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The Pentagon Wants Its Major Bases Able to Run 90 Days on Their Own. Britain Is Asking Households to Manage for Three.

Internal Pentagon documents reviewed by Fox News Digital would require every major U.S. military installation to run essential operations on its own for at least 90 days, backed by reserves of munitions, fuel, minerals, spare parts and medical supplies. The plan, called FORTRESS, has no published cost or timeline. Nothing in the reporting mentions artificial intelligence or a specific nuclear threat.

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Boeing Delivered 161 Airliners Last Quarter and Lost About $4.3 Million on Each. Its 6,300-Jet Backlog Would Take About a Decade to Build at This Year's Pace.

Boeing said on 27 October that third-quarter revenue rose 4 per cent to $24.2 billion and its net loss narrowed to $116 million, from $5.3 billion a year earlier. Its commercial airplanes unit lost $697 million on 161 deliveries. Total backlog reached a record $745 billion, including more than 6,300 commercial jets.

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Northrop Grumman's Backlog Hit a Record $109.6 Billion. Its Cash Forecast Needs at Least $2.1 Billion in the Fourth Quarter, Less Than Last Year's $3.2 Billion.

Northrop Grumman said on Tuesday 20 October that third-quarter sales rose 7 per cent to $11.1 billion and backlog reached a record $109.6 billion on $16.4 billion of net awards, a book-to-bill ratio of 1.5. It raised its 2026 earnings outlook to $29.35-$29.75 a share and left its sales and cash flow ranges unchanged.

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RTX Raised Its Forecast on a $340 Billion Backlog. 25 Cents of Its Quarter Came From a Cost Recovery It Did Not Explain.

RTX said on Tuesday 20 October that third-quarter sales rose 11 per cent to $25.0 billion and adjusted earnings rose 33 per cent to $2.26 a share, and it lifted its 2026 adjusted EPS outlook to $7.65-$7.75 from $7.10-$7.25. The adjusted figure includes $0.25 a share from what the company calls an IEEPA cost recovery, and free cash flow fell 47 per cent to $2.1 billion.