Manufacturing apprenticeship fund doubles its per-employer limit
2026 archive · October rules raised the ceiling to 200 apprentices and removed a sponsor’s ten-employer cap, while keeping the 90-day payment condition.
Archive 2026
Historical coverage of 2026: technology, defense, energy and American industry. Reporting prepared in October 2026.
NETL’s OASIS oxygen technology turns toward smaller industrial users
2026 archive · A reusable material captures and releases oxygen from air; the laboratory’s 2026 commercialization work focused on finding the right scale and customer for it.
PAC-3 missile expansion brings seven-year orders for seekers and propulsion
2026 archive · Boeing and L3Harris announced separate component awards as Lockheed Martin worked to expand the Patriot interceptor’s supply chain.
Endurazymes licenses a fluorescent test for hardier industrial enzymes
2026 archive · The Los Alamos technology uses a protein’s light signal to help screen candidates before more demanding activity tests.
Synspective reserves 20 more Electron launches for its radar satellites
2026 archive · The October agreement secures flights from 2028 through 2031; a September mission shows the commissioning work that follows orbital delivery.
Fervo starts commercial operation at Cape Station’s first 33-megawatt unit
2026 archive · The Utah geothermal project began earning power-contract revenue September 30, with two more first-phase units still in commissioning.
Hitachi’s new transformer factory targets a bottleneck that lasts years
2026 archive · A $528 million Mississippi plant is scheduled to start production in 2029, as utilities face long waits for the equipment that moves power onto the grid.
FAA funds transmitters for 3,000 airport vehicles
2026 archive · The $10.9 million program adds vehicle positions to airport surveillance systems, a small but specific part of September’s $1.1 billion grant package.
R3 Lithium aims to take battery recycling beyond shredded material
2026 archive · A newly acquired Georgia plant combines shredding and lithium recovery, with fresh funding aimed at continuous commercial operation.
Northrop opens a Utah factory for the B-21 production expansion
2026 archive · East Gate 3 adds manufacturing space to a nationwide production system under an agreement to raise annual capacity by 25 percent.
North Dakota returns to the fleet after Portsmouth’s first Block III overhaul
2026 archive · The submarine’s August completion followed February undocking and months of work afloat; the Navy’s schedule claim used a revised baseline.
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Kadena’s first assigned F-15EX leaves Boeing for preparations in Oregon
2026 archive · The August 28 departure advanced the Okinawa fighter replacement as crews in Japan practiced maintaining and operating the new aircraft.