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Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ) stock is climbing 6% to $14.32 in early Thursday trading after confirming a $20 million follow-on contract from NASA for quantum gravity sensor development. The award funds continued work on the Quantum Gravity Gradiometer Pathfinder, a mission led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to fly the world’s first space-based quantum gravity sensor….
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) shares climbed 3% on Thursday, snapping a three-session losing streak driven by fresh operational milestones from the satellite broadband company. Despite the single-day gain, ASTS remained down 11% for the week, putting the stock on pace for its worst weekly performance in more than a month. The rally followed the company’s announcement…
IonQ (IONQ) shares plunged 42.9% between late May and late August 2026, falling from $70.14 to $40.03 while the S&P 500 gained 1.5% over the same period. The decline was not driven by weak quarterly results, as IonQ actually posted the strongest quarter in its history during the same window. Second-quarter revenue reached $80.1 million,…
Boeing (BA) shares are trading at $212.09, down 6.5% over the past year while the broader S&P 500 returned a robust 20.3% over the same period. The gap between Boeing’s stock performance and the index tells only part of the story, as the actual margin picture underneath the recovery narrative is more complicated than headline…
AST SpaceMobile and Firefly Aerospace represent two distinct bets on the future of commercial space, each burning cash while chasing very different revenue models. AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) is constructing a first-of-its-kind space-based cellular network designed to connect directly to standard mobile phones without specialized equipment. Firefly Aerospace (FLY) focuses on launch services, lunar missions, and…
Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT) has attracted fresh analyst attention, with one price target set at $32 even as serious questions surround the company’s fundamentals. The stock gained 3.59% in recent trading, part of a broader rally across quantum-related names that also lifted peers including D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), which rose 2.23%. IonQ (IONQ) led the sector…
GE Aerospace (GE) reported an operating profit of $2.75 billion on a non-GAAP basis in the second quarter of 2026, marking an 18% increase year over year. Despite that earnings growth, the company’s non-GAAP operating profit margin came in at 21.7%, reflecting a decline of 130 basis points from the prior-year period. The margin compression…
D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) had one of the roughest starts imaginable when it went public in August 2022 through a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company, known as a SPAC. By the close of 2023, the quantum computing company had shed more than 90% of its value, leaving early investors nursing steep and painful…
Raytheon, a business unit of RTX (NYSE: RTX), has completed a major 17,000 square-foot expansion of its manufacturing facility in Forest, Mississippi. The $50 million capital investment is designed to boost production capacity for electronic warfare and radar systems critical to national defense programs. The expansion is expected to generate 100 high-skill jobs in the…
Rocket Lab raised its offer for Iridium Communications by nearly 30% during negotiations, a significant jump that has drawn scrutiny from satellite communications consultant Tim Farrar. Farrar identified AST SpaceMobile as the most plausible company behind “Party B,” a mystery suitor that entered due diligence but withdrew without submitting a formal offer. The merger filing…