Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceL3Harris and BAE Systems Pitching Funding Add for Four EA-37Bs By FY 2027
The sixth EA-37B by L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and BAE Systems is to arrive in Waco, Texas this month for integration of BAE’s electromagnetic warfare system, as the companies pitch the U.S. Air […]
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SpaceBlue Origin May Launch Future GPS Missions, As Space Force Says ULA and Blue Origin Have ‘Credible Plans’ for Certification of Rocket Launches From Both Coasts
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is the only company certified for U.S. Space Force (USSF) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) missions launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg Space […]
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Navy/USMCSaildrone to Introduce Fourth Unmanned Variant, Mustin Named Company President
Saildrone may soon add a fourth unmanned variant to its stable of Explorer, Voyager, and Surveyor maritime awareness drones. In addition, the company on Monday said that John Mustin, the […]
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SpaceSpaceX, ULA, Blue Origin Receive NSSL Contracts Worth Up to Nearly $14 Billion
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX, United Launch Alliance partnership of Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA], and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin nearly $14 billion […]
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Missile DefenseGuillot: HBTSS ‘Extremely Promising,’ Kill Vehicles Against Hypersonic Missiles Big Challenge
Pentagon officials have said that the speed and “end game” maneuverability of Chinese hypersonic missiles are concerns in setting up U.S. defenses against them, but Space Force/Missile Defense Agency Hypersonic […]
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Air ForceFirst OA-1K Skyraider Delivered to AFSOC
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Air Tractor said on Thursday that they have delivered the first “missionized” OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft for U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) at Hurlburt Field, […]
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Intelligence Community
Leidos Announces Up to Five Year, $390 Million SIGINT Award
Leidos [LDOS] has won an up to five-year, $390 million National Security Agency (NSA) contract for signals intelligence (SIGINT) “capabilities, analysis and reporting tool modifications, engineering services, lab and testbed […]
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CongressWicker Calls for Ten-Fold Increase in Annual DoD Replicator Spending
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is calling for a ten-fold increase in annual spending on DoD’s Replicator initiative. Replicator, “an opening move toward making big bets on […]
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Navy/USMCL3Harris Expects Passive Detection System to Field First on Navy Destroyer in 2027
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] expects the U.S. Navy to begin fielding the company’s Shipboard Panoramic Electro-Optic/Infrared (SPEIR) system in 2027–operations that will begin with an Arleigh Burke-class (DDG-51) destroyer. “There is […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Awarded In-Space Refueling Contracts
The United States Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman two in-space refueling contracts, the company said on Wednesday. “These contracts build on Northrop Grumman’s proven on-orbit […]
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