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Boeing Commits CAD $110 Million to Quebec’s Espace Aéro Innovation Zone
Oct. 3, 2025 - Boeing signed a Memorandum of Agreement committing approximately CAD 110 million (USD 85 million) to Espace Aéro, Quebec’s aerospace innovation zone, and to the MACH (Parcours Aéro Compétitivité) initiative, under Canada’s Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) policy. (Newswire)
The Self-Taught Engineer Taking on Musk and Bezos
Oct. 3, 2025 - Peter Beck, a self-taught engineer from Invercargill, New Zealand, is scaling his company Rocket Lab to compete with industry heavyweights like SpaceX and Blue Origin via its upcoming Neutron reusable rocket. The Neutron, at 141 feet tall and priced around $50–55 million per launch, aims to undercut Falcon 9 and broaden Rocket Lab’s capabilities beyond its existing small-launch vehicle, Electron. Although Rocket Lab reported $436 million in revenue last year, it remains unprofitable with a $190 million net loss, and is counting on execution over capital to succeed. (Wall Street Journal)
Pentagon Rolls Out $151B SHIELD Contract to Leapfrog U.S. Missile Defense
Oct. 3, 2025 - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency issued its final solicitation for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program — a 10-year, Multiple Award IDIQ contract with a $151 billion ceiling intended to streamline development, fielding, and integration of next-generation missile defense systems. (Defence Blog)
Airbus Opens Dual U.S. and China Assembly Lines Amid Rising Geopolitical Friction
Oct. 2, 2025 - Airbus is set to inaugurate new final assembly lines in Mobile, Alabama and Tianjin, China this month to support its plan to produce 75 A320neo-family jets per month by 2027, while signaling neutrality amid U.S.–China trade tensions. (Simple Flying)
Boeing’s 777X Delay to 2027 Could Trigger $2.5–4 Billion Charge
Oct. 2, 2025 - Boeing is reportedly pushing the first deliveries of its 777X jet into early 2027, citing ongoing certification challenges and schedule slippage. Analysts estimate the move could force the company to book a non-cash accounting charge between $2.5 billion and $4 billion. The delay is already causing major customers like Lufthansa to adjust fleet plans, and Boeing has yet to disclose an official cost impact. (Bloomberg)
Sierra Nevada’s BRAWLR Air-Defense System Claims Over 400 Intercepts Since 2023
Oct. 2, 2025 - Sierra Nevada Corp. publicly revealed its Battery Revolving Adaptive Weapons Launcher – Reconfigurable (BRAWLR) system, noting it has intercepted more than 400 aerial threats since its initial deployment in 2023, though it declined to disclose the location or customer. (Breaking Defense)
Gulfstream Launches New G300 to Replace G280 with Advanced Tech and Performance
Oct. 2, 2025 - Gulfstream unveiled its new G300 super-midsize business jet at its “Discover the Difference” event in Savannah, positioning it as the successor to the G280 with a list price around $28.9 million. The G300 offers 3,600 nm of range at Mach 0.80 (3,000 nm at Mach 0.84), a cabin for up to 10 passengers across two living areas, panoramic oval windows, and the new Harmony Flight Deck with six touchscreens, synthetic-vision displays, and a Predictive Landing Performance system. Gulfstream says the program has logged nearly 22,000 lab test hours, about 2,000 hours of ground testing on the initial airframe, and expects deliveries to begin in 2027. (Military Aerospace)
BAE Systems and Forterra Partner to Develop Autonomous AMPV Prototype
Sept. 30, 2025 - BAE Systems’ U.S. arm and autonomy specialist Forterra announced a collaboration to develop a prototype autonomous Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) by 2026, leveraging BAE’s combat vehicle production and Forterra’s AutoDrive software stack. (Breaking Defense)
Honeywell and ITP Aero Launch Europe’s First F124 Engine MRO Hub in Madrid
Sept. 30, 2025 - Honeywell and ITP Aero officially opened the first European maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre for the F124-GA-200 turbofan engine, located at ITP Aero’s Ajalvir facility in Madrid. (AviTrader)
Romania Seeks to Spend Over $7B to Buy Hundreds of Abrams Tanks
Sept. 30, 2025 - Romania’s defence ministry has requested parliamentary approval for a more than $7 billion acquisition that includes hundreds of M1 Abrams tanks along with ammunition, spare parts, training, and technical support. The country previously signed a contract in 2023 to acquire 54 Abrams tanks from U.S. military stocks for $1.07 billion, with full delivery expected by 2028. The proposed expansion would order an additional 216 tanks and associated gear for €6.49 billion, plus a $458.2 million support package, pending approval from Romania’s security council and parliament. (Reuters)
Pentagon Awards Raytheon $5B Contract to Expand Coyote Drone-Interceptor System
Sept. 29, 2025 - The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon a $5.04 billion cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to supply its Coyote missile system, encompassing fixed and mobile launchers, kinetic and non-kinetic interceptors, and Ku-band radar systems. (Reuters)
Electric Aircraft Maker Beta Technologies Files for U.S. IPO
Sept. 29, 2025 - Amazon-backed Beta Technologies, which designs electric aircraft, propulsion and charging systems, has filed to go public in the U.S., seeking to list on the NYSE under the ticker “BETA.” Its ALIA CTOL model has flown thousands of flights over 83,000 nautical miles across North America and Europe, including U.S. military and FAA missions, and Beta claims 42% lower operating costs versus conventional aircraft due to a simplified design without gearboxes or thrust vectoring systems. (Reuters)
Lockheed Martin Secures Deal to Add Up to 296 More F-35s to Global Fleet
Sept. 29, 2025 - Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office finalized contracts for Lots 18–19 to produce and deliver up to 296 new F-35 aircraft for U.S. services, international partners, and Foreign Military Sales customers, with deliveries commencing in 2026. (F35)
Sikorsky Secures Nearly $11 Billion U.S. Navy Contract to Build Up to 99 King Stallion Helicopters
Sept. 26, 2025 - The U.S. Navy awarded Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, a $10.855 billion contract to produce up to 99 CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters over five years for the U.S. Marine Corps and potential foreign customers, marking the largest order ever for the type. (Lockheed Martin)
