Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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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 […]
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CongressFalse Claims Act Update Aims to Tighten Loopholes, Increase Accountability for Defense Contractors
The False Claims Amendments Act of 2021, S. 2428, now before the Senate, aims to eliminate loopholes that, in some cases, may allow defense companies and other firms to avoid […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looking for Hypersonic Test and Evaluation Support
The Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Arnold AFB, Tenn., plans to issue a solicitation by the middle of this month for a small business to support AFTC’s hypersonic test […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology5G Rollout Delayed By Two Weeks, As FAA Assesses Interference Risk
AT&T [T] and Verizon [VZ] have agreed to delay their planned Jan. 5 rollout of 5G networks by two weeks, thus accomodating a request by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Steve […]
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Congress
Report Finds Resumption of Giving by Defense Company PACs to GOP Members
Defense companies’ pause in all political donations by their Political Action Committees (PACs) in the wake of last year’s Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has not endured. Moreover, […]
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Air ForceAFRL Seeks Significant Reduction in Air Tasking Order Planning Time
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., wants to revolutionize air operations planning through the use of artificial intelligence and interactive gaming, a joining that AFRL believes could […]
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