Factories, output, investment and the companies that make things.
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%.
Euro area industrial production fell 0.5% in August and EU output fell 0.3%, Eurostat said, as a drop in non-durable consumer goods outweighed growth in capital goods. July was revised lower.
Lockheed Martin has awarded Boeing an undefinitized contract action worth about $14.7 billion to scale PAC-3 MSE seeker production, which Boeing says lets it triple output in Huntsville, Alabama.
