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From Artemis to Supersonic Flight, the President Takes the Aerospace Agenda to the Space Coast

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  • President Donald J. Trump addressed U.S. aerospace leadership at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 6, 2026, discussing the Artemis program, opening U.S. airspace for commercial supersonic flights, and plans for an annual Cape Canaveral event to rival the Paris Air Show.
  • Executive Order 14304 signed on June 6, 2025, directed the FAA to repeal overland supersonic flight bans, with a proposed noise-based certification rule announced on June 30, 2026, and final rules targeted for mid-2027.
  • NASA aims to advance Artemis III, a 14-day crewed Earth orbit test flight in 2027, followed by the Artemis IV Moon landing mission in 2028, with launches originating from Kennedy Space Center.
  • A National Security Presidential Memorandum dated Aug. 20, 2026, sets a goal to enable over 1,000 launches and reentries on American soil annually by 2030.
  • Starfighters Space, Inc. (NYSE: FJET) hosted the President in a hangar housing its commercial fleet of flight-ready Mach 2+ F-104 jets, which serve as platforms for hypersonic research, payload delivery, and defense testing.
  • Starfighters received two flight articles for its Wind Tunnel in the Sky™ system on Nov. 4, 2026, with fit checks underway, and plans a captive-carry test flight in December 2026 between Kennedy Space Center and Cecil Spaceport.
  • Firefly Aerospace (NASDAQ: FLY) was onboarded as a vendor under NASA's $10 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) 2 contract on Nov. 7, 2026, following its successful Blue Ghost Mission 1 lunar landing in March 2025.
  • Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) unveiled its lead spaceship, Apeiron, on Oct. 28, 2026, with avionics software validation planned before flight tests, and scheduled three dedicated spaceflight charters with Space for Humanity on Nov. 5, 2026.
  • Karman Space & Defense (NYSE: KRMN) reported record Q3 2026 revenue of $202 million with a record backlog of $1.7 billion, raising its full-year 2026 revenue outlook to $755 million to $760 million.
  • Howmet Aerospace (NYSE: HWM) reported Q3 2026 revenue of $2,703 million, up 29% year over year, and authorized a $5 billion increase to its share repurchase program, bringing total authorization to $5.397 billion.