Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves Sale of 400 Tomahawks to Japan
The U.S. State Department has approved a sale of up to 400 RTX [RTX] Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) to Japan for nearly $2.4 billion. The sale would include 200 […]
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Air ForceUSAF Wants More Data on Industry Landscape for Advanced Small Engines
While the U.S. Air Force is examining industry capacity to build engines for the future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the service also wants a feel for the broader landscape on […]
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SpaceNGA Looks to Companies to Aid ‘Collection Orchestration’
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) wants companies’ help in improving NGA’s collection orchestration. Collection orchestration is the execution of imagery priorities among competing demands from the National Command Authority, combatant […]
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SpaceKratos Receives Contract Worth Up to $579 Million for Control of Military Communications Satellites
This month, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said that it awarded Kratos [KTOS] a contract worth up to $579 million for the control of military communications satellites under […]
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SpaceULA Chief: 70 Vulcan Rockets on Order for Government/Commercial Launches
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has received government and commercial orders worth billions of dollars for 70 Vulcan rockets, ULA CEO Tory Bruno said on Nov. 15. ULA is a partnership […]
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Air ForceGE Pitches XA100 for Wide Application, As Company Announces Completion of Third Phase Testing on Second Engine
General Electric [GE] is pitching its XA100 adaptive cycle engine for wide application across DoD and said on Nov. 14 that it finished third phase testing of the second XA100 […]
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Air ForceKendall: Sentinel Program ‘Struggling A Little Bit’
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Nov. 13 that, of the two service legs of the triad, he is more concerned about the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]
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Air Force16th Air Force Commander: Defensive Cyber and ISR Will Be First Missions to Leverage AI/ML
Aiding Air Combat Command (ACC) in blocking information flow from compromised sources and sorting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information to benefit analysts are two prime use cases for artificial […]
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Air ForceB-21 Raider First Flight Not So Secret
While the U.S. Air Force has classified nearly all design details of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider bomber, dozens of onlookers, including a free-lance photographer, were on hand for […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Space Force to Modernize Unified Data Library in FY 2024
This fiscal year, the U.S. Space Force is to award a contract to modernize the service’s Unified Data Library (UDL), which began as a $150,000 research and development effort in […]