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Honeywell invests $500M in defense tech, accelerating US munitions production
Honeywell signed a supplier framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War to rapidly increase defense technology production. The company will invest...
Lockheed Martin to Quadruple Missile Production After Successful Combat Debut
Lockheed Martin and the Department of War signed a framework agreement to quadruple production of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM). This initiative aims to...
Isar Aerospace schedules Spectrum launch, targeting independent European space access
Isar Aerospace will conduct the second qualifying flight of its Spectrum rocket. The launch is scheduled for March 25, 2026, from Andøya Spaceport in...
Epirus and Partners Unveil Autonomous Microwave Vehicle to Stop Drone Swarms
Epirus, General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), and Kodiak AI launched the Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) today. This mobile, fully autonomous system...
Broadcom Wins $970 Million Defense Deal to Unify Military Cloud
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded Broadcom Inc. and Carahsoft Technology Corp. a $970 million contract. This blanket purchase agreement...
CENTCOM confirms B-52 JASSM strikes, fueling demand for defense sector
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) released imagery on March 24 confirming B-52H Stratofortress bombers are utilizing AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles. These standoff...
Iran strikes Israel with missiles, pushing oil prices above $104
Iran launched multiple waves of missile strikes against Israel on Tuesday. Air raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv and surrounding areas during the...
General Dynamics Unveils Autonomous Drone-Killer, Targeting Global Swarm Threats
General Dynamics Land Systems, Epirus, and Kodiak AI unveiled the Leonidas Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) today at the AUSA Global Force Symposium. General...
General Dynamics Shipyard Workers Strike, Rejecting 23.8% Wage Increase
Hundreds of designers, clerks, and technicians at General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works in Maine began a strike on March 24, 2026. The Bath Marine Draftsmen's...
NASA weighs replacing Boeing SLS with SpaceX Starship, citing $4B costs
NASA officials are meeting with Boeing, SpaceX, and Blue Origin today, March 24, to discuss a significant change to the Artemis moon mission architecture....
Boeing loses lunar transit role to SpaceX, citing SLS cost overruns
NASA outlined a revised National Space Policy on March 24, 2026, to accelerate America's return to the Moon. The updated Artemis mission architecture...
Enigma Aerospace launches with $7M, automating military logistics in contested zones
Defense technology startup Enigma Aerospace officially emerged from stealth today. The company secured $7 million in venture and Department of War funding to...
Space Force Launches $2B Radar Overhaul, Targeting Faster Missile Threats
The U.S. Space Force is launching the Ground Based Radar Digitization (GBRD) program to overhaul eight legacy systems. This initiative replaces aging analog...
Iran De-Escalation Sends Aerospace & Defense Surging — But Can a Five-Day Pause Sustain the Rally?
Shares of the SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR) jumped +3.2% to $267.08 on Monday as Wall Street staged a dramatic reversal after President Trump...
🟢 XAR is trading 3.2% up today as postponed Iran strikes ease inflation fears
XAR is trading 3.2% up today as President Trump's five-day postponement of strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure eased fears of energy shocks and...
Pentagon to accept radar-less F-35s by 2026, citing production delays
The U.S. military will begin accepting F-35 Joint Strike Fighters without primary operational radars starting in fall 2026. Production delays for the...
General Dynamics Secures $15.4 Billion Navy Contract for Next-Gen Nuclear Submarines
The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a contract modification valued at up to $15.4 billion. This agreement funds the construction and testing...
Trump threatens Iran power plants, demanding Strait of Hormuz reopening
President Donald Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum Sunday. He threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz reopens to all shipping....
Patriot System Intercepts Iranian Missiles, Validating U.S. Defense Tech Demand
A Greek-operated Patriot missile battery intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles over Saudi Arabia on Sunday. This engagement provides real-world validation...
RTX SM-3 Counters Iranian Missile Strike, Spurring Defense Sector Demand
Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the Diego Garcia joint U.S.-U.K. military base today. U.S. officials cited by The Wall Street...