Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceSDA Draft Solicitation Lays Out Buy of 20 Tranche 2, Transport Layer Gamma Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to buy 20 Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Gamma satellites with advanced tactical data links, and the agency is requiring that any […]
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SpaceNRO Awards Five Contracts to Assess, Leverage Commercial Electro-Optical Imagery
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Dec. 5 that it has awarded Airbus‘ U.S. space and defense division, Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space, and Turion Space Strategic Commercial Enhancements […]
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Special OperationsRTX Receives $321 Million Contract for Silent Knight Radar
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded RTX [RTX] a $321 million, multi-year contract for the “continued production and delivery” of the company’s AN/APQ-187 Silent Knight radar used by Air Force […]
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Air ForceDoD Should Embark on “Multi-Billion Dollar” AI Program with Non-Traditional Contractor, Gallagher Says
The Pentagon should start a multi-billion dollar artificial intelligence (AI) program with a contractor not among DoD’s usual stable, according to a top GOP lawmaker. “I’m concerned that there’s an […]
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Defense Watch
Defense Watch: UKR, B-21 LRIP, Rocket Lab Expansion
$80 Billion. After returning from Kyiv where he met with Ukrainian President Volodoymr Zelenskyy, other government officials and Ukrainian troops, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Nov. 22 held the […]
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Air ForceAFRL Explores Terahertz and Sub-Terahertz Communications Advances in Agreement with Keysight Technologies
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) said this week that its information directorate in Rome, N.Y., signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) on Nov. 13 with Santa […]
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PentagonPentagon Inspector General Points to Challenges in Building ‘Strategic Competition’ Framework
While DoD wants to build a lasting framework to counter China and Russia, the Pentagon has faced challenges “in consistently securing and accounting for defense materiel” for Ukraine; question marks […]
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon to Pick Replicator Contenders in Next Three Weeks
The Pentagon is to pick the Replicator contenders in the next three weeks, and DoD estimates a unit cost in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, as the […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Examines Digital Engineering for Epoch 2 Missile Warning/Missile Tracking
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is asking companies for their input on how digital engineering can aid SSC’s Epoch 2 missile warning/missile tracking effort, which is to result […]
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Air ForceBoeing Announces It Has Completed R&D Phase for Grey Wolf
Boeing [BA] said on Nov. 20 that it has completed the research and development phase for the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter and delivered the sixth and final test aircraft to […]
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