Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looking for Ground Support for MEO Missile Warning/Tracking
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may award a contract for management and integration of the ground portion of the Resilient Medium Earth Orbit Missile Warning and Tracking System […]
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SpaceWill Fixed Price Contracts Spell the End of the Space Force CRWL?
The company on the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) Contractor Responsibility Watch List (CRWL) may be off the list soon, as the service looks to fixed price contracts […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looks to Accelerate Shift to Fixed Price Contracts
The U.S. Space Force is moving to shift a traditional 50-50 cost plus versus fixed price development contract split even more toward the use of fixed price contracts with low […]
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PentagonDoD May Issue Rapid Prototyping/Defense Acquisition Reform Plan This Week
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may issue a memorandum on rapid prototyping and acquisition reform this week, as the Pentagon considers scaling up the work of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). […]
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SpaceSen. Blumenthal Looking Into Possible Musk Conflicts of Interest in DOGE/SpaceX Work
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the investigations panel of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and a senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves More Than $7 Billion In Arms Sales to Israel
The U.S. State Department has approved more than $7 billion in arms sales to Israel, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said on Friday. The sales include $660 million for […]
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Air ForceB-52 CERP Faces Concurrency Challenges, DOT&E Says
A recently released fiscal 2024 report by the Pentagon Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) noted concurrency challenges for the re-engining of the B-52 bomber fleet under the U.S. […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Says It Has ‘Eliminated’ More Than 20 ‘Readiness Degraders’ in Past Year
In response to a newly released DoD Director of Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E) report that has a section on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter, the F-35 Joint Program […]
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PentagonDOGE May Recommend Contract Terminations, Contract Experts Say
President Trump’s administration took a page from an unlikely book–that of former President Obama, in creating the inaptly named Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). To get around the public meeting/comment […]
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Air ForceViper Shield Has First Flight on F-16 at Edwards AFB
The L3Harris Technologies [LHX] AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield all-digital electronic warfare suite recently had its first flight on a Royal Bahraini Air Force Block 70 F-16C assigned to the U.S. Air […]
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