Reston, Va. – September 21, 2026 -- ASRC Federal's subsidiary, ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS), has secured a $494 million, five-year contract from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) to support the Case Processing Operation Center (CPOC) 2.0 program.

Broomfield, Colo. – September 21, 2026 -- BAE Systems has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the $1.2 billion U.S. Space Force Resilient Missile Warning & Tracking (RMWT) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Epoch 2 program, clearing the way for full-scale production.

New York – September 21, 2026 -- Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) has appointed Matt Spence as Head of Defense Technology and Emerging Technology within its Technology Group, based in San Francisco.

Beijing – – September 20, 2026 -- JA has completed the first in-orbit test of its independently developed P-type heterojunction (P-HJT) solar modules, launched aboard a Kuaizhou-11 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on September 17 and successfully placed into planned orbit.

Ras Al Khaimah – September 20, 2026 -- ARIDGE, formerly XPENG AEROHT and Asia's largest flying car company, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah to establish what both parties describe as the world's first regulatory sandbox dedicated to personal low-altitude flight.

Fort Worth, Texas – September 20, 2026 -- Lockheed Martin handed over Germany's first F-35A Lightning II to the German government at a ceremony held at its production facility here, marking the start of deliveries under a program-of-record order for 35 aircraft.

Washington – September 20, 2026 -- General Lester Lyles, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), has been named recipient of the 2026 AFA Lifetime Achievement Award by the Air & Space Forces Association. The award was presented in September 2026 during the Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

Haifa, Israel – September 19, 2026 -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) has filed a shelf prospectus with the Israel Securities Authority and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, opening a two-year window to raise capital through debt and equity offerings in Israel at its own discretion.

Arlington, Va. – September 19, 2026 -- Performance Drone Works (PDW), a Huntsville, Alabama-based defense technology manufacturer, served as the Stars & Stripes title sponsor of the Robert Irvine Foundation's fifth annual Red Wine & Blues event, held September 15, 2026, at the Army Navy Country Club.

Alexandria, Va. – September 19, 2026 -- Flight Safety Foundation will host its 79th annual International Aviation Safety Summit (IASS) on Nov. 10-12 at ICAO Headquarters in Montreal, drawing more than 350 attendees from across the global aviation ecosystem.