Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceHACM to Flight Test in Fiscal 2025; USAF Wants ARRW ‘Leave Behind Capability’
The U.S. Air Force plans flight tests of the RTX [RTX] air-breathing Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) in fiscal 2025, as the service mulls a legacy for the development of […]
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Unmanned SystemsAerovel Buy May Expand Airbus’ Presence in U.S. Defense Market
Airbus said on May 7 that it has bought Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel–a move that may expand Airbus’ U.S. defense business. A several dozen employee firm, Aerovel builds the Flextotor vertical […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCompanies Offer All-Electric Cargo Drone for DoD
Oakland-based startup Pyka and Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) are offering a modified version of Pyka’s autonomous, all-electric Pelican Cargo drone for DoD/military service use, the companies said on May 6. […]
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Air ForceAs USAF Plans Avionics, Weapons Upgrades for B-2, Northrop Grumman Receives $7 Billion Contract
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an up to $7 billion, five-year contract for B-2 sustainment and modernization, […]
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Air ForceNo Date Certain for CV-22 Return to Flight
While Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) approved a return to flight with safety controls in place for the V-22 Osprey on March 8, Air Force Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyKendall Flies in Front Seat of X-62A VISTA
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flew in the front seat of the X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) on May 2 during an autonomous flight from Edwards AFB, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCollaborative Autonomy Tested in EpiSci/USAF Autonomy Prime Flights
California-based EpiSci said this week that the company finished multiple collaborative autonomy tests last month under the U.S. Air Force’s Autonomy Prime program to train operators on the company’s Starling […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySpace Based GMTI Radar Satellites to be in Low Earth Orbit
A U.S. Space Force official on May 2 said that the Space Based Radar (SBR) under development by the Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will be a proliferated […]
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Air ForceBoeing Announces MH-139 Follow-On Contract Day Before Legislator’s Revelation of Nunn-McCurdy Breach
In another curious case of industry timing, Boeing [BA] said on Apr. 29 that the U.S. Air Force had awarded the company a $178 million contract for seven MH-139 Grey […]
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Air ForceFielding Acceleration of T-7A Red Hawk May Be Hard Lift
“Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Triples Progress” was the headline of an Apr. 29 Boeing [BA] press release on the company’s trainer for the U.S. Air Force, but top Air Force […]