Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceDepartment of the Air Force Plans to Finish Future GMTI Force Design This Year
The Department of the Air Force is to complete a force design for future ground moving target indication (GMTI) using a possible mix of space and air assets this year […]
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Air ForceAmid Suggestions to Arm Ukraine with MQ-9, USAF Prepares to Transfer 100
Of some 300 General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers in the U.S. Air Force inventory, 100 are to go “to another government organization,” per the service’s fiscal 2023 budget request, Air Force […]
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Air ForceWith Joint STARS Retirement in FY ’24, USAF Plans to Use Other ISR Platforms for GMTI Coverage
The U.S. Air Force plans to retire its 12 remaining Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System,(Joint STARS) ground moving target indication (GMTI) planes–eight in fiscal 2023 […]
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InternationalCanada Chooses F-35A in Future Fighter Competition
The government of Canada on March 28 said that it has begun negotiations with Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a buy 0f 88 F-35As under the country’s Future Fighter Capability Project […]
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Air ForceUSAF Doubles F-15EX Request in Fiscal 2023, Reduces F-35 Buy
To accelerate the replacement of F-15C/Ds nearing the end of their service lives, the U.S. Air Force fiscal 2023 budget requests nearly $2.7 billion for 24 Boeing [BA] F-15EXs–double the […]
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Air ForceF.E. Warren Considers Further Drone Buy
Air Force Global Strike Command is considering a further buy of drones for F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., the headquarters of the 90th Missile Wing, per a March 24 sources sought […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force ISR Director Points to Small Satellites as Possible Monitors of Adversary Counterspace Actions
While the U.S. Space Force (USSF) has a number of modernization priorities, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared missile warning system and the Space Based Radar for […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology5G from Space Offers Potential Benefits for U.S. Forces, But Spectrum Access and Cybersecurity Represent Challenges
On March 5, the New York Times quoted Lt. Yevgeny Yarantsev, a Ukrainian officer leading his troops in Kyiv against Russian forces. Yarantsev told the Times that his soldiers “were […]
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Air ForceAir Combat Command Shifting to Data-Centric Approach Using Commercial Satellite Data
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., is moving to fuse commercial and military satellite data for Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), […]
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SpaceRussian Assault on Ukraine Highlights Potential of Commercial Satellite Imagery to Predict/Head Off Conflicts
While Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, BlackSky [BKSY] commercial imagery satellites had picked up unusual Russian activity, including military convoys, a month earlier as part of an economic […]