Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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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) […]
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Air ForceSAIC Unseats KBR as Air Force TENCAP HOPE Contractor
Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] has unseated KBR [KBR] as the contractor for the Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Hyper-Innovative Operational Prototype Engineering (AF TENCAP HOPE) program run […]
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CongressCotton Plugs Bill to Increase COCOM Counter-Drone Authority
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), said that U.S. adversaries may target the nation’s bases domestically and abroad with attack drones, hidden in […]
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Air ForceU.S. Needs to Examine First Person View and Kamikaze Drones, Grynkewich Testifies
The U.S. Air Force may need a significant increase in its drone force to help defend Europe, if Russia tries to invade Eastern European nations beyond Ukraine. Dedicated close air […]
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SpaceSpace RCO Wants Budget Commitment on 12 SCAR Antennas
The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) in Albuquerque, N.M., is hoping to get a budget commitment in fiscal 2026 for 12 Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas. […]
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Air ForceAFRL Wants To Gauge State of Propulsion Innovation
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate at Edwards AFB, Calif., wants to gauge the breadth of innovation for future missile propulsion under AFRL’s Rocket Lab Hermes project, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Meadowlands Development in Parallel with Production For L3Harris
Building each U.S. Space Force Counter Communications System (CCS) 10.3 Meadowlands takes a year or two for L3Harris Technologies [LHX] at its Palm Bay, Fla., plant, and several such systems […]