Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceKendall Warns Against Imitating Chinese Hypersonic Weapon Efforts
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned on Jan. 19 against the United States mirror imaging Chinese hypersonic weapon efforts. “We don’t have the same target set that they’re worried about […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looks to Deliver Analysis of Alternatives on Space-Based GMTI in Late Spring
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) expects to complete an analysis of alternatives (AoA) of space-based ground moving target indication (GMTI) late this spring–an effort that the service has undertaken with […]
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CongressRepublican Staff Director on Senate Appropriations Committee to Take New Job at Textron, Inc.
Longtime Capitol Hill staffer Shannon Hines, who has served as the Republican staff director for the Senate Appropriations Committee and its defense panel since April, 2018, is moving on to […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Navy Looks to Neck Down 18 Configurations of Ship Control Systems on Surface Vessels
The U.S. Navy wants to neck down the 18 configurations of ship control systems on surface vessels to help avoid collisions at sea, such as two separate incidents in 2017 […]
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SpaceDoD Needs to Accelerate Resilient Space Architecture Efforts, Space Policy Nominee Says
The Pentagon needs to accelerate efforts to build resilient satellite constellations to defend against anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, such as the one tested by Russia last November, John Plumb, the nominee […]
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SpaceSDA Building Satellite Operations Centers in Grand Forks, N.D., and Redstone Arsenal
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is building satellite operations centers at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., and Redstone Arsenal, Ala., as the agency prepares to issue a solicitation, possibly next week, […]
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Navy/USMCKitchener: Meeting Ready Ship Goals Surface Navy’s ‘North Star’
The U.S. Navy is using data analytics to improve surface ship readiness and set targets for the numbers of such ships needed to meet contingencies, a top service official said […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Facing Increased Risk of Launch Problems, DoD IG Says
The U.S. Space Force is facing an increased risk of launch problems at its eastern range at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., and the western range at Vandenberg Space Force […]
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Air ForceNew Competition Possible for Maintenance of USAF Training and Other Fixed Wing Aircraft
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sustained a protest by Maryland-based Vertex Aerospace, LLC of a nearly $302 million U.S. Air Force contract award to Texas-based DynCorp International LLC last […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Asks Industry for Innovative Space Debris Mitigation and Removal Ideas
Through the Orbital Prime effort, the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) innovation arm–SpaceWERX–wants industry to submit innovative ideas by Feb. 17 for space debris mitigation and removal for objects as large […]