Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF Drafting Response to HASC on EC-37B Requirement
The U.S. Air Force plans to respond to the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) request for the service to lay out a requirement for EC-37B Compass Call aircraft by BAE […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Provides Updates on Polar SATCOM Programs
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Nov. 7 that it has finished thermal vacuum tests on the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)–two satellites for broadband communications over the North Pole for […]
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SpaceCompanies’ Perspective on New Data Links and Waveforms Sought for SDA Tranche 3 Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma satellites are to include Ultra High Frequency (UHF) S-band connections, an advanced tactical data link, and enhanced, anti-jam […]
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SpaceCyber Security of Space Systems ‘Crucial,’ As U.S. Space Force Official Notes Recent Attacks
A number of recent cyberattacks on space systems highlight the need for their improved security, a U.S. Space Force official said on Nov. 6. “The U.S. and our allied forces […]
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Unmanned SystemsKratos Expects to Receive Largest-to-Date Tactical Drone Contract Late Next Year
In a third quarter earnings call on Nov. 2, Kratos [KTOS] CEO Eric DeMarco said that the company forecasts revenue growth of 10 percent next year without potential tactical drone […]
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Intelligence CommunityProject Maven Transitions to Program of Record, As NGA Looks to Leverage Program for Other Uses
The Pentagon’s Project Maven is becoming a program of record under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). NGA said on Nov. 2 that it “has formally designated NGA Maven as a […]
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Intelligence Community10,000 “Operationally Relevant” Commercial EO Images Provided to NGA Per Week
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) had said that companies provide NGA and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) 50,000 electro-optical (EO) commercial images weekly. NGA is now further delineating that figure. […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Reports Improvements on Gun, Data Sharing With 4th Generation Fighters
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said that it has improved the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter’s gun and data sharing with 4th generation fighters. General Dynamics [GD] builds the GAU-22/A […]
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Air ForceAFMC Wants to More Than Halve System Delivery Times
U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) wants to more than halve system delivery times and to address any obstacles to that acceleration through a new Digital Acceleration Task Force (DATF). […]
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SpaceULA Receives 11 Missions, SpaceX 10 in Final Assignments for NSSL Phase 2
The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., assigned 21 launches in the next two to three years for the fiscal 2024 National Security […]