Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceNGA Awards $794 Million R&D Contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said on Jan. 26 that it has awarded a $794 million umbrella contract to Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Fairfax, Va.-based Reinventing Geospatial, […]
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Air ForceCurrent SRM Production to Meet Munitions Needs ‘Challenging’
A U.S. Air Force official said that he welcomes the promise of reduced munition costs and increased performance that could result from greater competition in the solid rocket motor (SRM) […]
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Air ForceUSAF Confirms Five Companies Under Contract for CCA
The U.S. Air Force confirmed on Jan. 24 that it has contracted with five teams–led by Anduril, Boeing [BA], General Atomics, Lockheed Martin [LMT], and Northrop Grumman [NOC]–to develop Collaborative […]
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Air ForceUSAF Examining Cost Reductions, Management Structure Changes for Sentinel
The U.S. Air Force is examining how to reduce the massive civil works project costs that make up a significant part of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM […]
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Air ForceLaPlante Approved B-21 Raider to Move Into LRIP Last Fall, DoD Says
Last fall, Pentagon acquisition chief Bill LaPlante gave the go-ahead to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC], DoD […]
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CongressGallagher Issues Rallying Cry for Multi-Year Procurement of Key Munitions
Multi-year procurement (MYP) of key munitions is vital to rebuild U.S. stockpiles, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), said on Jan. 23. Gallagher chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist […]
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Air ForceUSAF Tests ACES 5 Ejection Seat Drogue Parachute Upgrade for T-7A
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) mobility and training directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio said that AFLCMC has tested an escape system drogue parachute for the Advanced […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looking Into Night Vision Goggle Training for KC-46A Pegasus
The U.S. Air Force is surveying industry to find companies able to develop Night Vision Goggle (NVG) training and support the latter for the KC-46A Pegasus Aircrew Training System (ATS) […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: Drone Connectivity, Space Superiority, SRM Work,
Drone Connectivity. A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger demonstrated “hardware-agnostic, open standard-based autonomy” for Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) in a flight test on Nov. 13, the company said this week, […]
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SpaceGuetlein: ‘Reconstitution’ Can Trip Up Tactically Responsive Space
While the U.S. Space Force is interested in alternate positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems to alleviate the risk of an adversary or other disruption of GPS, the service’s tactically […]