Frank Wolfe
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAFWERX Agility Prime to Take Hit in FY 2026 Budget
In the upcoming fiscal 2026 budget request, the U.S. Air Force is to request a winding down of the Agility Prime electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) project by the […]
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Air ForceSentinel Restructuring an Early Focus for Meink
U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Thursday that the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM has consumed the most time he has spent on any program thus […]
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SpaceIndependent Review Team on SDA Submits Report to Pentagon
On the docket for Michael Duffey, the newly installed Pentagon acquisition chief, will be his review and implementation of the closely held recommendations of the DoD Independent Review Team (IRT) […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Heralds Pick by Sweden for TPY-4 Radar
Sweden has become the third nation and the second Scandinavian country to pick the Lockheed Martin [LMT] TPY-4 phased array radar to improve air defense, the company said on Wednesday. […]
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Air ForceGE Plans Summer Full-Scale Test of DMRJ in Evendale
By the end of the summer, GE Aerospace [GE] plans to conduct a full-scale test in Evendale, Ohio of the company’s dual-mode ramjet (DMRJ) hypersonic engine with rotating detonation combustion (RDC) […]
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Air ForceUkrainian ‘Spider Web’ Points to Budget Decisions Ahead for USAF on Drone Use, Hardening Bases for Bombers
More than 100 small quadcopter kamikaze drones hidden in trucks took off on cue on Sunday to destroy dozens of Russian Tupolev strategic bombers inside Russia. Ukraine’s Pavutina–“Spider Web”–operation points […]
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WeaponsNorthrop Grumman Expects Near Quintupling of SRM Build in Elkton by 2027
ELKTON, Md.—Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] propulsion systems and control (PS&C) business expects to build 440 solid rocket motors (SRMs) here annually by 2027–up from the current 90–as part of a $100 […]
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Air ForceAir Force Had ‘Low Level of Confidence’ in $426 Million, 15-Year Cost Savings Estimate for SPACECOM in Huntsville
The Department of the Air Force did not include disruption to operations as a factor in its decision criteria for choosing a permanent base for U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). Pres. […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Exploring Lease of Commercial Small and Medium Satellites for GEO
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) is exploring the possible lease of commercial small and medium satellites able to maneuver in geosynchronous orbit to detect threats and speed […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin Now on Contract for 12 GPS IIIF Satellites
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Littleton, Colo., site a more than $509 million contract for Global Positioning System Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites 21 […]