Phoenix – October 29, 2026 -- Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA) will invest $500 million in a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Tempe, Arizona, to expand capacity for commercial aviation and defense programs. The plant is scheduled to open in late 2028.

SALT LAKE CITY – October 29, 2026 -- Albany Engineered Composites, Hexcel and Nammo Composite Solutions will apply aerospace and defense composite technology to USA Bobsled/Skeleton (USABS) equipment under a new partnership with 47G, targeting the 2034 Olympic Winter Games in Utah.

STOCKHOLM – October 29, 2026 -- Saab and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) have flight tested an unmanned airborne early warning (AEW) capability, integrating Saab's LoyalEye AEW radar with the MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft system, five months after the system's first flight in May 2026.

Mirabel, Quebec – October 28, 2026 -- Volatus Aerospace Inc. (TSX: FLT) has completed its acquisition of Lithuania-based AISPECO UAB, paying US$3.0 million in cash and issuing 17,434,193 common shares at a deemed price of C$0.5813 per share.

ORLANDO – October 28, 2026 -- The U.S. Army Capability Program Executive Simulation, Training, Test and Threat (CPE ST3) has purchased HAVIK ATLAS and SCOUT kits to inform future Joint Fires Training (JFT) requirements, with government acceptance and payment completed. The release did not disclose the purchase value or the number of kits.

PASADENA – October 28, 2026 -- Virtualitics has appointed orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bert R. Mandelbaum as Scientific Advisor to shape its AI-driven medical readiness strategy for defense and government customers.

GOLDEN – October 28, 2026 -- Rendezvous Robotics has raised $20 million in an oversubscribed seed round to build spacecraft that assemble themselves in orbit. MaC Venture Capital and Toyota Ventures led the financing, the company's first priced round.

Reston – October 28, 2026 -- U.S. Cyber Command has awarded Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a $99 million Other Transaction Authority (OTA) prototype agreement to continue developing a digital platform for planning, coordinating and assessing cyber missions in one environment.

New York – October 28, 2026 -- Dallas-based Firehawk Defense announced a $150 million funding round and said it expects to become the largest U.S. producer of artillery motors by the end of 2027, according to the NYSE's pre-market update delivered by Kristen Scholer.

Firehawk plans more than 100,000 artillery motors next year

The startup will use the proceeds to expand its Great Plains Arsenal in Oklahoma and an integration facility in Mississippi. Firehawk targets output of more than 100,000 artillery motors next year.

TEL AVIV – October 28, 2026 -- Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ: INVZ) says the majority of new sales opportunities from the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition relate to counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS), three months after it launched its Perciz defense brand.