Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceAs Space Force Plans Zeroing of Fiscal 2026 Funds for Tranche 3, Transport Layer, Service Plans Sole-Source Award to GD for Ground Segment of Tracking Layer
While the U.S. Space Force explores future communications options and plans to halt fiscal 2026 funding for Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 3, Transport Layer low Earth orbit satellites, the […]
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Air ForceBREAKING: Allvin Latest Casualty in Involuntary Departures of Top Officers
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin will be at least the fifth top echelon military officer to leave his post involuntarily since the start of President Trump’s […]
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SpaceSpace Force Association Warns of ‘Federal Overreach’ That May Result from Executive Order on Commercial Space Launch
Upon the release of the Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry executive order last week, NASA Administrator Sean Duffy predicted that the deregulation would lead to 1,000 commercial space […]
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SpaceRGNext Drops Court Protest of $4 Billion SFRC Award
Last week, the Range Generation Next LLC (RGNext) joint venture of RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon and General Dynamics‘ [GD] information technology business dropped a U.S. Court of Federal Claims bid protest […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin and Polish MRO to Upgrade Country’s 48 F-16s to Block 70/72 Standard
Poland has finalized a letter of office and acceptance with the United States to upgrade Poland’s 48 Lockheed Martin [LMT] Block 52+ F-16s to the most recent Block 70/72 F-16V […]
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PentagonDoD Materiel Readiness ‘In Precarious Position,’ Govini Scorecard Says
In-the-field availability of reliable parts for weapons systems is a major problem for the military services, according to Govini‘s 2025 national security scorecard. “Nearly half of all parts evaluated across […]
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Business/FinancialMerlin Labs to Go Public Next Year Through SPAC
The Boston-based Merlin Labs said on Thursday that it plans to go public early next year through Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. [BACQ], a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) led by Inflection […]
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InternationalState Department Approves $346 Million Munitions Request by Nigeria
The U.S. State Department has notified Congress of the department’s approval of a request by Nigeria to buy $346 million of munitions and technical support in a foreign military sale […]
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SpaceBruno: First Military Launch of Vulcan Marks “New Era in National Space Security”
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday for the U.S. Space Force USSF-106 mission in the military debut of […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looking Into AI Parts Management Tools for U-2 Aircraft
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s high altitude ISR division is looking into artificial intelligence tools that could help manage parts and reduce sustainment costs for the Lockheed Martin […]