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Apr 14, 2026 at 7:05 AM

Rare Earths Americas Announces Public Filing of Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering

MANCHESTER, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rare Earths Americas, Inc. ("REA" or the "Company"), a critical minerals company advancing a portfolio of prospective heavy rare earths focused projects in the United States and in Brazil, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") relating to a proposed underwritten initial public offering of shares of its common stock. The timing of the offering, number of shares of common st...
Apr 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM

ICON Launches ICON Prime, a Dedicated Government Division Focused on Military, Intelligence, and Space Applications to Accelerate Robotic Construction for National Security

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICON, the global leader in robotic construction technologies and large-scale 3D printing, announced today the launch of ICON Prime – a dedicated defense and space tech business unit focused on deploying ICON's robotic construction systems for the U.S. military and NASA. The new business unit allows ICON to focus efforts on the specialized needs and demands of efforts like modernizing military construction and developing robotic systems for delivering infrastructu...
Apr 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM

Redwire Awarded $20 Million in Follow-On Orders from Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircrafts Systems Program Office (PMA-263) to Deliver Stalker UAS Advanced Navigation and Standard Systems

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, today announced it has received awards totaling over $20M in Purchase Orders (POs) in Q1 FY2026 supporting the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office (PMA263) Family of Small UAS (FoSUAS) Team. This award encompasses the Marine Corps’ first acquisition of Redwire’s Advanced Navigation version of the Stalker Block 30 uncrewed aeri...
Apr 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Major General Dustin A. "Dusty" Shultz, USA (Ret.) Joins Academy Securities' Advisory Board and Geopolitical Intelligence Group

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Academy Securities, the nation’s first Post-9/11 veteran owned and operated investment bank, today announced the addition of Major General Dustin A. "Dusty" Shultz to its Geopolitical Intelligence Group. The Academy GIG consists of 43 US and UK Admirals & Generals, former NASA Astronauts, and former CIA/FBI Leadership. Academy has been advising clients for over a decade and is the preeminent Advisory on geostrategic risk to the markets. Major General Shultz retire...
Apr 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Humanetics Corporation to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humanetics to highlight advancements in the prophylactic Medical Countermeasure BYOGRAYZ™...
Apr 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM

CORRECTING and REPLACING Cav Achieves FedRAMP High Authorization to Streamline Adoption of Continuous Cyber Assurance for U.S. Federal Agencies and High-Reliability Organizations

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The updated release reads: CAV ACHIEVES FEDRAMP HIGH AUTHORIZATION TO STREAMLINE ADOPTION OF CONTINUOUS CYBER ASSURANCE FOR U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES AND HIGH-RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, BNP Paribas, Fiserv and more trust agentic AI-powered platform to deliver 90% faster audit and ATO cycles, and millions of dollars in cost savings Cav, the continuous cybe...
Apr 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM

Textron Aviation Defense Awarded Five-Year Sustaining Engineering and Program Management Contract for Beechcraft T-6 Texan II Fleet

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Aviation Defense continues to support sustainment of more than 700 Beechcraft T-6 Texan II aircraft under a renewed five‑year SEPM contract...
Apr 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM

Sterlington Advises Management Team of Precision Aerospace Holdings on Sale to Precinmac

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sterlington advised the management team of Precision Aerospace Holdings, LLC (“PAH”), a manufacturer of precision machined aerospace, defense, and space components, in connection with the sale of the company to Precinmac LP, a leading manufacturer of high‑complexity precision components. Launched in 2022, PAH assembled a group of operating companies focused on electronic discharge machining (EDM) and precision machining serving customers across the aerospace, defense,...
Apr 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM

Amentum Powers Ground Systems Operations for NASA’s Historic Artemis II Mission

CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) provided critical ground systems operations to NASA on the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight in the Artemis program. The mission marked a new era in human space exploration, advancing NASA’s objective of a sustainable lunar presence and setting the stage for future deep-space exploration and habitation. “Artemis II is a giant leap not just for NASA, but for humanity’s reawakening to human space exploration,” said Mark Walter, presi...
Apr 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Voyager Unlocks Satellite Propulsion Production at Scale

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) announced it has doubled the production capacity at its Denver-metro facility from just one year ago. This milestone demonstrates the company’s ability to meet the growing demand for commercial and national security satellite constellations. “As programs like Golden Dome accelerate the buildout of resilient, multi-layer space architectures, the propulsion systems that make those satellites maneuverable and survivable have to keep pace,”...
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