSAF Trims Price for E-7A in Negotiations with Boeing, Aims to Reduce F-35 Sustainment Cost
U.S. Air Force negotiations with Boeing [BA] on the E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft have cut the price to be more in line with U.S. Air Force budget limits, […]
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Air ForceGE Continues Work on XA100 for Future Combat Aircraft
GE Aerospace [GE] has finished a fourth round of testing on the XA100 adaptive cycle engine “to gather additional data and advance this next-generation technology for future combat aircraft.” the […]