Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF Integrated Development Office Official: ‘Tell Me How We’re Gonna Get A 60 Percent, 70 Percent Solution Out There’
The lean manufacturing concept pioneered by Toyota [TM] in the 1950s and advanced under a “fail fast and adjust” approach by Silicon Valley in the 1990s and Elon Musk’s SpaceX […]
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SpaceVLEO Under Examination for Possible Use by U.S. Space Force
The U.S. Space Force is examining very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for possible future use. LEO satellites typically orbit about 500 miles above Earth, while VLEO satellites are to operate […]
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Air ForceGeneral Atomics YFQ-42A First CCA Forerunner to Fly
A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) YFQ-42A Gambit prototype for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program flew for the first time in California on Wednesday ahead […]
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Air ForceReliable Robotics Receives USAF Award to Launch Autonomous Cargo Logistics Program
Founded in 2017 by two former SpaceX employees, the Silicon Valley-based Reliable Robotics said on Tuesday that it has received a $17.4 million U.S. Air Force contract to launch an […]
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Air ForceRTX’s Pratt & Whitney Receives $2.8 Billion for Lot 18 of F135
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney has received a $2.8 billion U.S. Navy contract for Lot 18 F135 engines for the three variants of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II […]
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SpaceSpaceX Looks to 10th Starship Test, As Competing Rocket Companies Urge FAA to Restrict SpaceX Launches in Florida
SpaceX was looking to conduct its 10th test of Starship on Monday evening from the company’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas near the U.S.-Mexican border after a postponement on Sunday […]
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Air ForceKC-46A Boom Issues Not Confined to Refueling A-10s
While the U.S. Air Force has cited the stiff aerial refueling boom (ARB) of the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker as an issue for the slower A-10 close air support […]
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SpaceAmentum Wants to Hire 1,200 RGNext Workers at Sites for Space Force Range Contract
Amentum [AMTM] wants to hire at least 95 percent of the 1,200 Range Generation Next LLC (RGNext) employees who have worked on the Space Force Launch and Test Range System […]
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Air ForceUSAF Should Leverage U.S. Army/Marine Corps’ Systems for Base Defense, Study Says
The U.S. Air Force needs to develop its own passive and active defenses for airfields and airbases that may sprout up as the service pursues its Agile Combat Employment concept […]
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SpaceL3Harris Expansion of Florida Plant to Focus on Golden Dome
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] is opening a $100 million expansion of its satellite plant in Palm Bay, Fla.–94,000 square feet of space to focus on the future Golden Dome missile defense […]