Frank Wolfe
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCollaborative Autonomy Tested in EpiSci/USAF Autonomy Prime Flights
California-based EpiSci said this week that the company finished multiple collaborative autonomy tests last month under the U.S. Air Force’s Autonomy Prime program to train operators on the company’s Starling […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySpace Based GMTI Radar Satellites to be in Low Earth Orbit
A U.S. Space Force official on May 2 said that the Space Based Radar (SBR) under development by the Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will be a proliferated […]
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Air ForceBoeing Announces MH-139 Follow-On Contract Day Before Legislator’s Revelation of Nunn-McCurdy Breach
In another curious case of industry timing, Boeing [BA] said on Apr. 29 that the U.S. Air Force had awarded the company a $178 million contract for seven MH-139 Grey […]
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Air ForceFielding Acceleration of T-7A Red Hawk May Be Hard Lift
“Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Triples Progress” was the headline of an Apr. 29 Boeing [BA] press release on the company’s trainer for the U.S. Air Force, but top Air Force […]
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Air ForceKendall: Funds Shortfall Led Department of the Air Force to Scrimp on Counterspace
The Department of the Air Force scrimped on fiscal 2025 plans to advance U.S. counterspace technology to deter China because of constraints in the Budget Control Act, Air Force Secretary […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Picks Rocket Lab and True Anomaly for VICTUS HAZE
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said on April 11 that SSC’s Space Safari program office, the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, and the Space Force’s SpaceWERX innovation arm have […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Has Chosen Second and Third DARC Sites
The U.S. Space Force has picked the second and third sites for for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), as the program proceeds apace, a service […]
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SpaceTest Planned This Summer of Space-Based Link 16 for Norwegian Forces
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) is planning a test this summer of space-based Link 16 tactical messages to Norwegian military forces. Last November, SDA said that it […]
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CyberFISA Section 702 Up for Congressional Debate, Extension
As Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 nears expiration on April 19, the head of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) backed extension of the provision at a hearing […]
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SpacePentagon Confirms Nearly $23 Million Annual Contract for Ukraine Starlink Service
While SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has attached an annual price tag of $400 million on what it costs to provide Starlink communications service to Ukraine, SpaceX is unlikely […]
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