Frank Wolfe
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SpaceYork Space Systems Wins Space Development Agency Contract for 12 Future Communications Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) on Oct. 6 said that it has awarded a firm-fixed price Other Transaction Authority prototype contract with a ceiling of about $200 million to Denver’s […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Seeks Input on Possible Multi-Band, Multifunction Tactical Radar
The U.S. Air Force is seeking industry input on a possible Multi-Band, Multifunction Tactical Radar System (MB-MTRS) for Air Traffic Control (ATC) and ad hoc air strip/air base defense under […]
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Tranche 0 Satellites to Participate in Northern Edge Exercise Next Summer
While the first launch of nine to 10 Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 satellites has slipped from last month until December, SDA said that it still plans to have […]
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ArmyElbit Systems of America Planning for Possible Build of Over 100,000 ENVG-Bs for Army
As congressional appropriators are poised to add several hundred million dollars in fiscal 2023 for the U.S. Army’s Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B), Elbit Systems of America said that it […]
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Intelligence CommunityHawkEye 360 Plans to Have 60 Satellites on Orbit By 2025
Virginia-based HawkEye 360 plans to have 60 satellites–20 clusters of three satellites–on orbit by 2025, Alex Fox, the company’s chief growth officer, said this week. The company said that the […]
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Air ForceF-35 Not Mission Capable for Supply Rate Has Increased Five Percent in 2022
While the not mission capable for supply (NMC-S) rate for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is to be no more than 10 percent, that rate has been stubbornly high. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Air Force Awards Future Hypersonic Power Contracts to General Electric and Honeywell
As the U.S. Air Force seeks to spend down its remaining fiscal 2022 funds before fiscal 2023 begins on Oct. 1, the service awarded future hypersonic power contracts this week […]
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NRO Awards Commercial Radio Frequency Contracts to Six Companies
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Sept. 28 that it has awarded study contracts for commercial radio frequency (RF) remote sensing to Denver’s Aurora Insight, Virginia-based HawkEye 360 and […]
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Air ForceIf Chosen, XA100 or Derivative Engine Would Require Separate Development for F-35B
While General Electric‘s [GE] proposed XA100 Tri-Variant Adaptive (TVA) for the F-35 has a degree of commonality with the company’s XA100 design for the U.S. Air Force F-35A, adapting the […]
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PentagonAir-to-Air Missiles and Energetics for Munitions Two Possible Areas for Increasing Capacity
Ukraine’s demands for weapons since Russia’s Feb. 24 assault may point to the need for the United States and its allies to invest in diverse production lines and ramping up […]