Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceForecast Launch of First Six Epoch 1s Delayed Until Fiscal 2027
While Boeing‘s [BA] Millenium Space Systems was to deliver the first six Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Epoch 1 missile warning satellites to U.S. Space Force for launch by the end […]
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SpaceCap on Contractor Indirect Cost Reimbursement to DoD for Commercial Launches Valid Through FY 2026
The cap on launch provider reimbursement to DoD for commercial launches’ indirect costs, such as road and utility modernization, around the Cape Canaveral Space Station, Fla., Vandenberg Space Force Base, […]
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Missile DefenseSpace Force Solicits Industry Ideas On ‘Quick and Efficient’ SBI Deployment
The U.S. Space Force program executive office for space combat power is soliciting input from industry on the rapid fielding of space based interceptors (SBI), which the Trump administration’s Golden […]
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Air ForceGrynkewich: Autonomous Drones, Mass ‘Essential to European Security’
Proliferating systems in the European theater will be vital for bolstering NATO and deterring Russian revanchism, as Ukraine continues to battle Russia in the latter’s latest 2022 invasion of Ukraine, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards SpaceX $81 Million Task Order for USSF-178
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Friday that it has awarded SpaceX a nearly $82 million contract to launch the USSF-178 mission under a National […]
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Air ForceUSAF Requests $387 Million for ARRW Production
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2026 budget request includes $387 million for production of Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] AGM-183A hypersonic Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). ARRW “quantities (price per unit) and […]
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Air ForceDoD Cites E-7 Wedgetail Unit Cost Increase from $588 Million to $724 Million
In proposing the fiscal 2026 cancellation of the U.S. Air Force planned buy of E-7A Wedgetail airborne warning aircraft by Boeing [BA] in favor of space-borne air moving target indication […]
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Air ForceU.S. Space Force Halts Tranche 3 of Transport Layer, Looks Into New Communications Options
When the office of the DoD comptroller released its fiscal 2026 budget documents on June 27, there was a reference to the U.S. Space Force providing $277 million for the […]
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Air ForceDTRA Scrutinized Fordow for More Than 16 Years Before June 21 B-2 Strikes
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), which has expertise in the destruction of hard and deeply buried targets, has studied Iran’s Fordow nuclear site since at least June 2008, Chairman […]
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Air Force$250 Million for Penetrating Munitions in DoD Reconciliation Bill Takes on New Light After Strikes on Iran
Last year, in their versions of an FY 2025 defense bill, Senate and House appropriators proposed reductions for the U.S. Air Force’s Hard and Deeply Buried Target Defeat System (HDBTDS) […]