Compare Defense Stocks

Compare Defense stocks with our powerful stock comparison tool. Analyze fundamentals, price performance, and key financial indicators to make informed investment decisions. Our tool lets you compare up to ten stocks side by side based on Performance Charts, Price & Volume, MarketRank™, Analyst Ratings, Sales & Book Value, Profitability & Earnings, Dividends, Debt, Ownership, Headlines, and more. Simply enter up to ten stock symbols (e.g., AVAV, BA, CAE, GD) to get started and uncover top investment opportunities.

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVAV AeroVironment	$250.49 +2.5%	$237.95	$102.25 ▼ $295.90	$12.36B	0.99	838,107 shs	1.04 million shs
BA Boeing	$232.23 +2.8%	$217.68	$128.88 ▼ $242.69	$175.60B	1.48	8.48 million shs	7.39 million shs
CAE CAE	$29.62 +3.0%	$28.16	$16.59 ▼ $30.13	$9.50B	1.34	552,886 shs	876,017 shs
GD General Dynamics	$314.00 -0.3%	$295.57	$239.20 ▼ $322.50	$84.46B	0.48	1.47 million shs	1.03 million shs
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$267.65 +0.4%	$248.17	$158.88 ▼ $293.14	$10.50B	0.33	645,726 shs	347,091 shs
LHX L3Harris Technologies	$269.98 -0.1%	$258.79	$193.09 ▼ $280.52	$50.51B	0.77	1.45 million shs	1.02 million shs
LMT Lockheed Martin	$431.20 +1.2%	$455.09	$410.11 ▼ $618.95	$100.67B	0.27	1.68 million shs	1.49 million shs
NOC Northrop Grumman	$580.78 +0.1%	$524.60	$426.24 ▼ $594.68	$83.16B	0.15	1.01 million shs	643,825 shs
RTX RTX	$155.54 +0.5%	$148.22	$112.27 ▼ $158.79	$208.20B	0.69	5.34 million shs	2.96 million shs
TXT Textron	$78.50 +1.2%	$79.78	$57.70 ▼ $91.48	$13.99B	1.16	1.54 million shs	1.26 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVAV AeroVironment	-1.22%	-8.77%	-7.34%	+46.72%	+38.87%
BA Boeing	-1.34%	+1.70%	-0.30%	+11.14%	+34.60%
CAE CAE	+0.54%	-0.53%	-0.28%	+10.71%	+72.96%
GD General Dynamics	+0.31%	+0.75%	+4.22%	+15.19%	+7.49%
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	+0.83%	+0.59%	+3.28%	+18.07%	+2.82%
LHX L3Harris Technologies	+0.24%	-2.75%	+4.13%	+23.75%	+18.39%
LMT Lockheed Martin	+0.11%	+0.54%	-8.84%	-7.27%	-22.74%
NOC Northrop Grumman	-0.15%	-1.71%	+12.78%	+23.14%	+17.41%
RTX RTX	-0.09%	-1.67%	+5.47%	+18.40%	+33.31%
TXT Textron	+0.71%	-0.24%	-8.75%	+1.35%	-8.87%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AVAV AeroVironment	3.6032 of 5 stars	3.6	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	2.5	1.9
BA Boeing	2.9548 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	2.5	0.6
CAE CAE	3.5528 of 5 stars	3.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	2.5	2.5
GD General Dynamics	4.6006 of 5 stars	2.2	3.0	4.2	0.0	4.2	2.5	3.1
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	4.2528 of 5 stars	1.1	5.0	4.2	0.0	2.4	2.5	3.1
LHX L3Harris Technologies	4.5807 of 5 stars	2.4	5.0	4.2	0.3	3.5	2.5	1.9
LMT Lockheed Martin	4.6137 of 5 stars	3.2	3.0	4.2	0.0	3.2	1.7	2.5
NOC Northrop Grumman	4.2907 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	4.2	0.0	3.7	2.5	1.9
RTX RTX	4.3675 of 5 stars	2.5	5.0	3.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	1.9
TXT Textron	4.495 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	1.7	0.0	3.6	2.5	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVAV AeroVironment	3.17	Buy	$285.33	14.37% Upside
BA Boeing	2.84	Moderate Buy	$228.90	-0.89% Downside
CAE CAE	2.67	Moderate Buy	$33.67	14.74% Upside
GD General Dynamics	2.36	Hold	$315.78	0.81% Upside
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	2.22	Hold	$258.88	-2.99% Downside
LHX L3Harris Technologies	2.72	Moderate Buy	$279.47	4.00% Upside
LMT Lockheed Martin	2.35	Hold	$506.65	18.58% Upside
NOC Northrop Grumman	2.56	Moderate Buy	$586.79	1.41% Upside
RTX RTX	2.90	Moderate Buy	$158.67	2.20% Upside
TXT Textron	2.50	Moderate Buy	$92.67	17.86% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest Defense Stocks Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/11/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	Canaccord Genuity Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$305.00
8/4/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform
8/4/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	Citizens Jmp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Strong-Buy	$325.00
8/4/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$210.00 ➝ $267.00
8/4/2025	AVAV AeroVironment	JMP Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Outperform	$325.00
8/4/2025	HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$235.00 ➝ $295.00
8/1/2025	BA Boeing	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$260.00 ➝ $270.00
7/30/2025	BA Boeing	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$255.00 ➝ $280.00
7/30/2025	BA Boeing	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$250.00
7/30/2025	BA Boeing	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$230.00 ➝ $251.00
7/30/2025	BA Boeing	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Positive ➝ Positive	$265.00 ➝ $270.00

