Frank Wolfe
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Intelligence Community
Open Source Data Presents Challenge for IARPA
One of the main challenges that the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) faces is ensuring the reliability of open sources to help form an accurate picture for the intelligence […]
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Air ForceWittman Calls for Department of the Air Force Accounting on Chinese Suppliers
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) tactical air and land forces panel, has asked U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall for an accounting […]
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Air ForceReed/Wicker to Propose Addition of Three F-35s for Developmental Testing
Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are to propose an amendment to the Senate’s version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization […]
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SpaceFour Companies to Begin Design of Resilient GPS
Astranis, Axient, L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Sierra Space are to submit design concepts for the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) to U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to launch […]
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Air ForceUSAF Explores ‘AI Task Force’ Concept
The U.S. Air Force is examining where it may put “Artificial Intelligence Task Forces” (AITF) with support contractors–whether in forward tactical operations centers (TOCs), remote locations in the United States […]
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ArmyAeroVironment Says U.S. Army Has Lifted Bid Protest Stop Worker Order for Switchblade
Arlington, Va.-based AeroVironment [AVAV] said on Monday that the U.S. Army has lifted a stop work order for the company’s Switchblade kamikaze drones under an up to $990 million, five-year […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Defense Chief Leaving, As Ortberg Aims ‘To Restore Trust’ of DoD Buyers
Ted Colbert, the head of Boeing‘s [BA] Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) segment for more than two years, is leaving the company amid significant profitability worries, competition from startup […]
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SpaceITAR in the Way of U.S. Industry Participation in Planned Japan Remote Sensing Constellation
Japan is planning an up to $3 billion satellite constellation aimed at providing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and other images to deter China, but U.S. companies looking to get into […]
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Business/FinancialL3Harris CEO Points to Company Investments in Startups Due to Shield Capital Partnership
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has leveraged startup firms’ technology advances due to a Shield Capital-L3Harris partnership announced in March, 2022, L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik told reporters at the Air […]
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Air ForceBlackSky Receives HEO Space Domain Awareness Contract
Australian-based HEO has awarded BlackSky [BKSY] a “seven figure data services contract” to improve space domain awareness for defense, intelligence, and commercial users, the companies said on Thursday. “Under the […]