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Palantir Stock Has a Secret Weapon in the AI Boom, Goldman Sachs Says – Barron’s
Palantir Stock Has a Secret Weapon in the AI Boom, Goldman Sachs Says Barron’s Source: news.google.com — article syndicated from the publisher’s feed; all rights remain with the original publisher.
Air & Aerospace · Oct 8, 2026LATAM Airlines Brazil receives first Embraer 195-E2
The acquisitions will support the carrier’s plans to expand within Brazil, it says. Embraer has delivered the first E195-E2 to LATAM Airlines Brazil, with 24 of the Brazilian-made jets scheduled to join parent LATAM Airline Group’s fleet by the end-2027, Embraer said on 8 October. The delivery follows a September 2025 agreement under which LATAM […]
Land Systems · Oct 8, 2026In first, Israeli firms, delegation display at Morocco’s Marrakech Airshow
JERSUALEM — For the first time, Israel’s Ministry of Defense has sent a delegation and a national pavilion to the Marrakech Airshow, which opened today. “This marks Israel’s first official participation in the defense exhibition held in Morocco since the signing of the Abraham Accords,” Israel’s Ministry of Defense said. Yair Kulas, the head of […]
C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 8, 2026Shield AI expects to fly its unmanned fighter jet within months
Shield AI expects to start flying its X-BAT prototype unmanned fighter jet by year’s end—and is getting $150 million from the Navy to keep developing it, officials said. “We’ve been building two prototype vehicles—they’re full scale. The first one will be done in the next couple of weeks here,” said Armor Harris, Shield AI’s senior […]
Space & Missile Defence · Oct 8, 2026Northrop breaks ground on B-21 final assembly line – FlightGlobal
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Space & Missile Defence · Oct 8, 2026Northrop breaks ground on B-21 final assembly line
The facility is located in Palmdale, California, where Northrop is already building early low-rate B-21s. Military aircraft manufacturer Northrop Grumman has broken ground on a new production facility that will assemble the company’s B-21 Raider next-generation stealth bomber. The facility is located on the grounds of the US Air Force’s secure Plant 42 site in […]
Land Systems · Oct 8, 2026Sig Sauer develops 25-round mag for Army’s next-gen rifle
EPPING, N.H. — Soldier feedback, from the constructive to the blistering, has been instrumental in guiding weapons manufacturer Sig Sauer in its development of the M8 carbine, staff here said this week. The M8, a compact alternative to Sig’s much-criticized M7 Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle, appears poised to take the M7’s place as the […]
Air & Aerospace · Oct 8, 2026Navy Doubles Down On X-BAT VTOL ‘Fighter’ Drone Development
Shield AI says it is on track to roll out the first prototypes of its X-BAT jet-powered stealth ‘fighter’ drone by the end of this month. Flight testing of this uncrewed aircraft, which is designed to take off and land vertically from a tail-sitting position, is still scheduled to kick off before the end of […]
Naval & Maritime · Oct 8, 2026Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. $HII Shares Bought by Gradient Investments LLC – MarketBeat
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C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 8, 2026What Is Going on With Palantir Tech Stock on Thursday? – Benzinga
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Land Systems · Oct 8, 2026General Dynamics Achieves First Hypersonic Flight Demonstration of GPS-Denied Software Defined Receiver Navigation – General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics Achieves First Hypersonic Flight Demonstration of GPS-Denied Software Defined Receiver Navigation General Dynamics Mission Systems Source: news.google.com — article syndicated from the publisher’s feed; all rights remain with the original publisher.
Autonomy & Robotics · Oct 8, 2026Power at the sprocket: It’s the transmission that gives tracked vehicles their control
Ground combat vehicles such as the Bradley Fighting Vehicle have run out of room to add new capabilities, while the next generation will need to power not only what is built into them from the start, but what’s to come over the lifespan of the vehicles. Improved power generation and efficiency will be critical to […]
Autonomy & Robotics · Oct 8, 2026Lessons for CENTCOM from counter-drone experiments in the Arizona desert
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. — As American servicemembers sweated in the Arizona desert, stress testing various counter-drone technologies, some senior officials had their minds thousands of miles away — thinking about how lessons gleaned here could help protect troops under US Central Command in the Middle East. “Operating capabilities day after day in extreme desert […]
C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 8, 2026Palantir Stock Is Up 45% in Three Months. How Close Is the Street’s $200 Target? – Yahoo Finance
Palantir Stock Is Up 45% in Three Months. How Close Is the Street’s $200 Target? Yahoo Finance Source: news.google.com — article syndicated from the publisher’s feed; all rights remain with the original publisher.
C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 8, 2026‘Everybody knows you’re out of touch’: Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his own exec told him to stop hyping Foundry – Fortune
‘Everybody knows you’re out of touch’: Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his own exec told him to stop hyping Foundry Fortune Source: news.google.com — article syndicated from the publisher’s feed; all rights remain with the original publisher.
Air & Aerospace · Oct 8, 2026Paraguayan air force becomes first South American operator of Cessna SkyCourier
Textron is continuing its expansion of the SkyCourier within the special mission market. Textron Aviation announced on 7 October that the Paraguayan air force has become the first South American military operator of the Cessna SkyCourier turboprop. The purchase has been funded by Itaipu Binacional, the binational entity of the governments of Brazil and Paraguay, […]
C4ISR & Cyber · Oct 8, 2026Future cost, use of Marine Corps ACVs scrutinized in congressional report
With today’s armored vehicles vulnerable to drones, congressional researchers are raising questions about the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle. In particular, a Congressional Research Service report, released Tuesday, pointed to the war in Ukraine, where armored vehicles have largely been driven from the battlefield by unmanned aerial vehicles and guided munitions. “As ACVs […]
Air & Aerospace · Oct 8, 2026Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Shown Being Fired From Ground Launcher
Castelion has released what appears to be the first image of its relatively ‘cheap’ Blackbeard hypersonic missile being fired from a ground launcher, providing a new look at the containerized launch architecture now under development for the U.S. Army. The photograph, posted by Castelion on X, shows a Blackbeard missile leaving a launcher mounted on […]
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