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X-Bow lands $11M to build Pentagon’s next rocket motor
For decades, only two American companies could build the powerful solid rocket motors that launch the Pentagon’s biggest missiles into the sky, and the Missile Defense Agency just handed nearly 11 million to a New Mexico firm trying to break that monopoly wide open. X-Bow Launch Systems, based in Albuquerque, won a competitive 10,981,581 contract []
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India Today
· Jun 24, 2026
India-US AMCA fighter jet engine deal in limbo amid nearly 300% increase in cost
India-US AMCA fighter jet engine deal in limbo amid nearly 300 increase in cost
Defence Blog
· Jun 23, 2026
Boeing gets $121M to upgrade U.S. Navy and Australian submarine hunters
The aircraft the U.S. Navy relies on to hunt submarines and track enemy ships across millions of square miles of open ocean is getting smarter, faster, and harder to evade, after Boeing received a 121 million contract to upgrade nine P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to the most advanced configuration yet fielded, with six of []
The Motley Fool
· Jul 7, 2026
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The Economic Times
· Jul 7, 2026
This smallcap aerospace stock could soar 91%
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Foreign Policy Journal
· Jul 9, 2026
Jim Cramer Says Honeywell Aerospace (NYSE: HONA) Has More Upside Than Boeing and GE Aerospace
CNBC personality Jim Cramer has turned his attention to Honeywell Aerospace (NYSE: HONA), calling it the most compelling buy among pure-play aerospace names right now. Cramer posted the recommendation on X, formerly Twitter, drawing a direct comparison to two of the sector’s biggest recent movers. His post read: “With Boeing and GE Aerospace taking off, [] The post Jim Cramer Says Honeywell Aerospace (NYSE: HONA) Has More Upside Than Boeing and GE Aerospace appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.
South China Morning Post
· Jun 23, 2026
China’s new ‘super fuel’ could help Long March rockets increase payload by 10%
A Chinese Long March-12 rocket launched last week used a new super fuel that boosted the rocket’s payload capacity by 10 per cent, according to its developer. As China expands its role in space with a series of ambitious lunar missions and puts growing numbers of commercial satellites in orbit, demand for larger payloads is increasing. Instead of designing bigger, more expensive airframes, The Beijing Aerospace Test Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and...
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Related coverage for "X-Bow lands $11M to build Pentagon’s next rocket motor": India Today — India-US AMCA fighter jet engine deal in limbo amid nearly 300% increase in cost. Defence Blog — Boeing gets $121M to upgrade U.S. Navy and Australian submarine hunters. The Motley Fool — Got $1,000? 2 Tech Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Long Term. The Economic Times — This smallcap aerospace stock could soar 91% . Foreign Policy Journal — Jim Cramer Says Honeywell Aerospace (NYSE: HONA) Has More Upside Than Boeing and GE Aerospace. South China Morning Post — China’s new ‘super fuel’ could help Long March rockets increase payload by 10%