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B-21 Raider Test Relied on 780 Pilots as Air Force Scaled Workforce

B-21 Raider Test Relied on 780 Pilots as Air Force Scaled Workforce

The U.S. Air Force’s choice this week to assign two pilots to every B-21 Raider is giving Northrop Grumman more than a production job. The issue now: whether the Air Force can staff crews as fast as Northrop Grumman can roll out bombers. By the end of 2025, the Air Force had 497 bomber pilots for 141 planes, or about 3.52 pilots per bomber. If the fleet grows to 145 B-21s and 76 B-52s, it’ll need around 779 bomber pilots—a jump of 57% from the pool at the end of 2025.
11 July 2026
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B-2 tests LRASM as anti-ship missile demand rises

B-2 tests LRASM as anti-ship missile demand rises

B-2 Spirit, built by Northrop Grumman, launched a Lockheed Martin AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile in a Pacific live-fire sinking drill. It's the first time the stealth bomber has been put on the public LRASM platform list. The move may let investors gauge missile demand better than a one-off test. Pacific Air Forces said the B-2 dropped the LRASM north of the Mariana Islands. Air Force images show the missile being loaded at Whiteman Air Force Base on June 22 and fired over the Philippine Sea on June 27.
30 June 2026
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Redwire shares advance as Taiwan drone deal prompts new look at $500M stock sale

Redwire shares advance as Taiwan drone deal prompts new look at $500M stock sale

Redwire Corporation jumped 4.4% to $12.21 in early New York trading Tuesday. The move came after the space and defense company said it won a deal to deliver its Penguin Mk2.5 VTOL uncrewed aircraft system to the Taiwan Coast Guard through Taiwan Color Optics. Redwire didn’t say how much the contract was worth. For investors, the main signal is the stock price — Redwire’s funding dynamics seem to be shifting more quickly than its contract news.
30 June 2026
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Pilot takes B-21 Raider on first flight as program moves toward combat testing

Pilot takes B-21 Raider on first flight as program moves toward combat testing

B-21 Raider flight tests are edging toward combat testing. In a flight reported over the weekend, an operational test pilot from the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center’s Detachment 5 flew with a developmental test pilot from the Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base said in a statement. The base said the mix puts both types of pilots in the cockpit.
15 June 2026
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Palantir’s AI Work in Ukraine Draws PLTR Into Human-Rights Firestorm

Palantir’s AI Work in Ukraine Draws PLTR Into Human-Rights Firestorm

Palantir Technologies Inc. came under renewed scrutiny from investors on Friday. A shareholder filing, which included signatories controlling no less than $336.1 billion in assets under management or advisement, threw its weight behind calls for an independent human-rights review of Palantir’s software. The move arrived as fresh focus fell on the company’s battlefield artificial intelligence tools in Ukraine, where its models are being used to process data and drive automated decision-making.
15 May 2026
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HawkEye 360 Stock Jumps 30% After $416 Million IPO as Defense-Space Demand Builds

HawkEye 360 Stock Jumps 30% After $416 Million IPO as Defense-Space Demand Builds

Shares of HawkEye 360 soared 30% as the satellite intelligence firm opened on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, landing a valuation near $3.15 billion following its $416 million initial public offering. Edward Best, a partner with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, pointed to the IPO pricing as evidence of “strong market appetite for defense-related IPOs.”
8 May 2026
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AeroVironment Stock Watch: Navy Laser Test Puts AVAV Back in Drone-Defense Focus

AeroVironment Stock Watch: Navy Laser Test Puts AVAV Back in Drone-Defense Focus

AeroVironment’s LOCUST Laser Weapon System drew renewed attention this weekend, following news of a U.S. Navy demonstration aboard the USS George H.W. Bush. The laser system reportedly knocked out multiple drones directly from the carrier’s deck. Unlike traditional weapons, these systems use tightly focused energy—laser beams rather than missiles or bullets.
26 April 2026
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Ondas (ONDS) Stock Price Rises After BIRD Aerosystems Deal Adds Missile-Defense Tech

Ondas (ONDS) Stock Price Rises After BIRD Aerosystems Deal Adds Missile-Defense Tech

Shares of Nasdaq-listed Ondas Inc. climbed early Wednesday, after the company announced its acquisition of BIRD Aerosystems—bringing new airborne missile-defense and surveillance capabilities into the fold, and extending a recent streak of deal activity. The stock traded 1% higher at $10.11 in premarket action as of 9:04 a.m. EDT, following a 2.98% gain to $10.01 at Tuesday’s close.
11 March 2026
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Amazon AWS shifts defense AI workloads off Anthropic’s Claude after Pentagon supply-chain risk move

Amazon AWS shifts defense AI workloads off Anthropic’s Claude after Pentagon supply-chain risk move

Amazon’s cloud division on Tuesday said it’s working with customers to shift defense work—specifically projects linked to Pentagon contracts—away from Anthropic’s Claude. Those jobs are getting migrated to other AI models available on AWS. According to an Amazon spokesperson, Claude remains an option for everything else that’s not Pentagon-related.
10 March 2026
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