Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceUSAF Solicits Rapid Prototyping Of Supersonic, Ground Launched Counter Air Missile
As the Pentagon posits future confrontations involving advanced adversary aircraft and drone swarms, the U.S. Air Force wants rapid prototyping to develop and field 1,000 to 3,500 supersonic ground-launched counter […]
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Air ForceUSAF Point Defense Battle Lab Wants Performance Data On C-sUAS
The U.S. Air Force’s Point Defense Battle Lab (PDBL) at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., wants companies to submit their ideas on counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) by July 31, […]
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Unmanned SystemsUkraine And European Union Discussing Drone Deal, As Kamikaze Drones Hit Russian Supply Lines
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing drone deals with European nations, even as the U.S. has so far delayed such a deal and as Ukraine uses increasingly long range, kamikaze […]
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CongressBipartisan Group Of House Members Introduce U.S.-Ukrainian Co-Production Bill For Unmanned Systems
A bipartisan group of six House legislators have introduced the Strategic Unmanned Systems Partnership Act–a bill to improve drone collaboration between the U.S. and Ukraine. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the […]
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PentagonPentagon Office Of Strategic Capital Expanding, Focusing On Loans Between $1 Billion And $5 Billion
Established in 2022 during the Biden administration, the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) is expanding, its director said on Tuesday. OSC originally had $984 million in authority for equipment […]
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Air ForceDuffey: F-47 “At the Cutting Edge of Technology” and Government, Industry Collaboration
Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffey gave high marks on Tuesday to efforts thus far to develop and build Boeing‘s [BA] F-47 sixth generation fighter for the U.S. Air Force. Duffey […]
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SpaceWill $4 Billion For SB-AMTI/Space Data Network Backbone In Supplemental Reduce Or Add To Planned Funding For Systems In Reconciliation?
Nearly all of the Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 procurement and research and development (R&D) budget for space-based air moving target indication (SB-AMTI) and the Space Data Network […]
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Air ForceProjected NGAL Wingspan And Carriage Fall Within Those Of C-5 And C-17
The Air Force wants companies to submit ideas by July 17 on the service’s planned Next Generation Airlift (NGAL) platform. In a Monday business notice, the Air Force Life Cycle […]
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Air ForcePACAF Evaluating Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat In Valiant Shield
As the U.S. Air Force continues to fund the development of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Anduril Industries, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) said […]
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Air ForceUSAF Considering EO/IR Upgrade for MH-139A
The U.S. Air Force is looking into an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) system upgrade for the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter by Boeing [BA] and Leonardo. The MH-139A program office “is conducting market […]
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