Lockheed Martin Awards Boeing Roughly $14.7B for PAC-3 MSE Seekers
Boeing announced on October 5, 2026, that it was awarded an undefinitized contract action worth approximately $14.7 billion by Lockheed Martin to scale production and deliver PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement seekers, the Boeing-built component that provides guidance data for the…
Blade and Aero Relaunch BLADEone New York–South Florida Flights
Blade Urban Air Mobility, Inc., a Joby Aviation company, announced on October 2, 2026 the return of BLADEone, its enhanced jet service between the New York City area and South Florida, in partnership with Aero, a Los Angeles-based private jet…
Safran Power Units to Double Texas Turbojet Engine Capacity
Safran Power Units announced on September 30, 2026, an investment to double the capacity of its Grand Prairie, Texas, facility, which produces turbojet engines for missiles and drones. The additional capacity will come onstream in 2028. The expansion includes a…
Navy Awards Boeing More Than $20 Billion F/A-XX Development Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a contract for the sixth-generation F/A-XX strike fighter under the Next Generation Air Dominance program, with the Department of War valuing the full-scale development phase at more than $20 billion, according to separate announcements…
Archer HSR Waiting Period Expires for Three Boeing Subsidiaries
Archer Aviation Inc. announced on September 24, 2026 that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 had expired with respect to the previously announced agreements under which Archer will acquire Boeing’s Wisk Aero, SkyGrid and Insitu…
Biman Bangladesh Airlines Adds 11 Boeing Jets in Follow-On Order
Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines announced on September 23, 2026 that the national carrier placed an order for 11 787 Dreamliner and 737 MAX airplanes to grow and renew its fleet. The purchase, which includes five 787-10 and six 737-8…
Turkish Airlines Orders 100 Boeing 737-8 Jets With 50 Options
Boeing and Turkish Airlines announced a finalized order for up to 150 737 MAX airplanes on September 23, 2026, with the flag carrier purchasing 100 737-8 jets and securing options for 50 more in its largest Boeing single-aisle order, according…
Safran Wins China Airlines A350-900 Main Landing Gear Overhaul Deal
Safran Landing Systems and China Airlines, a Taiwan-based carrier, announced on September 23, 2026, the signature of a new agreement covering the overhaul of the main landing gears for the carrier’s fleet of 18 Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The agreement, signed…
Safran Opens US$22 Million Singapore Landing Gear MRO Extension
Safran Landing Systems inaugurated a US$22 million extension of its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center in Singapore on September 22, 2026, adding a 7,500-square-meter building with a new assembly line dedicated to landing gear overhauls, the company announced. The…
Korean Air Finalizes Record Order for 103 Boeing Airplanes
Boeing and Korean Air announced on September 16, 2026, that South Korea’s flag carrier finalized its order for 103 jets across Boeing’s widebody and single-aisle airplane family, fulfilling the procurement commitment the airline made in August 2025. The order comprises…
Joby Begins Week-Long Texas eVTOL Campaign With DFW Airport Flights
Texas’s first flights under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP) began on September 10, 2026, Joby Aviation announced , with the company carrying out a week-long flight campaign across the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Joby, a California-based company listed…
Archer and BETA Plan Texas Charging Network for TxDOT Air Taxi Pilot
America’s Consortium for Electric Skyways (ACES), the electric-aviation charging venture launched by Archer Aviation , BETA Technologies and Macquarie Capital, announced plans on September 10, 2026, to bring its interoperable charging network to Texas in support of the Texas Department…
GE Aerospace Agrees to Acquire Castings Maker CPP for $11.75 Billion
GE Aerospace announced on September 8, 2026, that it has signed an agreement to acquire Consolidated Precision Products (CPP), a manufacturer of highly engineered castings, from private investment firms Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners in a transaction valued at $11.75…
Rheinmetall Orders Safran MOSKITO and SHARPCROW Systems for Bundeswehr
Rheinmetall Electronics has placed an order with Safran Electronics & Defense for more than a thousand MOSKITO observation systems and several hundred SHARPCROW systems destined for the German Bundeswehr’s medium and heavy infantry forces, Safran announced on September 3, 2026.…
