Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceTwo Re-Entry Vehicles Featured In Latest Minuteman III Test, AFGSC Says
The latest Air Force Minuteman III test on Tuesday featured multiple unarmed re-entry vehicles. Last month’s lapse of New START between Russia and the U.S. may lead to a rethinking […]
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SpaceAeroVironment Investing In Albuquerque Expansion As SCAR Negotiations Continue
AeroVironment, Inc. [AVAV] is investing in expansion in Albuquerque, N.M., as the company continues negotiations with the Space Force on the provision of Satellite Communication Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas for […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looks To Replace Radios On HH-60Ws
The U.S. Air Force is looking to replace the Link-16 TacNet Tactical Radios (TTRs) by RTX‘s [RTX] Collins Aerospace on the service’s fleet of Lockheed Martin [LMT] HH-60W Jolly Green […]
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PentagonDaily Use Of Several Thousand Munitions Over Several Months Would Strain U.S. Inventory
Firing several thousand munitions daily, as during the opening of Operation Epic Fury, is unsustainable over several months, defense analysts have warned, yet the pace of that usage is likely […]
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SpaceRG-XX To Highlight New Space Force Acquisition Approach
AURORA, Colo.–Last year’s review of 60 programs by the Space Force may have led to the cancellation of some lower tier programs, as well as highlighting the future Geosynchronous Reconnaissance […]
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Air ForceUSAF May Reopen Hypersonic Test Facility In Sandusky, Ohio
To improve its testing of scramjet engines, the Air Force may reopen Sandusky, Ohio’s Hypersonic Test Facility (HTF) at the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility–known as Plum Brook Station […]
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Air ForceExperimental Operations Unit Flights To Spur CCA Increment 2 Requirements
AURORA, Colo.–Flights by Nellis AFB, Nevada’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) are to lead to requirements for Increment 2 of the CCA program, a U.S. Air […]
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Air ForceMore Than Half Of Increase In Department Of Air Force Future Years Plan Is For Readiness, Lohmeier Says
AURORA, Colo.–The Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 five-year budget plan aims to rebuild readiness through increasing flying hours and sustainment, Air Force Undersecretary Matthew Lohmeier told the Air […]
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SpaceBooster Resurfaces As Vulcan Centaur Issue; Rocket Use For NSSL Halted During Space Force Investigation
AURORA, Colo.–The Space Force has suspended launches of the United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program while the service investigates and fixes […]
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Air ForceAir Force Acquisition Official: ‘APG-85 Is A Helluva Radar Unless You Don’t Have One’
AURORA, Colo.–While it may take two years to field, a dual-mount bulkhead in the nose of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 to accommodate both the AN/APG-81 radar or the twice […]