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HEICO Corporation Co-CEOs and Co-Chairmen Receive Wright Brothers Memorial Award
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HEICO Corporation Co-CEOs and Co-Chairmen Receive Wright Brothers Memorial Award

October 13, 2026 8:30 AM

HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI.A)(NYSE:HEI) today reported that Eric A. Mendelson and Victor H. Mendelson, its Co-Chief Executive Officers and Co-Chairmen, received the Wright Brothers Memorial Award from the Greater Miami Aviation Association (GMAA) at its annual gala dinner on October 10, 2026. The Wright Brothers Award is GMAA's most prestigious award and is presented annually to distinguished aviation and aerospace industry leaders whose...

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Cubic DTECH and Nexagen Networks to Demonstrate AI-Enabled Decision Advantage at AUSA 2026
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Cubic DTECH and Nexagen Networks to Demonstrate AI-Enabled Decision Advantage at AUSA 2026

October 12, 2026 10:00 AM

Cubic DTECH Mission Solutions (DTECH), a business unit of Cubic Defense, and Nexagen Networks will demonstrate their unified data-centric, edge capability that enables real-time data ingestion, AI-driven decision support, and integration with TAK and mission systems during AUSA October 12-14. "Data doesn't win missions. Decisions do. DTECH's AI Mission Infrastructure is the foundation that transforms information into operational advantage at the...

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PJi Launches ISO-Compliant Calibration Lab to Serve Aviation and Industrial Customers Nationwide
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PJi Launches ISO-Compliant Calibration Lab to Serve Aviation and Industrial Customers Nationwide

October 11, 2026 2:10 PM

Pilot John International (PJi®), a global leader in aviation ground support equipment and tooling solutions, is proud to announce the opening of its dedicated Calibration Lab in Eastern North Carolina. This state-of-the-art facility is now providing ISO/IEC 17025-accredited calibration services for a wide range of electronic, mechanical, pressure, force, and temperature instruments - supporting customers across aviation, manufacturing, energy,...

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Cubic Defense to Showcase Integrated C5ISR Capabilities at AUSA 2026
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Cubic Defense to Showcase Integrated C5ISR Capabilities at AUSA 2026

October 9, 2026 10:00 AM

Cubic Defense , a recognized leader in advanced training and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions, will showcase integrated C5ISR capabilities at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition, Oct. 12-14 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Aligned with AUSA's "America's Army: The Foundation of the Joint...

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Applied Energetics Next-Generation Laser Architecture Delivers Dramatic Beam Quality Improvements and Enhanced Power, Advancing Longer-Range Counter-Drone Capabilities and Paving the Way for Backpackable Directed Energy Systems
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Applied Energetics Next-Generation Laser Architecture Delivers Dramatic Beam Quality Improvements and Enhanced Power, Advancing Longer-Range Counter-Drone Capabilities and Paving the Way for Backpackable Directed Energy Systems

October 8, 2026 1:45 PM

Applied Energetics, Inc. (OTCQB:AERG), a leader in ultrashort-pulse laser and directed energy technologies, today announced major performance improvements to its ultrashort pulse laser capabilities, successfully validating a next-generation architecture that delivers higher power and significantly improved beam quality. This milestone marks a pivotal advancement for Applied Energetics, demonstrating performance improvements that the company...

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Ideal Aerosmith Introduces Troublemaker(TM), a Group 3 Attritable Long-Range Uncrewed Aircraft System
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Ideal Aerosmith Introduces Troublemaker(TM), a Group 3 Attritable Long-Range Uncrewed Aircraft System

October 8, 2026 10:00 AM

Ideal Aerosmith introduces Troublemaker, a low-cost attritable long range uncrewed aircraft system engineered for scalable strike operations backed by secure U.S. based supply chain. "Troublemaker was designed around a simple objective: deliver meaningful capability at a cost and scale that allows operators to employ mass when the mission demands it," said David Markert, senior vice president and general manager, Ideal Aerosmith Government...

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Loar Holdings Inc. Announces Date and Time for Third Quarter 2026 Earnings and Conference Call
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Loar Holdings Inc. Announces Date and Time for Third Quarter 2026 Earnings and Conference Call

October 7, 2026 4:05 PM

Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR) will report Q3 2026 earnings before the market opens on Thursday, November 5, 2026. A conference call will follow at 11:00a.m. Eastern Time. To participate in the call telephonically please dial +1 877-407-0670 / +1 215-268-9902. International participants can find a list of toll-free numbers here. A live audio webcast will also be available at the following link as well as through the Investor section of Loar...

