Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceRaymond: U.S. Space Force Needs Service Acquisition Executive Now
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) needs a service acquisition executive (SAE) now, the USSF Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond said on May 12. The fiscal 2020 National […]
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PentagonHouse Appropriators Say Modernization Funding Diverted for Border Wall No Longer Available
The House Appropriations Committee has determined that it is no longer possible to take back $6.3 billion in funding diverted from defense programs, including modernization, to help pay for former […]
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Air ForceRoll-Out of F-15EX Followed by Participation in Northern Edge Exercise
Boeing‘s [BA] first two F-15EX fighters are participating in the joint U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Northern Edge 21 exercise over Alaska less than two months after the company delivered the first […]
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SpaceActing Air Force Secretary Recommends Legislative Change to Permit Space SAE Before Oct. 1 Next Year
The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), P.L. 116-92, established the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 20, 2019, but the law had some curious language in Section 957 that […]
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Air ForceUSAF Plans to Award Honeywell Contract for TAWS Software Updates for C-130J
The U.S. Air Force plans to award Honeywell [HON] a contract for bi-annual sofware updates for the company’s Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS) for up to 431 Lockheed Martin […]
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Air ForceB-1Bs Resume Flight After April Grounding for Fuel Leak
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers by Boeing [BA] began a resumption of flights on May 3rd after a safety stand-down by Gen. Timothy Ray, the head of Air Force […]
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SpaceASAT Weapon Prohibition Proposals Would Face Hurdles
Proposals to ban anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons would face hurdles in becoming U.S. policy, according to a DoD official’s testimony on May 5th before a joint hearing of the House Armed […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUnarmed Minuteman III Launch Ends After Detection of Launch Sequence Fault
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was unable to conduct a planned test launch from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. on May 5th. “The unarmed missile in test configuration reacted exactly […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAFRL Conducts First Flight Test of Skyborg Autonomy Core System
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) conducted a first flight test on Apr. 29th of what is to be the collaboration and autonomy-enabling “brain” of Skyborg–the autonomy core system (ACS)–aboard […]
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SpaceEstablishment of Space National Guard a Top Priority for Chief of National Guard
The chief of the National Guard Bureau, Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, told the House Appropriations Committee’s defense (HAC-D) panel on May 4 that “the establishment of a Space National Guard” […]