São José dos Campos – October 30, 2026 -- Embraer (NYSE: EMBJ; B3: EMBJ3) will give holders of record three additional American Depositary Shares for every ADS held, resetting its ADS ratio from four common shares per ADS to one common share per ADS.

DELRAY BEACH – October 30, 2026 -- The low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite market is projected to grow from USD 12.82 billion in 2026 to USD 43.37 billion by 2031, a compound annual growth rate of 27.6%, according to a MarketsandMarkets forecast.

RESTON – October 30, 2026 -- General Dynamics booked $98.8 billion in orders in the third quarter of 2026, a company-wide book-to-bill ratio of 6.8-to-1. Backlog rose to $220.3 billion, while revenue grew 12.9% year over year to $14.6 billion.

Earnings and margin rise across all four segments

Operating earnings reached $1.5 billion, up 14.7% from the year-ago quarter. Diluted earnings per share rose 15.7% to $4.49. Operating margin was 10.5%, a 20-basis-point expansion. Revenue grew in all four segments.

Fort Collins – October 30, 2026 -- Persistent Systems, LLC has bought the 30,600-square-foot Fuse Building in Fort Collins, Colorado, with financing from J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking, converting its regional headquarters from a leased site to an owned asset.

McLean – October 29, 2026 -- Appian's Appian Defense Cloud (ADC) has received Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization to Operate from the US Department of War (DOW), clearing the platform to handle the department's highest-sensitivity unclassified workloads.

The IL5 designation allows ADC to store and process DOW mission-critical data, controlled unclassified information and unclassified national security systems. ADC builds on Appian's existing IL5 Appian Government Cloud offering.

Providence – October 29, 2026 -- U.S. defense software company Havoc and CSBC Corporation, Taiwan, the island's largest shipbuilder, will hold a joint press conference on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 10:30 a.m. Taiwan time at MATURE Taiwan in Tainan, as they advance licensed co-production of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs).

FORT LAUDERDALE – October 29, 2026 -- XTI Aerospace (Nasdaq: XTIA) has reached a non-binding agreement to restructure about $4.5 million in seller notes that went into default on October 11, 2026, extending maturity to September 30, 2028.

Notes tied to Drone Nerds and Anzu Robotics deals carry 8.5% interest

The notes were issued on November 10, 2025, in connection with the acquisitions of Drone Nerds, LLC and Anzu Robotics, LLC. The $4.5 million figure covers aggregate principal and capitalized interest still outstanding.

PITTSBURGH – October 29, 2026 -- Howmet Aerospace (NYSE: HWM) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $2.70 billion, up 29% year over year and 25% organically, and raised its full-year 2026 guidance. Adjusted EPS rose 54% to $1.46, while GAAP EPS was $1.42. Executive Chairman and CEO John Plant called it "the strongest quarterly growth rate on record for Howmet."

SAN JOSE – October 29, 2026 -- NASA has awarded LeWiz Communications, Inc. a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract to develop a TTE-to-TSN Bridge System that links spacecraft electronics running on two different Ethernet standards. The award builds on the company's collaboration with multiple NASA centers and the U.S. Navy.

PHOENIX – October 29, 2026 -- Honeywell Aerospace (Nasdaq: HONA) raised its full-year 2026 pro forma standalone adjusted earnings per share and second-half free cash flow guidance after third-quarter sales rose 2% to $4.6 billion, and its board declared an inaugural quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share.