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Zeevo Group Leads Global Aircraft Lessor's ERP System Transformation
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Zeevo Group Leads Global Aircraft Lessor's ERP System Transformation

October 7, 2026 10:35 AM

Zeevo Group LLC ("Zeevo") shared with the delegates of the ISTAT Latin America conference how its PMO team led a finance transformation effort at a global aircraft lessor, deploying an aviation-grade ERP capable of supporting the platform's fast-growing business. One Ledger for 100 Entities: How a global aircraft lessor put an aviation-grade ERP into production in under a year - without losing the audit trail. (Client success story) / Source:...

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Helio Advances Both NASA SBIR Phase II Programs, Moving QSRM and Typhon Toward Assembly and Testing
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Helio Advances Both NASA SBIR Phase II Programs, Moving QSRM and Typhon Toward Assembly and Testing

October 7, 2026 6:00 AM

Helio Corporation (OTCID:HLEO) ("Helio" or the "Company"), a developer of advanced Space-Based Solar Power and engineering technologies pioneering commercial lunar hardware, today announced that both of its NASA Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs, the QuasiStatic Release Mechanism™ (QSRM™) and the Typhon 6 meter antenna and boom system for CubeSats, have reached their Engineering Development Unit ("EDU") milestones and...

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Avio USA Breaks Ground in Virginia on First U.S. Solid Rocket Motor Facility, Strengthening Defense Supply Chain and Creating Over 1,000 Jobs
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Avio USA Breaks Ground in Virginia on First U.S. Solid Rocket Motor Facility, Strengthening Defense Supply Chain and Creating Over 1,000 Jobs

October 6, 2026 12:00 PM

Avio USA today broke ground on its first U.S. manufacturing facility, an approximately 900,000-square-foot solid rocket motor plant in Hurt, Virginia, that will add significant domestic capacity for U.S. missile and munitions production. Located at the Southern Virginia Multimodal Park, the new facility will give Avio USA the capacity to produce thousands of solid rocket motors annually for U.S. tactical missile programs. The company expects to...

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First Class Air Partners with Vertical Aerospace, Expanding Structural MRO, Engineering and Fabricated Part Manufacturing Capabilities
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First Class Air Partners with Vertical Aerospace, Expanding Structural MRO, Engineering and Fabricated Part Manufacturing Capabilities

October 5, 2026 5:25 PM

First Class Air has invested in and partnered with Vertical Aerospace, a Bristow, Oklahoma-based aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider specializing in complex aircraft structural repair, engineering and fabricated part manufacturing. The acquisition expands First Class Air's technical capabilities and capacity while providing customers with additional resources for the repair and support of complex aircraft structures and...

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Cubic DTECH to Demonstrate AI-Enabled Decision Advantage at Centerprise Defence Technology Show 2026
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Cubic DTECH to Demonstrate AI-Enabled Decision Advantage at Centerprise Defence Technology Show 2026

October 5, 2026 10:00 AM

Cubic DTECH Mission Solutions (DTECH), a business unit of Cubic Defense, will showcase its latest tactical edge solutions at the Centerprise Defence Technology Show 2026 on Oct. 7 at Steam in Swindon, United Kingdom. "At the edge, mission success depends on connecting data, technologies and mission partners without proprietary barriers," said Anthony Verna, SVP and General Manager, DTECH Mission Solutions. "At Defence Technology Show, we will...

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Helio Highlights Industry Recognition of Energy Demand as Starship Reaches Orbit, Advancing the Launch Economics Behind Space-Based Solar Power
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Helio Highlights Industry Recognition of Energy Demand as Starship Reaches Orbit, Advancing the Launch Economics Behind Space-Based Solar Power

October 5, 2026 7:30 AM

Helio Corporation (OTCID:HLEO) ("Helio" or the "Company"), a developer of advanced Space-Based Solar Power and engineering technologies pioneering commercial lunar hardware, today commented on recently reported developments that, in the Company's view, reflect growing demand for new energy supply and falling barriers to the orbital infrastructure that space-based solar power ("SBSP") depends on. Industry leaders were direct about the energy...

