Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceMitigation Or Fix Of Five Cat 1 KC-46A Deficiencies Needed Before USAF Will Obligate FY 2028 Funds
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force will not obligate fiscal 2028 multi-year procurement funds for 75 additional Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tankers under a program extension (PEX) until the service is […]
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Air ForceAir Force Leadership And AETC Consult On Uses For Future F-35As Delivered Without Radars
DAYTON, Ohio–Air Force leadership is consulting with Air Education and Training Command (AETC) on uses for F-35As that lack radars, as the bulkhead for Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] future APG-85 radar […]
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Air ForceDOT&E Finalizing Report On Gray Eagle As Lead Aviation Platform For MGUE, Increment 1
DAYTON, Ohio–The Pentagon directorate of operational test and evaluation (DOT&E) is completing a report on the test performance of the Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone as the lead aviation platform […]
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Air ForceF135 Engine Core Upgrade Set For Key Design Review Next Month, As CCA Engine Picture Clarifies
DAYTON, Ohio—Pratt & Whitney‘s [RTX] Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the F-35 fighter’s F135 engine is to have a critical design review (CDR) in August. After CDR, ECU is to […]
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Air ForceAir Force Modifying B-52 To Resume Radar Modernization Program Testing
DAYTON, Ohio–The Air Force is modifying a B-52H to resume Radar Modernization Program (RMP) testing for the bomber. RMP is to feature an active electronically scanned array radar based on […]
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Air ForceHouse NDAA Would Require White House To Create GPS Modernization Plan
The House version of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would require the White House to devise a plan within six months of the law’s passage to accelerate […]
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Unmanned SystemsBAE Systems Offers Brontanax For UK CCA, No Comment Yet On Any Proposal For USAF
Brontanax, the first British Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) design, will have electronic warfare and precision strike options, BAE Systems said at the United Kingdom’s Farnborough Air Show this week. A […]
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SpaceAinsworth: Launch of 500 U.S. Space Force Satellites Planned By End Of 2027
By the end of next year, U.S. Space Force (USSF) is planning a multi-fold increase in the service’s launches and its number of orbiting satellites. Last week, Space Force Space […]
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Air ForceDegree Of Survivability Key Question For DIU/USAF MMA Program
The degree of survivability for future massed modular aircraft (MMA) is a key question for the program. This month, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and U.S. Air Force announced MMA […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Seeks Bomber Prototypes In Drone Dominance Program
The Pentagon’s $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program (DDP) plans to award $32 million for “reusable bomber/dropper” prototypes–with “additional orders planned”–in the latest instance of DoD’s affordable drone push. “One-way attack […]