Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceFlight Demonstration of Frenzy 6 FAMM Candidate Engine Planned for Next Year
To meet projected demand for smaller drones and munitions, Beehive Industries, a propulsion startup firm, has developed a 100-pound version of the company’s Frenzy engine family, and the company said on […]
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SpaceBoeing To Receive Up to $945.9 Million Sole Source Contract for MILSATCOM Sustainment
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) is to award Boeing [BA] an up to $945.9 million contract to sustain company-built wideband and narrowband satellite communication systems, including Wideband Global […]
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Air ForceUSAF Eyes Early February for Contract Award for F-47 Nellis Site
The U.S. Air Force is eyeing Feb. 5 next year to award an other transactions agreement contract for a testing site at Nellis AFB, Nev., for the Boeing [BA] F-47 […]
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SpaceFirefly Aerospace Says Space Systems Command Using FORGE for WFOV Satellite
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command System Delta 84 has used the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) system developed by Firefly Aerospace‘s [FLY] SciTec subsidiary, according to the company. […]
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Weapons$694 Million Production Contract May Straighten ARRW
While Air Force leaders during the Biden administration viewed hypersonic weapons with some skepticism due to their projected high unit costs and uncertain benefits, current Air Force leaders are full […]
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Air Force‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says
In the latest U.S. Air Force fighter force structure report submitted to Congress, the service speaks of a “theoretical potential” to achieve a goal of 1,509 combat-coded fighters in the […]
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SpaceAFRL Rocket Cargo Concept Tested on SpaceX Starfall Capsule
A SpaceX [SPCX] Starfall capsule for Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) testing of Rocket Cargo space to Earth delivery launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
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SpaceSpace Systems Command Makes CASR Awards for Space Domain Awareness
Companies unnamed by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) have received six Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) purchase agreements under the ACCESS contract for space domain awareness (SDA), the […]
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Space
Response and Recovery Time Two Criteria for AFRL STAR-FISH Effort
A “secure by design,” cyber-hardened satellite would make a mark to speed U.S. military operations in a future proliferated low Earth orbit (P-LEO) regime under the Space Technology Advanced Research […]
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Air ForceUSAF Faces $14 Billion Spares Hole Without Industrial Base To Fill Shortfall
A $14 billion spares shortfall for such aircraft as the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A fighter and the 1950s-era KC-135 tanker and B-52 bomber by Boeing [BA] is a major challenge […]