Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceTrump Administration Support for Nuclear Triad May Lead to Sentinel Reprieve
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday executive order, Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base, speaks of cancellations of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) that are 15 percent […]
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Missile DefenseLRDR to Enter Operational Test This Summer
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to conduct operational testing of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) this summer and quickly move it to Space Force for […]
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SpaceSpace Force Looking to Promote CIC Data Sharing with NRO
The U.S. Space Force is looking to increase data sharing among the service’s Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) commercial contractors. The number of companies in the […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Receives First TPY-4 for Testing
The U.S. Air Force has received the first TPY-4 radar from Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Syracuse site under the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) program after the completion of early phase […]
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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, […]