Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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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” […]
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SpaceATLAS Space Domain Awareness System to Be Operational Next Year, U.S. Space Force Says
The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) ATLAS is to be operational by the spring of next year, and the service expects the system by L3Harris Technologies [LHX] to lead to a […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force to Look Into Parts Obsolescence with B-1, B-2 Oxygen Systems
The U.S. Air Force plans to examine how to resolve parts obsolescence issues for the on-board oxygen generation systems (OBOGS) for the Boeing [BA] B-1B and Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 […]
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Space
L3Harris ATLAS System to Improve Space Domain Awareness
The L3Harris Technologies’ [LHX] ATLAS system is to improve significantly the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) space domain awareness through machine-to-machine processing of commercial, civil, and military space data. Omitron and […]
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SpaceSpace Force Releases RFP for Building Counter Communications System Meadowlands
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles AFB, Calif. has released a request for proposals (RFP) for competitive bids to build 26 Meadowlands Counter […]