Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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Unmanned SystemsHicks: Speed in Affirming Systems Meet Command Needs Key in Replicator
As industry awaits the debut of military service program of record requests for Replicator in the upcoming fiscal 2026 budget, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said on Wednesday that accelerating […]
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Air ForceAFCENT Looking for Endurance Drones to Fill New Requirement
U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT)’s Task Force-99 wants to buy new Group 3 low-speed endurance drones weighing between 60 and 200 pounds, a low payload capacity of 5 to 22 […]
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Air ForceC-17 Flies with Alternative GPS Magnetic Navigation as Prime PNT System
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane by Boeing [BA] recently test flew the Silicon Valley-based SandboxAQ‘s Magnetic Navigation (MagNav) system–leveraging quantum magnetometers and artificial intelligence–as the aircraft’s […]
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Air ForceUSAF Weapons S&T Summit To Focus on Increased Range, Production Rates
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate’s strategy division (AFRL/RWS) and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Armament Directorate’s disruptive futures division (AFLCMC/EBZ) are to hold a Weapons Science […]
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SpaceSDA Shifts, Goes with Two Contractors, Instead of One, for T2TL-Gamma
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has changed its plan to go with one contractor for the Gamma satellites of the Tranche 2-Transport Layer (T2TL). On Friday, SDA said that York Space […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Aims for Initial Inventory by Next December
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said that it wants to have an initial inventory by next December on the way to a clean audit in 2028. Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]
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PentagonUkrainian Ask–2.5 Million Drones, DoD IG Says
Ukrainian Armed Forces’ (UAF) demand for drones in the country’s effort to turn back Russian forces has grown, the U.S.-led Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U) has told the Pentagon Inspector General. […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Plans New Contract for Geolocation Global Support Services
The U.S. Space Force plans to award a Geolocation Global Support Services (GGSS) contract to aid the service in geolocating Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). In 2012, U.S. Strategic Command awarded Kratos […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves More Than $20 Billion In Military Sales to Israel
In a reflection of the Biden administration’s steadfast military support for Israel’s defense against Hamas and other regional threats in the Middle East, the U.S. State Department has approved five […]
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Air ForceMusk Pitches “Government Efficiency Commission” in Discussion with Trump
Billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, pitched former president and current GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on a Government Efficiency Commission to help reduce DoD contract prices and federal […]