(Data available from 8/12/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVAV AeroVironment	$820.63M	15.00	$5.45 per share	45.74	$31.36 per share	7.96
BA Boeing	$66.52B	2.63	N/A	N/A	($5.23) per share	-44.16
CAE CAE	$3.28B	2.87	$1.82 per share	16.15	$11.17 per share	2.63
GD General Dynamics	$47.72B	1.77	$17.22 per share	18.19	$81.61 per share	3.84
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$11.54B	0.91	$22.58 per share	11.82	$119.25 per share	2.24
LHX L3Harris Technologies	$21.33B	2.36	$20.10 per share	13.37	$103.23 per share	2.60
LMT Lockheed Martin	$71.04B	1.40	$35.70 per share	11.97	$26.91 per share	15.88
NOC Northrop Grumman	$41.03B	2.02	$35.85 per share	16.14	$105.63 per share	5.48
RTX RTX	$80.74B	2.57	$9.08 per share	17.09	$46.48 per share	3.34
TXT Textron	$13.70B	1.02	$7.84 per share	10.03	$38.83 per share	2.02

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AVAV AeroVironment	$43.62M	$1.55	160.72	56.06	N/A	5.32%	10.68%	8.80%	9/3/2025 (Estimated)
BA Boeing	-$11.82B	-$16.51	N/A	85.86	N/A	-14.18%	N/A	-7.78%	10/22/2025 (Estimated)
CAE CAE	$291.29M	$0.90	32.60	29.94	2.34	8.55%	8.17%	3.58%	8/13/2025 (Estimated)
GD General Dynamics	$3.78B	$14.90	21.05	18.28	1.93	8.13%	17.99%	7.21%	10/22/2025 (Estimated)
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$550M	$13.36	19.99	16.19	1.62	4.54%	11.34%	4.43%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
LHX L3Harris Technologies	$1.50B	$8.95	30.05	21.45	1.97	7.94%	11.82%	5.47%	10/23/2025 (Estimated)
LMT Lockheed Martin	$5.34B	$17.76	24.08	14.39	1.49	5.85%	107.60%	12.13%	10/28/2025 (Estimated)
NOC Northrop Grumman	$4.17B	$27.13	21.35	19.96	5.51	9.74%	25.52%	7.89%	10/23/2025 (Estimated)
RTX RTX	$4.77B	$4.55	34.16	22.70	2.85	7.35%	12.89%	4.93%	10/28/2025 (Estimated)
TXT Textron	$824M	$4.42	17.79	11.77	1.26	5.80%	14.26%	6.12%	10/23/2025 (Estimated)

