Frank Wolfe
Articles By Frank
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SpaceNew Glenn Has Second Certification Flight For U.S. Space Force NSSL
Blue Origin‘s New Glenn heavy launch rocket had its second certification flight for the U.S. Space Force National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, as the rocket lifted a NASA mission […]
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Air ForceUSAF Examining Lower Cost Counter-Air Missile Program With 1,000-3,500 Annual Full-Rate Production
The stand-in strike division of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s armament directorate (AFLCMC/EBI) at Eglin AFB, Fla., is surveying companies to help determine requirements and an acquisition strategy for […]
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SpaceRemote Sensing Could Help Fill Void In On-Site Nuclear Inspections, FAS Says
Government and commercial imagery could help fill a void in on-site nuclear inspections, given the upcoming lapse in the New START Treaty protocol next February, according to a new report […]
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Air ForceAmentum Notches Up To $995 Million Contract For MQ-9 Maintenance
The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command has awarded Amentum [AMTM] an up to $995 million, five-year contract for maintenance of the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper surveillance and attack drone, […]
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Air ForceAppropriations Language Directs USAF To Consider Ramping Up Hardened Shelters For Aircraft
Legislators want the U.S. Air Force to consider ramping up the build of hardened shelters, according to an explanatory statement of a deal to fund the government through Jan. 30, […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon and Lockheed Martin to Have “Preferred Access” to SRMs Built at Avio’s Future SRM Plant
RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Italy’s Avio SpA to help build a “state of the art” solid rocket motor (SRM) plant […]
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SpaceU.S. Allies to Gain Access To Military GPS User Equipment
U.S. allies are to have access to the market for Military Global Positioning System (GPS) User Equipment (MGUE) under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by U.S. Space Force Space Systems […]
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Space15-Year Space Force Plan May Include Systems To Ease Transition To “Dynamic Space Operations”
The U.S. Space Force is preparing a 15-year force design plan that may include “dynamic space operations” (DSO) for satellite refueling and on-orbit maintenance, depot, and modernization. “We know that […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFirst Sentinel Flight Test To Be Pad Launched
Rather than an ICBM test silo, the U.S. Air Force is to use a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for the first flight test of an unarmed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Lease Of Space For AI Data Centers At Five Bases May Last Longer Than 50 Years, If Benefit National Defense
The U.S. Air Force may offer leases longer than 50 years for artificial intelligence data centers at five bases, if those centers benefit national defense or “the public interest.” In […]