Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceEPS-R Arctic Communications Payloads Operational, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday the company’s two Enhanced Polar System – Recapitalization (EPS-R) payloads for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command are operational. The EPS-Rs were part of […]
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Air ForceTwo SASC Democrats Urge Biden Policy Directive Barring Unauthorized Use of Military for Deportations
On Nov. 18, President-elect Trump responded, “True!”, to a post on his Truth Social network by the president of the right wing organization, Judicial Watch, that praised a possible national […]
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SpaceFifth NRO Mission in Proliferated Architecture Launched from Vandenberg
NROL-126–the fifth mission for the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) proliferated constellation–lofted into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., in the wee hours of […]
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Air ForceSNC Says Its Design for USAF SAOC Moving Forward
Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) said on Monday that it has completed another step in engineering and manufacturing development of the U.S. Air Force’s planned survivable airborne operations center (SAOC) by […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Asks for Input on Support for AC-130J Precision Strike Package
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s special operations forces, personnel recovery, and rotary division (AFLCMC/WIU) at Robins AFB, Ga., is surveying industry to determine its capacity to provide […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Targets September Next Year for ATLAS IOC
The U.S. Space Force said this week that it has informed Congress that September next year will mark initial operational capability (IOC) of the L3Harris [LHX] Advancing Tracking and Launch […]
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Air ForceAir Force Eyes Proposal to Improve Sustainment of FPS-117
In the next year, the U.S. Air Force may issue a five-year Advanced Range and Radar Array Key Instrument for Sustainment (ARRAKIS) solicitation to improve the performance of the Lockheed […]
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Air ForceMusk Comments on F-35 Receive Pushback
While Elon Musk said that the “F-35 design was broken at the requirements level because it was required to be too many things to too many people,” the U.S. Air […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Receives Nearly $870 Million in Long Lead Funding for F-35 Lot 20
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a nearly $870 million award for long-lead items and parts for production Lot 20 of the company’s F-35, DoD said in a Friday contracts announcement. […]
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Air ForceDOT&E Report Noted F-35 Deficiencies A Month Before Full-Rate Pentagon Go Ahead
The Pentagon said on March 12 that it had approved the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 for full-rate production–nine years after the fifth-generation fighter entered service. A month before the DoD […]