Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceCCA And FAMM Early Examples Of New Mode Of Acquisition, USAF Says
The Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and Family of Affordable Mass Munitions (FAMM) programs are early Air Force attempts to accelerate the requirements process and use operator feedback to speed up […]
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Air ForceUSAF To Award Sole Source Contract To BAE Systems To Resolve Deficiency Reports on ALR-56
The Air Force is to award BAE Systems a sole source contract to resolve deficiency reports (DRs) for the company’s ALR-56 radar warning receivers (RWRs) on F-15 and F-16 fighters […]
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PentagonAmerica First Arms Transfer Strategy Looks To Larger FMS
In an ironic acknowledgment that an “America First” military depends on other nations, President Donald Trump on Feb. 6 signed his “America First Arms Transfer Strategy.” “As the first strategy […]
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SpaceCyber Defense At RF, Ground, Optical Interfaces Key For Space Systems
As the Pentagon tries to achieve a significant advantage in “decision speed” over potential adversaries, cyber defense of space assets at all radio frequency (RF), ground, and optical interfaces will […]
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SpaceFMS Will Increase, Help U.S. Space R&D Efforts, COMSO Head Says
The sugar high of about $40 billion appropriated for the Space Force in fiscal 2026–including a big chunk for the Trump administration-envisioned Golden Dome missile defense network, may not last […]
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Air ForceSupport Groundwork At Nellis AFB Eyed For F-47
As the future Air Force F-47 fighter by Boeing [BA] moves through engineering and manufacturing development with an eye to first flight in 2028, the Army Corps of Engineers wants […]
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Air ForceCurrent F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar
Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop […]
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CongressHouse May Vote Tuesday on Spending Package, As Democrats Look to Reform ICE
The House may vote Tuesday on a fiscal 2026 spending package passed by the Senate late last Friday, as Democratic legislators push for measures to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
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Air ForceUSAF Heralds “Rusty Dagger” Test As “Critical Milestone” In Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
Last month, the U.S. Air Force conducted an Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) test of the “Rusty Dagger” cruise missile by Zone 5 Technologies. The test on the Eglin Test […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Examining Future Spaceport Development Program
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) at Kirtland AFB, N.M., is gathering industry input on a possible Spaceport Development Program (SDP). An SDP indefinite-delivery, […]