Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceNRO Launches 10th Proliferated Architecture Mission
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space Force on Sunday launched the agency’s 10th proliferated architecture mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., […]
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Air ForceUSAF May Fund Integration of JMPS with MH-139 Flight Management System
The U.S. Air Force may fund the integration of its Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) with the Honeywell [HON] Primus Epic Phase 7 Flight Management System carried on the Boeing [BA]/Leonardo […]
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Air ForceUSAF Considers FY 2027 EMD for Wedgetail Upgrades, Including MESA Replacement
The U.S. Air Force is considering starting engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) in fiscal 2027 for upgrades to the Boeing [BA] E-7A Wedgetail, including a replacement of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Multi-Role Electronically […]
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SpaceMinotaur IV Used for NRO Mission from Vandenberg
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Launch Delta 30, and USSF Space Systems Command’s small launch and targets division launched defense and intelligence payloads aboard NROL-174 […]
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Air ForceUSAF Offensive sUAS Program Surveys Industry for Multi-Domain Comms for Drone Swarms
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Offensive Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) program (AFLCMC/WISS) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio wants to hear from companies able to integrate low size, […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSentinel To Have New Silos, Air Force Leaders Tell Town Halls
The Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM, which has a significantly larger design than its predecessor 1960s-era Minuteman missile series, is to have new silos, U.S. Air Force leaders told community […]
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Air ForceSSC Official Says TacSRT Has Received COCOM Support
Combatant commands (COCOMs) have voiced support for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Tactical, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Tracking (TacSRT) program, an SSC official said. The full-year FY 2025 Continuing […]
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PentagonExecutive Order: Commercial Contracts, Other Transactions to Be DoD Default
While non-commercial Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) will continue, a Wednesday executive order from President Donald Trump states that commercial contracts will be the default for DoD. Within two months, […]
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Navy/USMCCounter-C5ISR and Long Range Fires Top of Paparo’s List to Deter China
To deter China, long-range fires and counter command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) are top priorities for U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of U.S. […]
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Air ForceTrump Administration Support for Nuclear Triad May Lead to Sentinel Reprieve
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday executive order, Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base, speaks of cancellations of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) that are 15 percent […]