Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceDrones May Play Significant Role in Future Air Superiority
The absence of air superiority by Russian or Ukrainian forces since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the lack of U.S. air superiority over Iran point to a future in […]
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Air ForceAir Force Looking For Drone Production In Remote, Forward Locations
The Air Force is soliciting ideas from companies on their capacity to build Group 1 and Group 2 drones at remote, forward sites and to scale up that production. Group […]
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Air ForceKratos Views Engines For Low-Cost Cruise Missiles As Growth Area
Lower cost, $300,000 or less cruise missiles and their engines present a significant opportunity for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS], its CEO said this week. “The Family of Affordable Mass […]
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Intelligence CommunityCapella, ICEYE US, And Umbra Receive NRO Commercial SAR Contracts
IonQ‘s [IONQ] Capella Space, ICEYE US, and Umbra have received Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) sole source contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Additional SB-AMTI Contracts, Including One To Rocket Lab
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab [RKLB], STR LLC, […]
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Air ForceX-62A VISTA Used AI For Practice Air-To-Air Intercepts; Program To Integrate RTX Phantom Strike Radar
As the Air Force nears a possible downselect decision on Increment 2 of the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program this year, the Air Force Test pilot school and Lockheed Martin‘s […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looks For Answers To Remedy Supply Bottlenecks For F-15EX and F-16 Engines
The U.S. Air Force is searching for answers on how to remedy supply chain bottlenecks in building engines for the service’s F-15EX fighter by Boeing [BA] and F-16 by Lockheed […]
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Air ForceAPG-85 Radar in LRIP, Northrop Grumman Says; F-35 Program Declines Comment
The Pentagon has given the green light to low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the F-35 fighter’s new APG-85 active electronically scanned array radar by Northrop Grumman [NOC], according to the […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAir Force Explores Digital HF For Sentinel, As Planned EMD Re-Certification Decision Nears
Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is exploring the use of digital high frequency (DHF) nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) for the LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM by Northrop Grumman […]
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Space
Space Force Awards Contracts Worth Up To $981 Million For Test And Training Technologies
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded contracts to 15 companies for advanced technologies for test and training–contracts that could be worth a total of $981 million over […]