Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceKendall: Funds Shortfall Led Department of the Air Force to Scrimp on Counterspace
The Department of the Air Force scrimped on fiscal 2025 plans to advance U.S. counterspace technology to deter China because of constraints in the Budget Control Act, Air Force Secretary […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Picks Rocket Lab and True Anomaly for VICTUS HAZE
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Apr. 11 that SSC’s Space Safari program office, the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit, and the Space Force’s SpaceWERX innovation arm have […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Has Chosen Second and Third DARC Sites
The U.S. Space Force has picked the second and third sites for for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), as the program proceeds apace, a service […]
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SpaceTest Planned This Summer of Space-Based Link 16 for Norwegian Forces
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) is planning a test this summer of space-based Link 16 tactical messages to Norwegian military forces. Last November, SDA said that it […]
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CyberFISA Section 702 Up for Congressional Debate, Extension
As Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 nears expiration on April 19, the head of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) backed extension of the provision at a hearing […]
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SpacePentagon Confirms Nearly $23 Million Annual Contract for Ukraine Starlink Service
While SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has attached an annual price tag of $400 million on what it costs to provide Starlink communications service to Ukraine, SpaceX is unlikely […]
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Air ForceSen. Tester Doubts Sentinel Will Meet Fielding Date of 2036
As the U.S. Air Force nears a June decision on the path forward on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said on April 9 that the […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Field Command Heads Meet on Future Plans
Last week, the new heads of U.S. Space Force’s three field commands–Space Systems Command (SSC), Space Operations Command (SpOC), and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM)–met in Colorado Springs to […]
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SpaceFinal Delta IV Heavy Launch for NROL-70 Upcoming
The final Delta IV Heavy rocket may launch on March 29 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command said on March 28 that the rocket was […]
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Air ForceUSAF Says Future Hypersonics Will Leverage ARRW
While the U.S. Air Force has said that the March 17 third all-up-round test of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) is the last in the […]
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