IJR News — today's news from every sideBoeing Wins $131B F-15 Eagle Crest Contract With US Air Force — 6dBoeing has secured a $131.23 billion Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to support the F-15 Eagle Crest program, covering aircraft production, upgrades, sustainment, and depot maintenance for the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, and Foreign Military Sales to seven nations, with work centralized in St. Louis and a project timeline through 2037 and an initial ordering window through August 24, 2031. The award is sole-source and represents a ceiling value rather than an immediate outlay, with only a small portion obligated at award in different reports, and includes seven foreign operators such as South Korea, Japan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Poland, alongside related market reactions and program details.
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Ant International secures $1.2B for global payments expansionBusiness — Jul 21, 2026Ant International raised about $1.2 billion in a Series A, with participation from Ant Group and Alibaba as it pursues global expansion in merchant payments, account management and other financial services, while integrating AI across its infrastructure. The Singapore-based unit, spun out in 2024, operates four units—Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst and Bettr—across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, serving roughly 150 million merchants and 2 billion user accounts and was valued at about $10 billion prior to the funding.
