CISA republished a Mitsubishi Electric advisory on four flaws in GENESIS64 and other ICONICS software, including a 9.1-rated privilege issue; three older products will not be patched.
Airbus delivered 547 commercial aircraft in the first nine months of 2026 and kept its target of about 870 for the year, leaving about 323 to deliver in the fourth quarter. Rate targets were unchanged.
The Commerce Department signed letters of intent for up to $389 million in CHIPS R&D awards to Helion, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Vertical Semiconductor and Sibelco, with equity stakes attached.
US manufacturing output rose 0.3% in September and total industrial production 0.7%, the Federal Reserve said, while motor vehicle and parts output fell 3.0%. Factory utilization was 75.9%.
GXO will put Agility Robotics' Digit humanoids to work at warehouses in Statesville, North Carolina, and Lebanon, Tennessee, from early 2027, expanding a Georgia deployment.
FANUC America opened an $18 million-plus training academy in Auburn Hills, Michigan, raising its classroom count from 13 to 28 and network capacity to about 17,500 trainees a year.
Rockwell Automation launched the CompactLogix 5390 controller, claiming a 43% smaller footprint and security aligned with IEC 62443-4-2 as EU Cyber Resilience Act deadlines approach.
Alliant Energy closed a $5.1 billion DOE loan package to fund new gas generation, storage and plant upgrades in Iowa and Wisconsin, projecting up to $1.2 billion in customer savings.
Ofgem approved an agreement to preserve gas import capability on the Great Britain–Belgium interconnector and is consulting on recovering the cost, put at under 10p a month per gas customer.
Ofgem has launched OFTO Tender Round 14, an estimated £3.5 billion sale of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm's transmission assets and its largest round to date.
IATA says air cargo demand rose 7.7% year on year in September, led by North American carriers and trans-Pacific AI hardware, while jet fuel prices more than doubled and yields lagged.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach each posted their busiest month on record in September 2026, handling a combined 2.04 million TEUs as imports rose 19% and 31% respectively.
Rotterdam handled 323.2 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2026, up 0.9%, as crude, oil products and coal rose and container transhipment fell 20% on terminal capacity limits.
OSHA cited eight construction employers in Pennsylvania, New York and Illinois for trench and excavation hazards in October, proposing $1.28 million in penalties after one fatal collapse.
Construction output in Great Britain fell 0.2% in August 2026, a fourth straight monthly decline, as private new housing dropped 1.9%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Construction input prices rose 2.2% in September and 11.2% over 12 months, ABC said, as diesel more than doubled and steel and copper mill products climbed after 2025 tariffs.
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