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Detroit Defense Awarded Army Contract to Deliver Predictive Sustainment Capability to 1st Cavalry Division
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Detroit Defense Awarded Army Contract to Deliver Predictive Sustainment Capability to 1st Cavalry Division

October 5, 2026 7:00 AM

The U.S. Army Application Laboratory (AAL), in coordination with the 1st Cavalry Division, awarded Detroit Defense a contract to deliver a predictive sustainment capability for tactical wheeled vehicles at Fort Hood, Texas. The award supports a joint AAL and 1st Cavalry Division initiative to modernize tactical logistics through real-time edge-based data collection predictive sustainment models, and transmission in contested environments. The...

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GA-ASI Demonstrates Disaster Relief Comms System With SoftBank Corp.
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GA-ASI Demonstrates Disaster Relief Comms System With SoftBank Corp.

October 1, 2026 10:00 PM

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed a successful flight test using its MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) featuring a new communications payload developed by SoftBank Corp., a major Japanese telecommunications and technology operator. The Disaster Relief Unit (DRU) communications pod can be used for disaster relief and recovery communications in areas where cellular service is not available. The pod was...

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John Sweetser Shares Practical Advice for Engineers Learning to Think Beyond Their Own Discipline
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John Sweetser Shares Practical Advice for Engineers Learning to Think Beyond Their Own Discipline

September 28, 2026 11:40 AM

Engineers working on complex projects can become highly focused on the problem directly in front of them. Aerospace engineer John Sweetser says one of the most useful career skills is learning when to widen that view and ask how a decision affects the rest of the system. John is a chief engineer, mission architect, mechanical engineer, and systems engineer whose career has included modeling and simulation, space vehicle design, technical...

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 Helio Launches Asia Investor and Customer Marketing Roadshow to Capture Surging Regional Demand for Commercial Space Exposure
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Helio Launches Asia Investor and Customer Marketing Roadshow to Capture Surging Regional Demand for Commercial Space Exposure

September 28, 2026 6:00 AM

Helio Corporation (OTCID:HLEO) ("Helio" or the "Company"), a developer of advanced Space-Based Solar Power and engineering technologies pioneering commercial lunar hardware, today announced a multi-country Asia investor and customer marketing roadshow, including attendance at a major investor conference in Singapore, to unlock new demand for its space technology as Asia's interest in the commercial space economy accelerates. Led by Helio's...

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Helio Concludes Successful Southwest Roadshow, Expands Investor Outreach to the Northeast in Support of Its Uplisting Strategy
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Helio Concludes Successful Southwest Roadshow, Expands Investor Outreach to the Northeast in Support of Its Uplisting Strategy

September 25, 2026 6:00 AM

Helio Corporation (OTCID:HLEO) ("Helio" or the "Company"), a developer of advanced Space-Based Solar Power and engineering technologies pioneering commercial lunar hardware, today announced the successful conclusion of its September roadshow which brought members of Helio's leadership team to Houston and Austin for a series of in-person meetings with institutional investors, family offices and members of the retail investment community, and...

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Closing of Advent's Investment in Avio
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Closing of Advent's Investment in Avio

September 24, 2026 12:45 PM

Following what was announced to the public on 6 July 2026, Avio S.p.A. ("Avio" or the "Company") announces the completion of the investment transaction (the "Transaction") by funds managed and controlled by Advent International L.P. ("Advent" or the "Investor"), aimed at supporting Avio's long-term growth in Italy and its expansion plans in the United States, through the acquisition by Advent of a minority stake in Avio. Today, Advent...

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Beyond Defense: IEH Books $3.6 Million in Orders for Lifesaving Defibrillator Applications
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Beyond Defense: IEH Books $3.6 Million in Orders for Lifesaving Defibrillator Applications

September 24, 2026 10:00 AM

When a defibrillator is called on to restart a heart, every connection inside it has to work the first time. That is why a leading manufacturer of mobile defibrillators has selected Hyperboloid connectors from IEH Corporation (OTCQX:IEHC), placing $3.6 million in new orders with the Company. The award stands apart from IEH's recent string of defense orders, including those supporting the PATRIOT and APKWS missile programs. It comes from the...

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