RTX Raises 2026 Outlook as Q3 Sales Rise 11% to $25 Billion
RTX on October 20, 2026 reported third-quarter 2026 sales of $25.0 billion, an 11 percent increase from the prior-year quarter, and raised its full-year 2026 outlook for adjusted sales, adjusted earnings per share, and free cash flow, according to the…
Red Cat Proposes EUR 39.00 Cash Offer for All Steyr Motors Shares
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. announced a proposed voluntary public purchase offer on October 19, 2026 to acquire all outstanding shares of Steyr Motors AG , an Austrian manufacturer of customized engines for defense and civil applications, for EUR 39.00 per…
Redwire Wins $13.8 Million in National Guard Orders for Stalker UAS
Redwire Corporation announced on October 15, 2026 that it secured additional purchase orders valued at approximately 13.8 million U.S. dollars to deliver its Stalker Uncrewed Aircraft Systems to the U.S. National Guard Bureau, which will use the aircraft to train…
Kratos Starts Construction of Indiana Radar and Hypersonics Complexes
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced on October 14, 2026, that it held a joint groundbreaking ceremony that day at the Westgate Academy in Odon, Indiana, marking the beginning of construction for its new Helios and AN/SPY-1 facilities. The facilities…
L3Harris Teams With Divergent to Scale Wolf Pack Munitions Output
L3Harris Technologies and Divergent Technologies, Inc. have signed a teaming agreement to scale production and enhance capabilities for affordable mass munitions, according to an L3Harris announcement dated October 13, 2026. The companies will initially seek to leverage Divergent’s additive manufacturing…
L3Harris Begins VAMPIRE Counter-Drone Deliveries to US Army
L3Harris Technologies has started delivering VAMPIRE counter-unmanned systems (C-UxS) to the U.S. Army in support of hostile drone defense, with initial deliveries arriving within two months of the Army’s order worth up to $106 million, according to a company announcement…
Six Weeks of Hivemind Training Leads to Honeywell’s First Autonomous Flight
Honeywell Aerospace and Shield AI announced on October 13, 2026, the completion of two autonomous flight demonstrations, culminating in a coordinated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission flown by two aircraft running Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software. The work produced…
Taiwan Coast Guard Receives First V-BAT Aircraft From Shield AI
Defense-technology company Shield AI announced on October 13, 2026, the first delivery of its V-BAT uncrewed aircraft to the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (CGA) with its partner Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC). The company said twelve V-BATs will be delivered…
L3Harris Receives $55 Million Army Award for NOVA Night-Vision Systems
L3Harris Technologies has received a $55 million award from the U.S. Army to supply the NOVA night-vision goggle system for the Binocular Night Observation Device (BiNOD) program, the company announced on October 12, 2026, from Londonderry, New Hampshire. L3Harris said…
L3Harris Wins $250 Million Lockheed Martin GMLRS Propulsion Contract
L3Harris Technologies announced on October 12, 2026, that Lockheed Martin has awarded it a follow-on contract valued at $250 million to manufacture standard-range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) propulsion units. The contract will be fulfilled within the company’s new…
L3Harris Opens Amersfoort Engineering Office for FOXTROT Program
L3Harris Technologies has opened a regional engineering support office in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, the company announced on October 9, 2026, saying the location will directly support requirements of the 15-year FOXTROT tactical radio program as well as customer needs throughout…
Raytheon Wins Up To $6.3 Billion Deal To Build SM-3 Block IB Interceptors
Raytheon, an RTX business, has secured a five-year contract, with two additional option years, valued at up to $6.3 billion for the production and sustainment of Standard Missile-3 Block IB (SM-3 IB) interceptors, RTX announced on Thursday, October 8, 2026.…
L3Harris Wins NASA Contract for All-Glass LISA Test Telescope
L3Harris Technologies has been selected by NASA to design, assemble, integrate and test an all-glass telescope for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the company announced on October 8, 2026. In an article published the same day, NASA identified…
L3Harris Invests Over $100 Million in Los Angeles Propulsion Expansion
L3Harris Technologies is investing more than $100 million in a self-funded expansion of its Canoga Park site in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles to increase manufacturing and assembly capacity for critical programs, according to a company announcement published…
AeroVironment’s VideoRay Joins AEVEX-Led Navy Mine Countermeasure Effort
AeroVironment said on October 8, 2026 that its wholly owned subsidiary VideoRay is supporting an AEVEX-led team selected for a prototype Other Transaction Agreement following the U.S. Navy and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Mine Countermeasure Modernization Prize Challenge. BlackSea Technologies,…
