Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceJDAM Foreign Sales May Carry Revenue Growth for Boeing
Foreign military sales (FMS) of the Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), including the JDAM Extended Range (ER) for Ukraine to counter the Russian GPS jamming threat, may carry […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Limits PTS-R Field to Boeing and Northrop Grumman
Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are in the running for a U.S. Space Force cost reimbursement contract this December to develop and build two Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Resilient (PTS-R) […]
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SpaceNSSA Urges Significant Boost to Fiscal 2025 Funding for Space Force
The National Security Space Association (NSSA) is urging a significant boost to the U.S. Space Force fiscal 2025 budget request of $29.4 billion–a $600 million decrease from last year’s request. […]
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Air ForceEpiSci ‘Best in Class’ in Golden Horde Colosseum, DIU Says
California-based EpiSys Science, Inc.‘s (EpiSci) collaborative autonomy linking networked weapons was the “best in class” during the Golden Horde Colosseum demonstration, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) said in its fiscal […]
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Air ForceTop Democrat on HASC Readiness Panel Adds F-35 Data Rights Report Requirement to Bill
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill would require DoD to submit a report on the impact of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] ownership of […]
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Air ForceSNC Says Its Selection for SAOC A Jumping Off Point for DIB Expansion
Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) said that its win last month for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) will help “expand” the defense industrial base beyond top-tier […]
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Air ForceFirst 40 B-21s to Be Fixed-Price, DoD Says
The U.S. Air Force is to buy the first 40 B-21 Raider stealth bombers–out of a planned service buy of at least 100–through “fixed price options,” Defense Secretary William LaPlante […]
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SpaceTexas and U.K. Second and Third DARC Sites
The U.S. Space Force’s first site for the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) is to start operations in Exmouth in the Western Australian Outback in 2026, and a top […]
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SpaceSen. Warren Pressing DoD to Help Nix Russian Use of Starlink
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants a forthcoming DoD contract renewal with SpaceX for Starlink in Ukraine to have provisions to help nix Russian black market-enabled use of the communications service. […]
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Air ForceDoD Implements Rule on Limiting Fixed Price LRIP Contracts
One of the Aerospace Industries Association’s (AIA) 22 bullet point priorities for the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill is to limit contracting officers in buying “not more than one lot […]