Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF “Focus Right Now Is Readiness,” Acting Vice Chief Says
U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink and Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach are emphasizing the provision of needed parts for aircraft under a “fly, fix, and fight” strategy, Lt. […]
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Nuclear ModernizationCyber Top of “Threat Vector” List For STRATCOM Commander
“Five significant threat vectors” are of concern to U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), Adm. Richard Correll said on Wednesday at the Nuclear Deterrence Summit in Arlington, Va. in his debut public […]
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Air ForceUSAF Considering “Modular” Missile Silos For Sentinel
The U.S. Air Force is considering “modular” missile silos to house the service’s future LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC]. Such modular silos would use pre-cast concrete and standardized […]
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Air ForceUkrainian Feedback Organization Cited As Means To Field Effective Systems Quickly
How can you significantly ramp up U.S. defense production and put industry on a “wartime footing,” as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed, without a full-fledged war and when it’s […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Looking Into Mission Operations Center For Space Data Network
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is seeking companies’ input on a future Mission Operations Center for a Space Data Network (SDN)–a future mesh arrangement that chooses the optimal […]
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SpaceSSC Eyes Award Of First RG-XX Contracts Next Month Or March
Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may award contracts by March for Geosynchronous Reconnaissance & Surveillance Constellation (RG-XX) satellites, which are to be a successor to the Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built […]
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SpaceStop Work Order Issued To AeroVironment For SCAR Antennas
The Pentagon issued a stop work order to AeroVironment [AVAV] a week ago for its production of Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas for the U.S. Space Force. The government […]
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SpaceAs U.S. Space Force CASR Gets Underway, “Definitely Some Gaps” In War Risk Insurance
The Pentagon’s policy shop and the Air Force general counsel have completed a study on approaches to providing financial back up for DoD-used commercial space systems that suffer damage during […]
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SpaceAfter Review Of 60 Programs Last Year, 2026 Is SSC’s Year Of Execution, Purdy Says
In 2022, U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command got guidance from Frank Calvelli, then the Space Force’s service acquisition executive (SAE), to move to fixed-price contracts, limit non-recurring engineering costs, […]
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SpaceSpace GMTI Partially Moves To Procurement Funding Account
The Space Force effort to develop and field Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) satellites has partially moved to procurement. The Space Force requested more than $1 billion in research and […]