A hard October 1 deadline to obligate reconciliation funding is accelerating major defense contracts, including a $2 billion Boeing satellite deal and a $35 billion Lockheed Martin missile-defense award.
Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin for the Military User Objective Satellite Service Life Extension program, securing a contract to deliver two new narrowband communications satellites by the early 2030s.
L3Harris completed a rapid military conversion of a Qatari-donated Boeing 747-8i, delivering a designated VC-25B presidential transport to Joint Base Andrews in June 2026 for commissioning flights.
Boeing's successful ground demonstration of high-fidelity entanglement swapping clears a critical protocol milestone for its Q4S quantum networking satellite, which is scheduled to fly in 2027.
