Aerospace
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,…
Greek Sustainment Base for X-BAT Targeted in New Shield AI MoU
Shield AI and GEK TERNA signed a strategic agreement in Athens on October 8, 2026 to jointly pursue parts production, aircraft integration and long-term sustainment for the X-BAT aircraft in Greece, Shield AI announced. GEK TERNA is described in the…
Building Martian Habitats Might Be More Efficient With Bacteria
The Moon was the target of the 1960s space race, and today it is once again the focus of attention of the new space race between the USA and China. But no matter how many Moon bases are built, or…
Jonathan Schramm
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…
