Aerospace
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…
Spire Launches First Three Boulder-Built Satellites on Transporter-18
Spire Global announced on October 2, 2026 the successful launch of the first three satellites built at its manufacturing facility in Boulder, Colorado. The satellites were carried aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission, and in the company’s announcement Spire described the…
L3Harris Advances Construction at Arkansas Rocket Motor Campus
L3Harris Technologies has completed 90% of the civil construction earthwork for the more than 20 building pads at its Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities campus in Camden, the company’s Missile Solutions business reported on October 1, 2026. Construction teams are now…
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…
Rocket Lab Signs 20-Launch Electron Deal With Synspective
Rocket Lab Corporation announced on September 30, 2026 that it has signed a multi-year launch agreement for 20 new Electron missions with Tokyo-based Earth observation company Synspective, a contract Rocket Lab described as the largest commercial launch contract for Electron…
Shield AI to Build X-BAT in Washington and Test It in Kansas
Shield AI announced on September 30, 2026 that it has named Newton, Kansas, as the flight test and sustainment home and Des Moines, Washington, as the production home for X-BAT, its AI-piloted fighter jet designed to take off and land…
SkyFi’s Robinhood App Taps BlackSky as Inaugural Imagery Supplier
BlackSky Technology Inc. said on September 30, 2026, that it is the first satellite imagery provider for SkyFi’s “Satellite Intelligence,” a Robinhood Agent App expected to be available in the coming weeks that will deliver AI analytics and Earth observation…
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…
L3Harris Secures THAAD Propulsion Contract Exceeding $6 Billion
L3Harris Technologies has received an undefinitized contract from Lockheed Martin valued at more than $6 billion, excluding escalations, over seven years to significantly expand propulsion production for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the company announced on September…
Raytheon Wins $20.7 Billion Multi-Year AMRAAM Production Contract
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a five-year multi-year contract with two option years valued up to $20.7 billion for AMRAAM missiles, RTX announced on September 28, 2026. Under the terms of the contract, awarded as part of the…
Iridium Stockholders Approve Rocket Lab Acquisition at Special Meeting
Iridium Communications Inc. stockholders on September 24, 2026 adopted the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger under which Rocket Lab Corporation will acquire the satellite services provider, with approximately 99.6% of the votes cast in favor of the transaction,…
United Airlines Takes Delivery of First A321XLR With GTF Advantage Engines
United Airlines and Pratt & Whitney on September 24, 2026 marked the delivery of the first aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF Advantage engines, an Airbus A321XLR, to United, RTX announced. Pratt & Whitney is an RTX business. “The…
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…
