Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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International96 AH-64E Apaches For Poland In Nearly $4.7 Billion Award, Boeing Says
Boeing [BA] is to build 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for Poland–the largest number outside of the United States in the program’s history, the company said on Wednesday. Boeing received […]
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Air ForceSenate Wants Study of Alternate Heavy and Super Heavy Launch Sites
Concern has arisen in the military space industry on what the U.S. can do if heavy pad launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Station, Fla., […]
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Air ForceBoeing Gets More Than $7 Billion in Pentagon Awards For Army Apache And USAF KC-46s
Tuesday was a banner day for Boeing [BA], as the company secured a nearly $4.7 billion award from the U.S. Army for production of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and Longbow […]
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Air ForceAs USAF Considers When to Hold First Sentinel Flight Test, Lockheed Martin Receives Add-On for Mk21A
As the U.S. Air Force considers when it will have a first flight test in the development of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC], Lockheed Martin [LMT] has […]
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Air ForceUSAF Sustainment Of Intel Support Program For U-2 To Stretch Through Next October
While the Air Force has planned to retire the Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 Dragon Lady surveillance plane next year, a number of legislators have opposed that plan, and former Air […]
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SpaceBlackSky Says Third Gen-3 Satellite Produced Images Less Than 24 Hours After Launch
BlackSky Technology Inc. [BKSY] said on Tuesday that its third Gen-3 satellite began producing images less than 24 hours after its launch from New Zealand on Nov. 20 on Rocket […]
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Air ForceUSAF To Award Pratt & Whitney Engine Performance Restoration Contract For C-17 By End Of FY 2027
The Air Force plans to award a 10-year firm fixed price contract at the end of fiscal 2027 to RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney for the restoration of the company’s […]
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SpaceIntegration Of Space Development Agency Tranches Faces Challenge, Report Says
The integration of Space Development Agency (SDA) systems across the two-year “tranche” development cycle is a significant hurdle facing the agency, according to a report by the SDA Independent Review […]
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SpaceHegseth “Wartime Footing” Acquisition Model May Have Operational Risks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has promoted a “wartime footing” for Pentagon acquisition, but the approach may come with operational risk. “I can go ramp up the acquisition system, work with […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force 15-Year Plan To Come Out By Early 2026, Saltzman Says
The U.S. Space Force is looking to publish its 15-year plan between now and early next year, according to Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. “I want to […]