Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceDesign And Production Challenges Loom For C-5M, C-17 Replacement
Design and production challenges for a new, potentially stealthy airlifter loom large for the U.S. Air Force, the head of U.S. Transportation Command said on Thursday. Asked by Senate Armed […]
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CongressWicker Backs “Crash Program” To Supply Ukraine With Low-Cost Weapons
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Thursday proposed a rapid effort to supply Ukraine with low-cost weapons to aid that country in turning back Russia. “We […]
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Unmanned SystemsUkrainian Defense Companies Moving To All Domestic Production Of Components
Representatives of Ukrainian drone, counter-drone, and defense tech companies said this week that they are reducing their dependence on Chinese components significantly, as Ukraine builds its domestic supplier base. Some […]
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Unmanned SystemsDrone Dominance Program Round Two Likely To Include More Complex Missions
The Drone Dominance program is to expand beyond the three missions in the first round–finding stationary targets by four drones at 2.5, 5, 7.5 and 10 kilometers in a non-jamming […]
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Unmanned SystemsUkraine Only Country That Can Provide ‘Immediate Counter-Action’ Against Shahed Drones, Ambassador Says
The U.S. should take immediate advantage of in-person Ukrainian counter-drone expertise to defeat kamikaze drones in Iran and elsewhere, according to the Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. “When the first […]
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SpaceSpace Force Surveying Industry On Collaboration With Canada On Allied Space Domain Awareness C2
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) wants insights from domestic and allied nation companies on possible collaboration with Canada on an allied command and control (C2) system for […]
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Air ForceSignificant Department Of Air Force Readiness Boost May Come from Process Automation, Epsilon3 Exec Says
El Segundo, Calif.-based startup Epsilon3 says it has contracts with the Air Force and Space Force to digitize manual testing and launch processes–an artificial intelligence-informed effort that the company believes […]
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Air ForceUSAF Weighing Alternative To Stand-in Attack Weapon
Last December, the Air Force said that proprietary data rights justified a sole source, $100 million, follow-on contract to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for development of its Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW), […]
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Unmanned SystemsIn Response To Flag Concerns, DoD Looks To Reduce Drone Prices, As Order for 30,000 Looms
The Pentagon is bargain shopping for Group 1 drones, as other countries, including Ukraine and China, have taken advantage of consumer electronics-level prices to bolster their stables. “In last spring’s […]
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Air ForceSTRATCOM Wants Innovation Alliance To Advance NC3 Technologies
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) at Offutt AFB, Neb., is creating an NC3 Innovation Alliance under STRATCOM’s NC3 Enterprise Center (NEC) to advance technologies for nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3). […]