Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNORAD ‘Domain Awareness Gap’ May Feature Relatively Low-Tech Balloons
This week, U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck, the commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), spoke of a “domain awareness gap” in saying […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Exploring Use of Drone Swarms Under AMASS Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is exploring the future U.S. use of autonomous drone swarms against high-tech adversaries under the agency’s Autonomous Multi-Domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms (AMASS) program. Responses […]
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Air ForceChinese Balloon Incident Renews Call by Colorado Leaders to Keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado
In the wake of the Chinese balloon overflight of the U.S., seven Colorado leaders, including Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)–the new chair of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Launches Third Pathfinder Mission to Demonstrate High-Bandwidth Protected Communications
The U.S. Space Force launched Hispasat‘s Amazonas Nexus satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 6 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. The Pathfinder 2 mission is […]
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PentagonDARPA Program Explores Possibility of Scaling Up Quantum Computers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC) program is exploring the costs and benefits of accelerating the development and scaling up of quantum […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Acquisition Chief Letter to North Dakota Senators Acknowledges Threat of Chinese Company Near Base
A letter from U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter last month to North Dakota’s senators acknowledges the thteat that a Chinese company would pose to national security, if the […]
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U.S. Air Force Awards Boeing Up to $1.6 Billion for ICBM Engineering Support
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah has awarded Boeing [BA] an up to $1.6 billion sole-source contract through Feb. 1, 2039 for engineering services to support […]
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Air ForceUSAF Official Proposes Leasing Intellectual Property to Allies to Ramp Up Production
A top U.S. Air Force official has broached allowing allies to use intellectual property for defense articles to ramp up their production overseas. “We are going to need to figure […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force and Industry Pass L3Harris F-16 EW System in Critical Design Review
The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin [LMT], and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] held a critical design review (CDR) last month for the L3Harris AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield electronic warfare system for foreign […]
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Air Force
BAE Systems Receives Nearly $652 Million Under ICBM Support Contract
BAE Systems has received a nearly $652 million fixed-price level of effort contract modification from the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah to support the Boeing [BA] […]