Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Navy/USMCIntegrated Combat System Hardware Evaluation Underway on DDG-81
Since last summer, the U.S. Navy has been evaluating hardware for Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Integrated Combat System (ICS) aboard an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81). “We’re […]
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SpaceSDA Awards Rocket Lab Up to $515 Million Contract for Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) on Jan. 8 announced an up to $515 million award to Rocket Lab for 18 Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta satellites that […]
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SpaceGuaranteed Revenue Stream Among Ideas for CASR
The U.S. Space Force is considering helping offset consumer revenue losses for future members of a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR). Space Force has received more than 70 responses from […]
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Air ForceTexas Federal Court Finds No ‘Irreparable Harm’ to F-35 Deliveries in Ongoing Titanium Price Dispute
A Texas federal judge ruled on Dec. 29 that Pittsburgh’s Howmet Aerospace [HWM] likely broke its contract to supply titanium mill products to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the F-35 fighter, […]
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Air ForcePentagon Inspector General Outlines 83 Planned Projects, Including Evaluation of Space Defense and Project Maven
The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) has outlined 83 projects–54 audits and 29 evaluations–that it plans to undertake in fiscal 2024. Among the projects are a DoD/National Reconnaissance Office space defense […]
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Air ForceRTX Says USAF Award for Company’s StormBreaker Munition Next Step in Weapon’s Production
RTX [RTX] said on Jan. 3 that the U.S. Air Force’s Dec. 29 award to the company’s Tucson, Ariz. site for GBU-53B Small Diameter Bomb IIs (SDB IIs)–so called “StormBreakers”–represents […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Launches Seventh X-37B Mission
The United States Space Force (USSF) launched the USSF-52 mission at 8:07 pm on Dec. 28 from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., in what marked the seventh flight for the Boeing […]
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SpaceFederal Government Should Financially Protect Commercial Space Systems, Former NGA Official Says
A former official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) recently said that the federal government should offer a degree of financial protection for commercial space systems. “We have to have […]
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Air ForceRTX Receives Nearly $408 Million for HACM Experiment with Australia
The U.S. Air Force has awarded RTX [RTX]’s missiles and defense business in Tucson, Ariz., a nearly $408 million contract for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Southern Cross Integrated Flight […]
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon Mum on Candidates Chosen for Replicator Initiative
The Pentagon said that it would choose contenders for Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks’ Replicator initiative this week, but DoD has not released those candidates yet. “We remain on plan, […]