Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Conducts Static Test Of New SRM In Promontory
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday conducted a static test of a new solid rocket motor (SRM) in Promontory, Utah, under the company’s Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) […]
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Business/FinancialStalker XE Block 25 And Alta X 2.0 Drones Part Of Skunk Works Test Of Artificial Intelligence Re-Planning
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division said on Thursday that it used artificial intelligence to demonstrate how one drone facing fuel problems could return to base while another unmanned aerial […]
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SpaceNRO Extends Work For HawkEye 360, Capella, ICEYE And Umbra
Herndon, Va.’s HawkEye 360 said on Wednesday that it has received a follow-on 23 months of National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) funding for work with the agency’s Commercial Systems Program Office […]
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SpaceSpace GMTI Evolution Of U.S. Satellite Proliferation, NRO Official Says
The number of U.S. satellites in a proliferated, low Earth orbit, ground moving target indication (GMTI) constellation will hinge on revisit rates required to view targets of interest, a National […]
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InternationalUkrainian Official: Brigades Have Received 130,000 Drones From New Acquisition Approach Since July
Since July, nearly 200 Ukrainian brigades have received 130,000 drones in 10 days or less after the units bought them securely online, a Ukrainian official said last week. Those drones […]
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Air ForceIncrease In CRAF Planes Would Bolster USAF Airlift For Pacific, Paper Says
As the Air Force delays development of a new, likely stealthy airlifter, the service may reap readiness rewards in the Pacific from a doubling of the planes in the Civil […]
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Navy/USMCPratt & Whitney Awarded More Than $1.6 Billion For F135 Sustainment
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney has received a more than $1.6 billion U.S. Navy contract for sustainment of F135 engines for the tri-service and international F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin […]
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InternationalMEROPS Counter-Air Drones Cited As Example Of Benefit Of U.S. Tech In Ukraine
Early next year, front-line Ukrainian units are to receive drones with customized sensors and payloads within days of those units ordering such drones. The Ukraine Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Drone […]
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International96 AH-64E Apaches For Poland In Nearly $4.7 Billion Award, Boeing Says
Boeing [BA] is to build 96 AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for Poland–the largest number outside of the United States in the program’s history, the company said on Wednesday. Boeing received […]
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Air ForceSenate Wants Study of Alternate Heavy and Super Heavy Launch Sites
Concern has arisen in the military space industry on what the U.S. can do if heavy pad launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Station, Fla., […]