Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Unmanned SystemsAFRL Seeking Innovations For C-sUAS “Kill Chain And Point Defense”
Over the next five years, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) site in Rome, N.Y., may award $499 million in counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) research contracts under the Multi-Domain […]
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Air ForceDefense Authorization Bill Omits Senate Proposal For LRSO Acceleration
The fiscal 2026 defense authorization conference bill turns back a proposal by the Senate to accelerate the Air Force AGM-181 Long Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile under development by […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Eyes First Flight Of Project Talon Next Year
Northrop Grumman [NOC] used its Beacon autonomous testbed, announced in June, to accelerate development of the Project Talon autonomous drone offering for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Conducts Static Test Of New SRM In Promontory
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday conducted a static test of a new solid rocket motor (SRM) in Promontory, Utah, under the company’s Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) […]
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Business/FinancialStalker XE Block 25 And Alta X 2.0 Drones Part Of Skunk Works Test Of Artificial Intelligence Re-Planning
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division said on Thursday that it used artificial intelligence to demonstrate how one drone facing fuel problems could return to base while another unmanned aerial […]
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SpaceNRO Extends Work For HawkEye 360, Capella, ICEYE And Umbra
Herndon, Va.’s HawkEye 360 said on Wednesday that it has received a follow-on 23 months of National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) funding for work with the agency’s Commercial Systems Program Office […]
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SpaceSpace GMTI Evolution Of U.S. Satellite Proliferation, NRO Official Says
The number of U.S. satellites in a proliferated, low Earth orbit, ground moving target indication (GMTI) constellation will hinge on revisit rates required to view targets of interest, a National […]
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InternationalUkrainian Official: Brigades Have Received 130,000 Drones From New Acquisition Approach Since July
Since July, nearly 200 Ukrainian brigades have received 130,000 drones in 10 days or less after the units bought them securely online, a Ukrainian official said last week. Those drones […]
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Air ForceIncrease In CRAF Planes Would Bolster USAF Airlift For Pacific, Paper Says
As the Air Force delays development of a new, likely stealthy airlifter, the service may reap readiness rewards in the Pacific from a doubling of the planes in the Civil […]
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Navy/USMCPratt & Whitney Awarded More Than $1.6 Billion For F135 Sustainment
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.6 billion U.S. Navy contract for sustainment of F135 engines for the tri-service and international F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin […]