Frank Wolfe
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Test Center to Award B-2 IFF Contract for Chase Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Edwards AFB, Calif., said that it plans to award Alexandria, Va.-based Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. a contract to provide an Identification Friend […]
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SpacePentagon, Taking Cue from Industry, Examining Satellite Refueling
The Pentagon is interested in leveraging industry work on concepts for refueling satellites in space, a DoD official said on Jan. 17. The concept of dynamic space operations is “realistic […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Announces Test of Sentinel Stage Two Solid Rocket Motor
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 16 that it has conducted a live, static-fire test of a stage-two solid rocket motor (SRM) for the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile at […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUp to $2.5 Billion Awarded for SDA Tranche 2, Tracking Layer Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) said on Jan. 16 that it has awarded contracts worth up to $2.5 billion to three companies for 54 infrared sensor-equipped satellites […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNASA and Lockheed Martin Debut X-59 ‘Quiet’ Supersonic Demonstrator
NASA and Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division on Jan. 12 rolled out the X-59 “quiet” supersonic demonstrator aircraft in Palmdale, Calif. “The ceremony marked a significant milestone in Lockheed […]
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Air ForceFormer DTRA Official Argues for Some Sentinels to Be Mobile
Robert Peters, the former chief of strategic trends and effects for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) from 2019 to 2022, argues that some of the future Northrop Grumman [NOC] […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Heralds Expected International Collaboration on DARC Radar
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] on Jan. 11 heralded last September’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the Australia, United Kingdom, U.S. (AUKUS) alliance on the company’s Deep Space Advanced […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Plans Award Fees for Future Ground Segment Integration Program
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) wants a ground segment integrator for the agency’s future Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA)–a network of optically-linked satellites in low Earth orbit […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Navy Undertaking Reliability Improvements for LCS
In 2020, Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the then commander of Naval Surface Forces and the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Naval Surface Force, directed the establishment of Task Force Littoral Combat Ship […]
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Space18 Rocket Lab Satellites for SDA to Carry Standard Tactical SATCOM Radios, As Agency Awaits Funding for Advanced Tactical Data Links
The 18 Rocket Lab USA [RKLB] satellites for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta are to have standard tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) links, as […]