Anaheim – October 15, 2026 -- Crest Coating, Inc. has earned AS9100D certification from Amtivo after an eight-month effort to build a quality system to aerospace standards. The Southern California coating specialist can now pursue aerospace and defense work that commonly requires the credential.

Dallas – October 14, 2026 -- Lockheed Martin plans to create 6,000 jobs across the United States, including 2,000 in Texas, as it expands advanced manufacturing capacity for critical munitions. The company is investing $300 million at its Grand Prairie, Texas, operation and growing the site's footprint to more than 735,000 square feet.

Waltham – October 14, 2026 -- Beacon Interactive Systems CEO and Co-founder ML Mackey has been named to the newly formed Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) Statewide Advisory Council, the company announced.

Delray Beach – October 14, 2026 -- The global drone detection market is estimated at USD 1.14 billion in 2026 and is projected to reach USD 3.34 billion by 2031, a CAGR of 24.0%, according to MarketsandMarkets. The forecast implies the market nearly triples over five years as operators seek to track small and low-flying drones around sensitive sites.

Dallas – October 14, 2026 -- XTI Aerospace (Nasdaq: XTIA) has appointed Dr. Allan Evans, CEO of rival-sector drone firm Unusual Machines (NYSE American: UMAC), as director and Chairman of its Board, returning the board to five members.

Jonathan Ornstein has been designated Vice Chairman in connection with the appointment. XTI is the parent company of Drone Nerds, LLC, a drone solutions platform serving commercial, enterprise and government customers.

Olathe, Kan. – October 14, 2026 -- More than 2,500 aircraft are now equipped with Garmin Autoland, just over six years after the system's first certification, Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) announced. The technology is available on more than 15 aircraft models, spanning piston-powered aircraft and twin-engine jets.

Garmin describes Autoland as the world's first certified autonomous system that activates in an emergency to control and land an aircraft without human intervention. It has won the Robert J. Collier Trophy.

Golden, Colorado – October 14, 2026 -- PlanetiQ's GNOMES-10 satellite launched October 1 at 11:32 a.m. PDT aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, expanding the company's commercial GNSS radio occultation (GNSS-RO) constellation. Partner ground stations established first contact soon after launch, and spacecraft commissioning began immediately.

Fort Lauderdale – October 13, 2026 -- GA Telesis, LLC has acquired three additional Airbus A320neo (LEAP-1A) airframes and expects two more before the end of 2026, which would expand its portfolio by five aircraft this year.

Olathe, Kansas – October 13, 2026 -- Avcon Industries, a subsidiary of Butler National Corporation (OTCQX: BUKS), has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate No. ST12439CH to replace Honeywell Aerospace Mark V EGPWS computers with the MKV-A unit across nine Learjet and Bombardier models.

Dallas – October 13, 2026 -- ATI (NYSE: ATI) will publish its third quarter 2026 results at 6:30 a.m. CT (7:30 a.m. ET) on Thursday, October 29, 2026, one hour before its live earnings conference call.

ATI schedules the Q3 earnings call for 7:30 a.m. CT on October 29

The webcast starts at 7:30 a.m. CT (8:30 a.m. ET). Investors will have the full results in hand for one hour before management addresses them on the call.