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Northrop Grumman (NOC) is deepening its foothold in the F-35 program through sustained and growing demand for its advanced APG-85 radar system. The company recently secured a not-to-exceed $123.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to procure long-lead materials, parts, components, and related production efforts. The contract supports the manufacture of 67 APG-85 radars intended…
The dollar-yen exchange rate is approaching a significant technical milestone that could confirm a major reversal in the currency pair’s long-running uptrend. A death cross, one of the most closely watched bearish signals in technical analysis, is expected to form by the end of next week for the first time since March 2025. The pattern…
When a parent dies and leaves behind an estate, the appointed executor faces a range of legal and financial responsibilities that can feel overwhelming. Probate is the legal process through which a deceased person’s estate is administered, debts are settled, and assets are distributed to beneficiaries. Whether probate is required depends on several factors, including…
President Donald Trump’s repeated public praise for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is creating serious headaches for Republican candidates banking on the socialist mayor as a political villain. GOP operatives across the country have worked to tie Democratic candidates to the 34-year-old mayor, hoping to weaponize his democratic socialist brand against the party in…
British authorities arrested five men on Sunday suspected of planning an attack on RAF Fairford, a base in southwest England owned by the U.K. and operated by the United States. London Metropolitan Police received an early morning call about three suspicious vehicles traveling toward the base, prompting the swift arrests of the five suspects. The…
Former Sen. Joe Manchin delivered a sharp rebuke of Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Sunday, questioning the Republican’s fundamental fitness for office. Manchin, an independent from West Virginia, made the remarks during an appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” with host Chris Stirewalt. The interview originally centered on Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico,…
Three pure-play space stocks are surging together in Thursday afternoon trading, with no company-specific headlines driving the coordinated move across the sector. Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) is trading at $74.52, up 6% on the session, as part of a broad bid across the pure-play space names rather than any single Rocket Lab development. Planet Labs…
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced Wednesday it had demonstrated the industry’s first end-to-end real-time quantum error decoder, allowing a single processor to find, fix, and decode errors while the machine keeps running. CNBC reported shares jumping as much as 13% intraday on the news, though the measured close proved far more modest for investors watching the…
RTX Corporation (RTX) and AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) are both competing for investor attention as global defense spending continues to accelerate in 2026. Military forces worldwide are increasingly relying on autonomous strike systems, precision-guided weapons, and advanced missile-defense technologies to modernize their capabilities. Both companies provide precision strike and missile-related solutions aimed at improving targeting, threat…
Estate planning is often dismissed as something only parents with young children need to worry about, but that assumption can be costly. For couples in their 50s sitting on $2 million in IRAs and 401(k)s, the question of whether a will is necessary has a straightforward answer: yes, absolutely. Without children to serve as default…