Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceSullivan-Cramer Bill Would Upgrade PARCS Radar
Upgrade of Cavalier Space Force Station, N.D.’s AN/FPQ-16 Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) radar, originally built by General Electric [GE] in the 1970s, is a provision in a […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Looks for Industry Capacity to Supply PTES Joint Hub Spares
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) wants to hear from companies on their capacity to provide joint hub (JH) hardware spares for the future Protected Tactical Enterprise System (PTES), […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyRAND Study Discusses Cellular Networks As an Aid in Locating/Jamming Mobile SAMs
Locating and jamming Russian and Chinese mobile surface-to-air missile radars in a defense of the Baltic states and Taiwan could become easier with allied use of 4G and 5G cellular […]
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Air ForceAFGSC Conducts Test of Unarmed Minuteman III
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) said on Wednesday that it conducted a routine, reliability flight test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at 1 a.m. Pacific […]
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Air ForceMH-139A Begins Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
The Boeing [BA] and Leonardo MH-139A Grey Wolf has begun initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E), the U.S. Air Force said. “Three MH-139 IOT&E flights took place during the week […]
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CongressHASC Leaders Ask Service Chiefs to Identify “Obsolete” Weapon Systems, Other Cuts
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) asked the military service chiefs last Friday to identify “obsolete” weapons systems and other possible areas […]
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Air ForceAnnual F-15EX Operations and Support Costs Lower Than F-35’s, AFLCMC Says
Annual operations and support (O&S) unit costs for the Boeing [BA] F-15EX are lower than those for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35, according to the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looking for Ground Support for MEO Missile Warning/Tracking
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may award a contract for management and integration of the ground portion of the Resilient Medium Earth Orbit Missile Warning and Tracking System […]
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SpaceWill Fixed Price Contracts Spell the End of the Space Force CRWL?
The company on the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) Contractor Responsibility Watch List (CRWL) may be off the list soon, as the service looks to fixed price contracts […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looks to Accelerate Shift to Fixed Price Contracts
The U.S. Space Force is moving to shift a traditional 50-50 cost plus versus fixed price development contract split even more toward the use of fixed price contracts with low […]
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