Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Lays Out Tranche 2, Transport Layer-Gamma Plan
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a solicitation this week for one contractor to build about 20 Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Gamma satellites, the final in the […]
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SpaceChanges Possible to GEOINT Support for Front-Line Military Forces
Will U.S. Space Force or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), or a combination of the two, have responsibility for rapid, within minutes commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) support to the Combatant […]
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Air ForceUSAF Requests $1.5 Billion to Fund Spare Parts ‘Surge’
About $1.5 billion of the U.S. Air Force’s $3.5 billion “unfunded priorities list” (UPL) request to Congress is to buy spare parts for aircraft operation and maintenance, including $564 million […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Asks Congress to Restore TxDES Funding for Fiscal 2025
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) said that it did not include more than $42 million in its fiscal 2025 budget request for the missile warning portion of the Space Development […]
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CyberReport Advises Creation of New Military Service for Cyber
More than four years after the establishment of a sixth military service–U.S. Space Force–in December 2019, a new report advises the creation of a seventh service–the U.S. Cyber Force, which […]
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SpaceAppropriators Reduce U.S. Space Force R&D Funding By $530 Million
A House-Senate appropriations conference agreement reduces the U.S. Space Force budget request of nearly $19.1 billion to about $18.7 billion–a decrease of $529 million. The conferees decreased the Space Force’s […]
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Air ForceAppropriations Conferees Add Three F-35As, Prohibit Alternate Engine for F-35
A House-Senate fiscal 2024 appropriations conference agreement says that it would add $277 million for three U.S. Air Force F-35A fighters by Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The agreement would thus raise […]
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CongressSupplemental Has More Than $800 Million for Counter UAS and SM-2 Replenishment for CENTCOM
The Senate’s fiscal 2024 supplemental package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan includes $686 million in counter unmanned aircraft systems funding for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and $157 million for the […]
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SpaceBoeing Targets Production Capacity of 60 Small Satellites at Dedicated Plant in El Segundo
By the end of next year, Boeing‘s [BA] small satellite plant in El Segundo, Calif., may reach an annual production capacity of 60 satellites. In 2018, Boeing bought Millennium Space […]
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SpaceSpace and Airborne Mix Likely Required for Future Joint STARS Replacement
A mix of space and airborne assets is likely required for a future ground moving target indication (GMTI) replacement for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar […]
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