Aerospace
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…
Ondas Inc. (ONDS): Integrated Drones For Western Armies
Drones, AI, and networks are now increasingly becoming crucial advantages or disadvantages an army can have on the battlefield. What started with limited use of commercial drones as weapon systems in Syria and Armenia has become the deadliest tool of…
Jonathan Schramm
Kratos Wins Over $100 Million in Space and Cyber Contracts
In an October 5, 2026 news release, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions , a technology company in defense, national security and global markets, announced multiple contract awards totaling over $100 million to develop prototype mission applications and cyber capabilities that…
Redwire Wins Follow-On Contract for Second Axiom Station Module Wings
Redwire Corporation said on October 5, 2026, that it has been awarded a contract by Axiom Space to develop and deliver two Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings for Axiom Station’s second space station module, according to the company’s announcement. 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…
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,…
