Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceAir Force Interested In New, Lower-Cost Aerial Targets
The Air Force is looking into new aerial targets that have lower costs than the more than $1 million Kratos Defense [KTOS] BQM-167A and the Boeing [BA] QF-16, a retired […]
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Business/FinancialU.S. Innovation Technology Fund Lists More Than $1.5 Billion Raised In Private Equity Sale
The Pittsburgh area-based U.S. Innovation Technology Fund, L.P. has recently raised more than $1.5 billion in a private equity offering to “accredited investors,” according to a Wednesday Securities and Exchange […]
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Air ForceAnduril Says 2nd CCA Exercise With Air Combat Command’s EOU Featured Multiple Daily Sorties Of YFQ-44A
Anduril Industries on Tuesday said that its YFQ-44A Fury prototype for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program flew multiple daily sorties during a second exercise last month with […]
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Air ForceF.E. Warren’s 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron To Buy DJI Drones For Counter-UAS Testing
The 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron (MSOS) at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., plans to buy Chinese DJI unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a small business or businesses to conduct counter […]
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Air ForceGE Aerospace And Kratos Announce USAF EMD Contract For Alternate JASSM-ER Engine
Cincinnati’s GE Aerospace [GE] and San Diego’s Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] said on Monday that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the companies an engineering and manufacturing development […]
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Air ForceDrones May Play Significant Role in Future Air Superiority
The absence of air superiority by Russian or Ukrainian forces since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the lack of U.S. air superiority over Iran point to a future in […]
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Air ForceAir Force Looking For Drone Production In Remote, Forward Locations
The Air Force is soliciting ideas from companies on their capacity to build Group 1 and Group 2 drones at remote, forward sites and to scale up that production. Group […]
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Air ForceKratos Views Engines For Low-Cost Cruise Missiles As Growth Area
Lower cost, $300,000 or less cruise missiles and their engines present a significant opportunity for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS], its CEO said this week. “The Family of Affordable Mass […]
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Intelligence CommunityCapella, ICEYE US, And Umbra Receive NRO Commercial SAR Contracts
IonQ‘s [IONQ] Capella Space, ICEYE US, and Umbra have received Radar Commercial Augmentation (RCA) sole source contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Additional SB-AMTI Contracts, Including One To Rocket Lab
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded $615 million in Other Transaction Authority contracts for Space Based Airborne Moving Target Indication (SB-AMTI) to Rocket Lab [RKLB], STR LLC, […]