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Trump, Putin negotiate release of US Air Force veteran from Russian prison
Stephen Hubbard, a retired U.S. teacher and Air Force veteran, was released from Russian custody on Wednesday after spending over four years in prison. Hubbard was serving a roughly seven-year sentence after being accused by Russia in 2022 of working with Ukraine as a mercenary. American President Donald Trump announced his release from prison on […]
Air & Aerospace · Oct 22, 2026Trump, Putin negotiate release of US Air Force veteran from Russian prison
Stephen Hubbard, a retired U.S. teacher and Air Force veteran, was released from Russian custody on Wednesday after spending over four years in prison. Hubbard was serving a roughly seven-year sentence after being accused by Russia in 2022 of working with Ukraine as a mercenary. American President Donald Trump announced his release from prison on […]
Land Systems · Oct 22, 2026Pentagon, Lockheed agree to 10-year deal for 850 F-35 jets
The Defense Department and Lockheed Martin agreed to a 10-year framework that the Pentagon says guarantees at least 850 F-35 Lightning II fighters for the U.S. military, pending congressional approval and funding. The framework, announced Thursday, includes initial spare parts plus 10 years of modification kits and sustainment. It also covers orders from foreign customers, […]
Naval & Maritime · Oct 22, 2026The Pentagon has gone too far in using the Other Transaction Authority. Congress should act.
In the past decade, the Pentagon has increasingly relied on the Other Transaction Authority (OTA) to advance major weapon programs while skirting competition requirements and cost transparency standards. If lawmakers don’t narrow the authority, they risk sleepwalking the American people into a generation of Pentagon boondoggles. Congress created the OTA in 1958 to provide the […]
C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 22, 2026Palantir, Tesla, SpaceX Lead This Investor’s Big Bets – TradingView
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Air & Aerospace · Oct 22, 2026RTX (RTX) Receives a Buy from RBC Capital – The Globe and Mail
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Air & Aerospace · Oct 22, 2026Lockheed Martin Rises 9% as Record Backlog Lifts Outlook; RTX Gains 2%, Northrop Grumman Advances 3% – 24/7 Wall St.
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Space & Missile Defence · Oct 22, 2026Northrop Grumman Q3 2026: Crushing Baseline Models With A $109.6B Backlog And Margin Inflection (NYSE:NOC) – Seeking Alpha
Northrop Grumman Q3 2026: Crushing Baseline Models With A $109.6B Backlog And Margin Inflection (NYSE:NOC) Seeking Alpha Source: news.google.com — article syndicated from the publisher’s feed; all rights remain with the original publisher.
Air & Aerospace · Oct 22, 2026Lockheed Martin Says 10-Year F-35 Framework Deal Enables Addition Of 6th-Gen Capabilities – Defense Daily
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Air & Aerospace · Oct 22, 2026Lockheed Reports Q3; U.S.-Israel Sketch Out postelection Iran Attacks – Investor’s Business Daily
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Air & Aerospace · Oct 22, 2026FAA approval of GE9X seal fix required for 777-9 certification: official
GE is working to achieve regulatory approval for a redesign. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will not certificate Boeing’s 777-9 until after approving GE Aerospace’s fix to a seal within the widebody aircraft’s GE9X turbofan, an agency official says. The clarification sheds light on how a durability problem with the powerplant’s mid-seal, disclosed in January, […]
Land Systems · Oct 22, 2026MDA awards $75M to Long Wall for low-cost, midcourse interceptor testing
WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded California-based startup Long Wall $75 million to complete testing of its self-funded Cyclops low-cost interceptor designed to strike enemy missiles midway through their flight, the company announced today. “I think it’s a first of its kind award in long-range missile defense, and a substantive commitment,” Long […]
Autonomy & Robotics · Oct 22, 2026Navy awards Applied Intuition $25M to deploy AI sensor fusion at sea
WASHINGTON — Applied Intuition has won a $25 million contract from the US Navy to begin deploying AI-powered sensor fusion on warships, starting with five Arleigh Burke-class destroyers but potentially expanding “across the fleet,” the company announced this morning. The new Intelligent Perception System (IPS) will do two jobs at once, Applied said in its […]
Air & Aerospace · Oct 22, 2026‘Jaws of hell’: A B-24 crew’s capture, survival after WWII air raid
Bruised and battered, the crew of the Chattanooga Choo Choo were held as prisoners in the complete darkness of an abandoned cistern in rural Romania. On Aug. 1, 1943, Lt. Ernie Poulson co-piloted the Consolidated B-24 Liberator on a low-level bombing run of an oil refinery in Campina — part of the deadly American aerial […]
C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 22, 2026Palantir Says It Can’t Shut Down European Military AI System—Days After ‘Extremely Concerning’ Starlink Slowdown – Forbes
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C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 22, 2026L3Harris opens robotic rocket motor factory in Arkansas – Yahoo
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C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 22, 2026L3Harris Opens New Solid Rocket-Motor Facility in Camden – Arkansas Money & Politics
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Air & Aerospace · Oct 22, 2026Quantum Stocks: Defense Giants Northrop, Lockheed Take Aim At Frontier Technologies – Investor’s Business Daily
Quantum Stocks: Defense Giants Northrop, Lockheed Take Aim At Frontier Technologies Investor’s Business Daily Source: news.google.com — article syndicated from the publisher’s feed; all rights remain with the original publisher.
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