Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF Explores ‘AI Task Force’ Concept
The U.S. Air Force is examining where it may put “Artificial Intelligence Task Forces” (AITF) with support contractors–whether in forward tactical operations centers (TOCs), remote locations in the United States […]
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ArmyAeroVironment Says U.S. Army Has Lifted Bid Protest Stop Worker Order for Switchblade
Arlington, Va.-based AeroVironment [AVAV] said on Monday that the U.S. Army has lifted a stop work order for the company’s Switchblade kamikaze drones under an up to $990 million, five-year […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Defense Chief Leaving, As Ortberg Aims ‘To Restore Trust’ of DoD Buyers
Ted Colbert, the head of Boeing‘s [BA] Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) segment for more than two years, is leaving the company amid significant profitability worries, competition from startup […]
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SpaceITAR in the Way of U.S. Industry Participation in Planned Japan Remote Sensing Constellation
Japan is planning an up to $3 billion satellite constellation aimed at providing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other images to deter China, but U.S. companies looking to get into […]
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Business/FinancialL3Harris CEO Points to Company Investments in Startups Due to Shield Capital Partnership
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has leveraged startup firms’ technology advances due to a Shield Capital-L3Harris partnership announced in March, 2022, L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik told reporters at the Air […]
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Air ForceBlackSky Receives HEO Space Domain Awareness Contract
Australian-based HEO has awarded BlackSky [BKSY] a “seven figure data services contract” to improve space domain awareness for defense, intelligence, and commercial users, the companies said on Thursday. “Under the […]
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InternationalL3Harris and Northrop Grumman Moving Ahead on F-16 Electronic Warfare Suites
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said that its site in Clifton, N.J., several weeks ago began the build of 166 AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare (EW) suites for F-16 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySkydio Official: U.S. Military Supply of Small Drones ‘Woefully Inadequate’
The Pentagon’s supply of small drones for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), strike, and other missions is far short of the need, an executive at Skydio, told a House Armed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Flying Two Sorties of B-21 Per Week
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Air Force is flying two sorties per week of the “production representative” test Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bomber as the service aims to move […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Aims to Rejuvenate Lab Capacity for Software
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–As the F-35 program aims to deliver a “fully combat capable” fighter next year with the Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) software upgrade–the foundation for dozens of envisioned Block 4 […]