Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHicks: Defense Bigs Collaborating with Smaller, Newer Entrants on Microelectronics
While defense industry entrants are bringing welcome competition to Pentagon modernization efforts, the heritage defense giants are also working with some of the new firms on microelectronics advancements, Deputy Defense […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves Sale of Latest AMRAAM to Denmark
Denmark is to get the AIM-120D-3 missile, the latest version of RTX‘s [RTX] Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The State Department has approved a $744 million foreign military sale […]
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Air ForceAvio Considering Sites for U.S. Solid Rocket Motor Plant
Avio USA, a subsidiary of Italy’s Avio S.p.A, is considering sites for Avio’s first solid rocket motor (SRM) plant in the United States. The company said that it has picked […]
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SpacePropulsion and On-Orbit Servicing Areas for OSC Investment
Propulsion and on-orbit repair and refueling of satellites are underfunded innovation areas that the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has looked to take on. “Our 2024 investment strategy talks […]
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Air ForceUSAF ‘Out of Compliance’ on Software Sustainment for F-35’s EOTS
The U.S. Air Force’s software sustainment for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS), carried on the F-35 fighter, is “out of compliance” with a law that requires […]
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Intelligence CommunityNROL-167 Launch Another Step in ‘U.S. Government’s Largest Satellite Constellation in History’
The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman and Boeing’s Millennium Receive Big Missile Defense Awards
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Boeing‘s [BA] Millennium Space Systems on Wednesday received U.S. Space Force (USSF) missile defense awards of nearly $1.8 billion and $386 million, respectively. The almost $1.8 […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Clears $7.3 Billion for F-16 Viper Mid-Life Upgrade
The U.S. State Department has approved an up to $7.3 billion foreign military sale to Poland of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]
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Space
DIU Rolling the DICE to Align DoD Innovation Arms
While the Defense Innovation Unit Community of Entities (DICE) is a bureaucratic-sounding term of word salad–a simple DICE synonym would be “group”–a key DICE effort is aimed at the opposite […]
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Space
Tactical Nodes, No Ground Terminal, for Umbra Contract with SDA
While Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli has stressed the need to improve the ground systems segment of the U.S. Space Force’s architecture, […]