PLEASANTON – November 03, 2026 -- Avathon Government won the 2026 Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities (CTMA) Technology Competition, beating 36 entries with an AI system that cuts troubleshooting times by up to 30%, according to the company.

Arlington, Va. – November 03, 2026 -- Raytheon, an RTX business (NYSE: RTX), has won a phase one contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop an all-optical processing system for the agency's Photonic Integrated Circuit Architectures for Scalable System Objectives (PICASSO) program. Financial terms were not disclosed.

BOSTON – November 03, 2026 -- VIA Science, Inc. has appointed David Vanuch, a former National Guard Bureau contracting chief who oversaw more than $5 billion in annual contracting, as Senior Vice President of Contracts and Government Affairs. Vanuch joins from C3.ai, where he was Head of Contracts and Capture for defense, national security, and commercial AI programs.

Delray Beach – November 03, 2026 -- The global GNSS simulator market will grow from USD 270.9 million in 2026 to USD 424.6 million by 2031, a CAGR of 9.4%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The 2026 figure compares with USD 245.4 million in 2025.

Services and automotive outgrow the overall market

The services segment is forecast to expand at a CAGR of 13.4% through 2031, faster than any other component. By vertical, automotive is projected to grow at 11.8%. Multi-channel simulators are expected to hold the largest market size by simulator type.

GAINESVILLE, Va. – November 03, 2026 -- OMNI and Rackner have formed OMNI-Rackner LLC, a Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture (MPJV) officially approved by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), to pursue work for the U.S. Department of War (DoW), the Intelligence Community (IC) and national security agencies.

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – November 03, 2026 -- Delphinus Engineering, a Bluestone Investment Partners portfolio company, has combined with Professional Analysis, LLC (PAI), adding a logistics and materials management business with more than 200 employees to its U.S. Navy maintenance and modernization operations. The announcement did not include financial terms.

OTTAWA – November 03, 2026 -- Eighty-six percent of 49 Canadian defence and dual-use companies surveyed by the Alliance of Canadian Defence Companies (ACDC) said they would hire additional staff if future domestic defence demand were more certain. ACDC is using the finding to press federal officials and parliamentarians on procurement reform during a delegation to Parliament Hill.

RESTON – November 03, 2026 -- Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has lined up its missile-component suppliers to build an initial 3,000 Low-Cost Containerized Missile (LCCM) weapons, with full-rate production anticipated in 2028 and 2029.

PITTSBURGH – November 02, 2026 -- Carnegie Mellon University has named Jason M. Brown director and chief executive officer of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), the Department of War-sponsored federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) it operates. Brown joins the university on Nov. 16.

WOOD DALE – November 02, 2026 -- AAR CORP. (NYSE: AIR) priced $1.915 billion of senior notes in two tranches, 7.125% notes due 2031 and 7.375% notes due 2034, to help finance its pending acquisition of a controlling interest in MRO Holdings, Inc.