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Investing.com -- The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $2.7 billion military sale to Ukraine covering air defense upgrades, weapons, and related equipment and services, according to a congressional notification late Friday.

Boeing (BA) stock is down about 8% over the past year and trades about 22% below its 52-week high. Inside the factories the picture reads differently: the company is delivering airplanes at a pace it has not managed since 2018, against a record order book. The upside case rests on a clear assumption: translating that delivery pace into positive free cash flow.

Rocket Lab (RKLB) has gained 9.5% over the last five trading days, while the S&P 500 added 0.6%. A week like that pulls money in. The stock is still about 55% below its 52-week high. The run is not the question. What matters for your money is what this stock does to your portfolio when the market moves, because it travels about four times as far as the index in both directions.

A new JATM framework agreement with Lockheed Martin could boost missile production and create broader opportunities across defense ETFs.

LMT is ramping JATM production as U.S. and allied demand grows, supporting faster deliveries and potential long-term program expansion.

Fresh from the Federal Reserve’s latest 25 bps rate hike to 3.75% to 4.00%, investors are again reminded that cash flows and balance sheet strength matter more than headlines. Higher yields can reward patient holders of solid dividend stocks, but they can also expose weaker businesses. This article walks through three large-cap value stocks from our screener that look meaningfully exposed to this new rate backdrop, and why that matters for your portfolio decisions. The three stocks covered in...

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Chairman and CEO Kathy Warden said the defense contractor is operating in what she described as a robust demand environment, supported by U.S. national-security spending, international demand and growth across its four operating segments. Speaking at a Morgan Stanley aer

Epsilon3 CEO Laura Crabtree joins Ashley Mastronardi on NYSE Live to discuss We Help Industries Where Failure Isn't an Option

KTOS scales its manufacturing footprint across propulsion, hypersonics and unmanned systems to support affordable defense production.

GE Aerospace (GE) has more engine work booked than it can currently perform, and that visibility is much of why people own the shares. The option chain does not treat the stock as settled. At about $307, contracts running twelve months out carry a band from near $216.93 to near $434.6, with roughly a two-in-three chance the stock finishes inside it.

The Pentagon just confirmed on-orbit space weapons, and SpaceX sits at the center of a multibillion-dollar architecture that transforms that announcement into hard contracts. Here is what the move means for the stock and the sector names getting pulled along with it.

Defense contractors sell to a customer whose budget is written into law years in advance, and that single fact changes everything about how their dividends behave. Five names are quietly turning trillion-dollar Pentagon commitments into income streams most investors overlook.

RKLB expands its spacecraft component business with avionics, radios and batteries, extending its role across the space supply chain.

The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $4.8 billion contract for the Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) system. The contract, which is scheduled to run through September 2035, expands Northrop’s long-term opportunity pipeline, although the full $4.8 billion ceiling does not immediately enter backlog. The CIRCM award strengthens Northrop’s position in the defense […]

GE Aerospace (GE) trades near $318, up 13.4% over the past twelve months. Behind that price sits a commercial services backlog of roughly $170 billion, work on engines already flying. The easy read is that the good news is in the price, and the coming three years just work that backlog off. A three-year scenario on the company's own numbers puts a size on what is left.

BA's KC-46 contract ceiling jumps to $19.1B, expanding foreign sales and strengthening long-term defense revenue visibility through 2035.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower as we count down to the Federal Reserve meeting and a likely 25-basis-point increase in the Fed funds rate on Wednesday. The same suspects drove today’s selling, and although all the major indices finished the day lower, they all closed well off the lows printed earlier in the […]

As the Q2 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the defense contractors industry, including Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) and its peers.

GD's $184.3M Navy contract for next-gen electronic attack systems extends through 2032, supporting production and sustainment demand.

NOC's European expansion spans IBCS, weapons and surveillance as NATO allies boost defense investment and local industrial capacity.

The Navy will soon announce whether Boeing or Northrop Grumman will build the sixth-generation fighter jet.

The Navy will soon announce whether Boeing or Northrop Grumman will build the sixth-generation fighter jet.

AeroVironment (AVAV) shares rose early Thursday after its fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue

RDW invests in next-generation phased-array technology to expand military communications across LEO, MEO and GEO.

Despite pressures galore, August was another positive month. Plus: A Financial Flashback to 25 years ago, when markets shut down after 9/11.

Investing.com -- The White House has reviewed candidates who could potentially replace U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, Reuters reported exclusively on Friday, citing three people familiar with the discussions.

BA's defense growth and valuation discount offer appeal, but production delays, cancellations and 777X challenges cloud its outlook.

While profitability is essential, it doesn’t guarantee long-term success. Some companies that rest on their margins will lose ground as competition intensifies — as Jeff Bezos said, “Your margin is my opportunity”.

GE Aerospace (GE) stock trades at about $329.50, about 14% below the $381.22 high it set inside the past year, and most of the decline is recent. It has fallen 12.7% over the past month. In July the company raised its 2026 guidance across the board.