Chandler – October 28, 2026 -- AvAir has signed a long-term aircraft asset management agreement with China's XAero, starting with the teardown and material remarketing of three USA-based commercial aircraft.

HAIFA – – October 28, 2026 -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) will publish its third-quarter 2026 financial results on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, with an order backlog of $32.0 billion as of June 30, 2026 as the baseline for investors.

Management call set for 9:00am ET on results day

The company will host a conference call at 9:00am Eastern Time, which is 6:00am Pacific Time and 4:00pm Israel Time. Management will review the results and take questions. The call will also be broadcast live on the company's website.

HOUSTON – October 28, 2026 -- Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL) will release its third quarter 2026 financial results after market close on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with a conference call set for the following morning.

Bristow schedules investor call for November 4 at 10:00 a.m. ET

Management will discuss the quarter on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, starting at 10:00 a.m. ET (9:00 a.m. CT). Early registration for the call is already open. A replay will remain available through November 25, 2026, via the same registration link.

TROY – October 28, 2026 -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a $694 million U.S. Air Force contract to produce the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), a hypersonic missile integrated on the B-52 bomber.

The award follows years of joint development and testing between the company and the Air Force. ARRW is designed to travel at more than Mach 5 and engage targets from significant standoff ranges.

San Antonio – October 28, 2026 -- US Aviation, the sole contracted provider of the U.S. Air Force's Initial Pilot Training (IPT) program under a ten-year, $835 million contract awarded in December 2025, is promoting its civilian-delivery model as a template for training across all U.S. services.

SAN CARLOS – – October 28, 2026 -- Beacon AI flew its Murdock AI pilot assistant aboard three operational U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus tankers over five flights and about 20 hours in August and September 2026, under an AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract with Air Mobility Command (AMC). The company believes it is the first commercially developed AI pilot assistant to fly on multiple operational aircraft.

Tulsa – October 28, 2026 -- Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, has been named the 2026 Team Osprey Supplier of the Year after more than 20 years of supplying electrical wire harnesses and cables for the V-22 Osprey.

Team Osprey, a group of industry, government and military leaders supporting the V-22 program, announced the award at its 2026 Annual Team Osprey Working Group Conference. The event gathers leaders and suppliers from across the V-22 industrial base.

ALBUQUERQUE – October 28, 2026 -- X-Bow Systems has won its seventh new propulsion program of 2026, after prime contractor CoAspire selected it to develop and produce the ground-launched solid rocket motor (SRM) boosters for the U.S. Navy's Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program.

STOCKHOLM – October 27, 2026 -- Ukraine's HIMERA and Denmark's GomSpace have placed OBRIA NANO, the first test satellite for a planned independent Ukrainian communications network, into orbit, and it has already begun operating.

Ottawa – October 27, 2026 -- An autonomous Bell 412EP helicopter, an autonomous Cessna 150 airplane and multiple virtual drones completed a mock search and rescue mission near Ottawa in May 2026 under the command of one person, Ribbit announced. The company says it is the first time a helicopter, an airplane and virtual aircraft have reached a shared goal through mission and platform autonomy directed by a single human.