Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceViasat Plans To Demonstrate PTS-G Design By Middle of Next Year
Viasat [VSAT] said on Wednesday that it will demonstrate what its dual-band X/Ka-band geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite design will offer for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) […]
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Air ForceAcquisition Reform Top Priority for Department of Air Force General Counsel Nominee
The Trump administration’s nominee for general counsel of the Department of the Air Force said that he will try to help accelerate system acquisition and fielding. “This is a concern […]
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SpaceBlue Origin Receives Second SSC Commercial Solutions Opening Contract
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Tuesday that it has awarded a more than $78 million contract to Blue Origin to augment space vehicle processing capacity at […]
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ArmyNorthrop Grumman Says More Than 50 Drones Downed in Arizona in May Demonstration
The U.S. Army’s Transformation in Contact (TiC) initiative aims to field command and control (C2) applications on tablets, versus the prior way of fielding C2 systems with large “footprints.” If […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Considering Upgrades for Three Electromagnetic Warfare Systems
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is eyeing industry demonstrations of hardware and software (HW/SW) improvements for three space electromagnetic warfare (SEW) systems–the Meadowlands Counter Communications System (CCS), […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looking To Accelerate NGAS Delivery From 2040 To 2036
Rather than hold a competition between Boeing [BA] and Airbus on a tanker that would have served as a step toward the Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS), the U.S. […]
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Unmanned SystemsSikorsky Developing Nomad Prop-Rotor Drones, Larger Variants May Have 500-Pound Payload
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Sikorsky is developing autonomous, twin prop-rotor Nomad drones, based on the company’s rotor blown wing vertical take-off and landing concept. “The twin prop-rotor design combines the versatility […]
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SpaceSDA Projects Contractor Personnel Increase Needed for Golden Dome, Custody Layer Support
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) had planned to solicit up to 900 Tranche 3 Custody Layer time-critical targeting satellites by the end of fiscal 2025, but that […]
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SpaceSpaceX to Launch Five USSF/NRO Missions in FY 2026, ULA Two
Under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, SpaceX is to launch five NSSL Phase 3, Lane 2 missions through September 2026 for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) and National […]
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Air ForceBussiere to Retire, Lt. Gen. Dale White Possible Candidate for Air Force Vice Chief
U.S. Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command, is to retire after the White House recently withdrew his nomination as service vice chief of […]