Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF Budgets $375 Million for SiAW in Fiscal 2025
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2025 budget contains $375 million–$77 million more than last year’s request–for the $8.8 billion Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program. Last September, Northrop Grumman [NOC] said […]
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Air ForceKendall: Fiscal Responsibility Act Constraints Will Slow U.S. Space Force Programs
The fiscal limits in last year’s Fiscal Responsibility Act will slow U.S. Space Force modernization in fiscal 2025, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said. “We made a [fiscal 2025] tradeoff […]
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Air ForceDepartment of Air Force Budgets $3.7 Billion for Sentinel in Fiscal 2025, Re-Examines Requirements Looking to Fiscal 2026
The Department of the Air Force’s $217.5 billion fiscal 2025 budget requests $3.7 billion for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A future ICBM–an amount even with last year’s ask, as the […]
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SpaceEO/IR Cubesat Tech Demo on SpaceX Transporter-10 Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a number of small satellites for the company’s Transporter-10 project launched on March 4 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Such birds included Arcfield-owned […]
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Air ForceThird All-Up-Round Test to Conclude Rapid Prototyping for ARRW
An upcoming all-up-round (AUR) test of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) will conclude its rapid prototyping and help determine future U.S. Air Force hypersonic missile […]
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Air ForceUSAF May Finalize ‘Gapfiller’ Tanker Strategy This Summer
This summer, the U.S. may finalize an acquisition strategy for a “gapfiller” tanker to fill a five-year hiatus between the delivery of the 179th and final Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus […]
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Air ForceRoyal Bahraini Air Force Receiving First ‘Ferry’ of F-16 Block 70s
On March 6, “the first ferry cell” of three Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 Block 70s, built in Greenville, S.C., flew to Bahrain, Lockheed Martin said. In June 2018, the U.S. […]
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Air ForceDepartment of the Air Force Likely to Follow U.S. Army Lead on Tactical Electrical Vehicles
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is likely to follow the U.S. Army’s lead on tactical electrical vehicles–those designed or modified to military specification for training and combat operations, […]
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Air ForceSpecial Operations Personnel and Airmen Rehearse Palletized Munitions Delivery
U.S. Central Command said on March 5 that Special Operations Task Group-Central (SOTG-C) and Air Forces Central airmen recently had hands-on training for the rapid installation and delivery of palletized […]
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Air ForceUSAF Lays Out Details of Possible HH-60W Upgrades
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio has laid out some details of possible upgrades to the HH-60W Jolly Green II personnel recovery/combat search […]
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