Pandora begins separating an exoplanet’s atmosphere from its star’s light
2026 archive · The small NASA telescope pairs visible and infrared observations to tackle a source of uncertainty in measurements of distant worlds.
Archive 2026
Historical coverage of 2026: technology, defense, energy and American industry. Reporting prepared in October 2026.
Army drone marketplace expands to payloads, software and training
2026 archive · By August, the purchasing platform was moving from individual aircraft toward complete mission packages, with vendor screening still built into the process.
DARPA’s winning lift drone carried 3.84 times its own weight
2026 archive · The scored result fell just below the four-to-one target; follow-on work asks whether high-lift designs can also be manufactured consistently.
Navy orders 14 submarines from Electric Boat–Newport News building team
2026 archive · Five Columbia-class and nine Virginia-class boats create a long workload across two yards, with Newport News assigned to deliver six of the attack submarines.
Austal launches Navy dry dock designed to lift destroyers and cruisers
2026 archive · The 694-foot AFDM 15 entered the Mobile River in July, advancing a maintenance asset with an 18,000-long-ton lifting capacity.
TSMC’s Arizona plan reaches $265 billion with four more fabs
2026 archive · The July expansion added future leading-edge capacity to a campus that already had one fab producing chips.
Bosch’s Roseville chip conversion gains a $225 million federal agreement
2026 archive · The $2 billion project turns an existing California semiconductor plant toward silicon-carbide production while retaining its workforce.
DOE’s $500,000 storage prize targets manufacturing problems at the design stage
2026 archive · The 2026 STEP competition asked developers to consider sourcing and production before committing to a grid-storage design; its first application deadline passed October 8.
Sabanto and Verdant let a precision sprayer adjust the tractor pulling it
2026 archive · The June integration links autonomous driving with application feedback, while an image-review tool gives operators a record of the sprayer’s decisions.
SUBCO puts Australia’s 5,000-kilometer SMAP data cable into service
2026 archive · The Sydney–Melbourne–Adelaide–Perth system reached commercial readiness after testing and supplier handover of its sixteen fiber pairs.
Federal quantum-security plan sets 2030 and 2031 migration deadlines
2026 archive · The June policy separates the cryptography used to establish secret keys from digital signatures, and directs agencies to build the changes into ordinary system upgrades.
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NSF’s open-source program funds the maintenance and security around useful code
2026 archive · The 2026 solicitation offers separate tracks for planning, community expansion and security, with evidence of real users built into proposals.