Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Air ForceLITENING Modernization May Be Big Ramp-Up Opportunity for Northrop Grumman
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman [NOC] is upgrading its LITENING pods–a modernization effort that may poise the company for a significant system production ramp-up. Northrop Grumman and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense […]
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Air ForceU.S. Space Force’s 30th Security Forces Squadron to Buy Dronebusters
U.S. Space Force’s 30th Security Forces Squadron (30th SFS) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., plans to sole source a firm fixed price buy of three Dronebuster handheld, non-kinetic counter-small […]
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Air ForcePACAF Commander: North Korea Prime Small UAS Threat in Indo-Pacific
North Korea represents the highest small drone threat to U.S. operations in the Indo-Pacific, according to the top U.S. Air Force official in the region. During a Mitchell Institute for […]
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Air ForceDoD Looking to Award Follow-On Contract for E-4B Communications
DoD is looking to award a follow-on, up to five-year competitive contract for strategic communications aboard the Boeing [BA] E-4B “Nightwatch” planes. “The anticipated performance period consists of a one-year […]
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Air ForceUSAF Expects to Field BTAR Fix for KC-46A Late in Fiscal 2027
The U.S. Air Force expects to field a fix for the stiff aerial refueling boom (ARB) on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker late in fiscal 2027. “The stiff boom […]
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Space150 Companies Interested in RG-XX, U.S. Space Force Official Says
To guide venture capital (VC) investment, the U.S. Space Force is increasingly engaging with VC firms as a departure from Space Force past practice, and one of the dividends of […]
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Air ForceUSAF Integrated Development Office Official: ‘Tell Me How We’re Gonna Get A 60 Percent, 70 Percent Solution Out There’
The lean manufacturing concept pioneered by Toyota [TM] in the 1950s and advanced under a “fail fast and adjust” approach by Silicon Valley in the 1990s and Elon Musk’s SpaceX […]
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SpaceVLEO Under Examination for Possible Use by U.S. Space Force
The U.S. Space Force is examining very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for possible future use. LEO satellites typically orbit about 500 miles above Earth, while VLEO satellites are to operate […]
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Air ForceGeneral Atomics YFQ-42A First CCA Forerunner to Fly
A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) YFQ-42A Gambit prototype for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program flew for the first time in California on Wednesday ahead […]
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Air ForceReliable Robotics Receives USAF Award to Launch Autonomous Cargo Logistics Program
Founded in 2017 by two former SpaceX employees, the Silicon Valley-based Reliable Robotics said on Tuesday that it has received a $17.4 million U.S. Air Force contract to launch an […]