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Northrop Grumman Releases First Quarter 2026 Financial Results: 4/22/2026 11:24:53 AM; Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has released its first quarter 2026 financial results. A copy of the earnings release has been furnished in the company’s Form 8-K filing and is also available on the company’s investor relations website at http://investor.northropgrumman.com.
Motorola Solutions Redefines Crime Center Operations, Centering Workflows Around Measurable “Missions”: 4/21/2026 6:11:15 PM; Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today announced a fundamental evolution of its CommandCentral Aware platform, establishing a new standard for real-time crime center operations.
NASA, Organ Sharing Network UNOS to Study Faster Organ Transport: 4/21/2026 3:14:12 PM; Every second counts in the life-saving world of medical transplants. To help address that urgency, NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is teaming up with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to explore faster, more reliable ways to transport donor organs using advanced aviation technologies.
Thales, Viasat and partners complete Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) connectivity demo: 4/21/2026 9:51:37 AM; Viasat Inc., a global leader in satellite communications, and partners Thales, Dimetor, TTP plc and the European Space Agency (ESA), have completed successful flight trials at Cranfield University using the National Flying Laboratory Centre’s Bulldog light aircraft, as part of the Iris RPAS programme.
Bombardier and Vista Sign Service Agreement Focused on Smart Parts Programs: 4/20/2026 11:17:24 AM; • Long-term services agreement of approximately US$300 million over the term of the agreement will provide Vista fleet with cost-predictability and essential peace-of-mind • Agreement centered on Bombardier’s pioneering Smart Parts cost-per-flight hour coverage for Vista’s recent order of Challenger 3500 aircraft and a large portion of its existing fleet (1) • …
Northrop Grumman Delivers Resilient Airborne Navigation System Resistant to GPS Jamming: 4/20/2026 11:14:51 AM; Summary Northrop Grumman delivered the first production unit of the EGI-M, a resilient airborne navigation system offering trusted positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) data resistant to GPS jamming, enhancing military mission effectiveness globally.
SATNUS successfully completed the fourth flight demonstration campaign under Pillar 3 of the Next Generation Weapon System/ Future Combat Air System (NGWS/FCAS) program: 4/20/2026 2:16:02 AM; During the third and fourth week of March, SATNUS successfully completed the fourth flight demonstration campaign under Pillar 3 of the Next Generation Weapon System/ Future Combat Air System (NGWS/FCAS) program at the INTA-CEDEA facilities.
Lockheed Martin Secures $105 Million U.S. Space Force Contract to Advance GPS Ground Control Modernization: 4/17/2026 11:26:36 AM; Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a contract worth up to $105 million by the U.S. Space Force to continue modernizing and sustaining the Global Positioning System (GPS) ground control network.
Unmatched Long-Range Strike Capability: 4/17/2026 10:54:42 AM; Summary The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider aircraft continues to deliver outstanding performance as it moves to more advanced stages of flight test, including aerial refueling.
Accenture Federal Services to Deliver Early Operating Capability for DOE’s Genesis Mission CM2US: 4/14/2026 10:39:08 AM; To help secure the backbone of U.S. energy and defense, Accenture Federal Services will lead a high-velocity engineering and integration sprint to deliver an early capability for the U.S.
Thales launches FlytEDGE Aura: the power of FlytEDGE with a future-ready IFE seat-end: 4/14/2026 7:53:27 AM; • FlytEDGE Aura is the lightest In-flight Entertainment (IFE) solution on the market with an optimized seatback architecture, featuring a timeless and sleek design and stunning 4K HDR10+ Tandem OLED displays.
First light for PoET: shining (sun)light on exoplanet research: 4/13/2026 9:17:08 AM; The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope (PoET), installed at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site in Chile, has made its first observations.
SES Announces Implementation of a Liquidity Contract With BNP Paribas: 4/13/2026 9:14:10 AM; SES, a leading space solutions company, announces that it has entrusted BNP Paribas with the implementation of a liquidity agreement to promote liquidity and foster regular trading for SES fiduciary depository receipts (FDRs) admitted to trading on Euronext Paris (ISIN LU0088087324).
GMV’s Celeste IOD-1 satellite successfully transmits first navigation signal: 4/13/2026 5:06:15 AM; The Celeste IOD-1 satellite, developed by GMV and Alén Space under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Celeste In-Orbit Demonstrator (IOD) program, successfully transmitted its navigation signal for the first time.
NASA Welcomes Record-Setting Artemis II Moonfarers Back to Earth: 4/11/2026 8:26:47 AM; The first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century are back on Earth after a record-setting mission aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight.
Northrop Grumman to Start Work on Hungary’s First Geosynchronous Communications Satellite: 4/7/2026 3:11:45 PM; Summary Northrop Grumman, partnering with 4iG Space and Defence Technologies, announced it started work on Hungary’s first sovereign geosynchronous satellite using its proven GEOStar-3 platform to provide secure Ka-band communications, reinforcing US-Hungary collaboration and national security.
ViaSat-3 Flight 3 arrives in Florida ahead of launch: 4/7/2026 12:20:45 PM; The final countdown has begun with the delivery of Viasat’s ultra-high-capacity ViaSat-3 Flight 3 (VS-3 F3) satellite to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Live Cell Observation System Selected for NASA-Supported Project Heading to the International Space Station: 4/7/2026 11:06:01 AM; Nikon Corporation (Nikon) is pleased to announce that the live cell observation system developed by Nikon and its U.S.-based subsidiary Nikon Instruments Inc.
Drought Parches Florida: 4/7/2026 7:52:28 AM; Florida is among the wettest U.S. states, but that doesn’t mean it is drought-free. Nearly all of Florida faced at least “moderate” drought, and nearly 80 percent faced “extreme” conditions in April 2026, according to data from the U.S.
Global Combat Air Programme Agency Places Contract with Edgewing: 4/6/2026 11:42:28 AM; The first joint international contract has been awarded for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) - an international collaboration between Italy, Japan and the UK to deliver a next-generation combat aircraft.