Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Space$2 Billion for Space-Based AMTI Proposed in DoD Reconciliation Bill
While the Department of the Air Force is pursuing a fleet of Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetails to replace the service’s E-3 AWACS for air moving target indication (AMTI), the department also […]
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Air ForceUSAF Aircraft Production Accelerations in Bill for DoD Include $4.5 Billion for B-21 and $400 Million for F-47
While shipbuilding and Golden Dome are two categories receiving $59 billion in in the $150 billion DoD reconciliation bill, U.S. Air Force aircraft programs also see a significant jump, including […]
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SpaceCSIS Suggests Deterrence Value of Disclosing More U.S. Counterspace Systems
The just released Space Threat Assessment 2025 by the Center for Strategic & International Studies’ (CSIS) Aerospace Security Project suggests a deterrence value in U.S. Space Force disclosure of more counterspace systems. […]
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SpaceEyes on DMSP Replacement, As First WSF-M Reaches IOC
The ML-1A Weather System Follow-on–Microwave (WSF-M) satellite by BAE Systems‘ Ball Aerospace sector has reached initial operational capability (IOC), U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) said. The Department […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin to Receive Sustainment Contract for FPS-117 Radars
The U.S. Air Force plans to award Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] site near Syracuse a five-year contract for sustainment of the AN/FPS-117 Atmospheric Early Warning System (AEWS) radar, originally developed by […]
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Air ForceUSAF Air Superiority Concept ‘Evolving,’ As FY 2026 Budget to Show Whether Service Had to Make Trade-Offs to Afford F-47
The U.S. Air Force is examining ways to provide air superiority beyond the service’s traditional go-to of advanced manned fighters and air-to-air missiles at the same time that Air Force […]
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Air ForceAllvin: ‘If We Don’t Watch It, We’re Gonna Have to Be Fightin’ From Topeka’
Advances in Chinese air defenses and the expanse of the Pacific are presenting major operations and budget challenges for the U.S. Air Force. While the “sanctuary” of U.S. and overseas […]
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Air ForceUSAF Eyes Sustainment Contract for BACN Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force may award an up to five-year contract for domestic and foreign sustainment of the service’s E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communication Node (BACN) aircraft. Bombardier Global business jets, […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Has Received Contracts for 19 TPY-4 Radars for USAF So Far
The U.S. Air Force said that it has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $472 million so far for 19 TPY-4 radars under the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) program, managed by […]
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SpaceNRO Launches 10th Proliferated Architecture Mission
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space Force on Sunday launched the agency’s 10th proliferated architecture mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., […]