Latest Defense Stocks Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
9/3/2025	Q1 2026	AVAV AeroVironment	$0.34	N/A	N/A	N/A	$446.16 million	N/A
8/13/2025	Q1 2026	CAE CAE	$0.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.12 billion	N/A
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$3.23	$3.86	+$0.63	$3.86	$2.94 billion	$3.08 billion
7/29/2025	Q2 2025	BA Boeing	-$0.92	-$1.24	-$0.32	-$0.92	$20.13 billion	$22.75 billion
7/24/2025	Q2 2025	LHX L3Harris Technologies	$2.48	$2.78	+$0.30	$2.44	$5.31 billion	$5.43 billion
7/24/2025	Q2 2025	TXT Textron	$1.45	$1.55	+$0.10	$1.35	$3.64 billion	$3.72 billion
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	GD General Dynamics	$3.47	$3.74	+$0.27	$3.74	$12.13 billion	$13.04 billion
7/22/2025	Q2 2025	LMT Lockheed Martin	$6.57	$7.29	+$0.72	$1.46	$18.59 billion	$18.16 billion
7/22/2025	Q2 2025	NOC Northrop Grumman	$6.84	$7.11	+$0.27	$8.15	$10.15 billion	$10.35 billion
7/22/2025	Q2 2025	RTX RTX	$1.45	$1.56	+$0.11	$1.22	$20.68 billion	$21.58 billion
6/24/2025	Q4 2025	AVAV AeroVironment	$1.41	$1.61	+$0.20	$0.59	$242.69 million	$275.05 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVAV AeroVironment	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BA Boeing	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CAE CAE	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GD General Dynamics	$6.00	1.92%	N/A	40.27%	34 Years
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$5.40	2.02%	N/A	40.42%	13 Years
LHX L3Harris Technologies	$4.80	1.79%	N/A	53.63%	24 Years
LMT Lockheed Martin	$13.20	3.09%	N/A	74.32%	22 Years
NOC Northrop Grumman	$9.24	1.60%	N/A	34.06%	22 Years
RTX RTX	$2.72	1.75%	N/A	59.78%	5 Years
TXT Textron	$0.08	0.10%	N/A	1.81%	N/A

Latest Defense Stocks Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2025	GD General Dynamics	quarterly	$1.50	1.9%	10/10/2025	10/10/2025	11/14/2025
7/30/2025	TXT Textron	quarterly	$0.02	0.1%	9/12/2025	9/12/2025	10/1/2025
6/25/2025	LMT Lockheed Martin	quarterly	$3.30	2.88%	9/2/2025	9/2/2025	9/26/2025
7/17/2025	LHX L3Harris Technologies	quarterly	$1.20	1.81%	9/5/2025	9/5/2025	9/22/2025
7/30/2025	HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	quarterly	$1.35	2.07%	8/29/2025	8/29/2025	9/12/2025
6/27/2025	RTX RTX	quarterly	$0.68	1.88%		8/15/2025	9/4/2025
6/4/2025	GD General Dynamics	quarterly	$1.50	2.18%	7/3/2025	7/3/2025	8/8/2025
5/12/2025	LMT Lockheed Martin	quarterly	$3.30	2.8%	6/2/2025	6/2/2025	6/27/2025
5/20/2025	NOC Northrop Grumman	quarterly	$2.31	1.94%	6/2/2025	6/2/2025	6/18/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVAV AeroVironment	0.03	3.52	2.69
BA Boeing	N/A	1.23	0.38
CAE CAE	0.62	0.80	0.58
GD General Dynamics	0.32	1.36	0.83
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	0.55	1.08	1.00
LHX L3Harris Technologies	0.57	1.04	0.87
LMT Lockheed Martin	3.47	0.98	0.83
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.98	1.04	0.93
RTX RTX	0.60	1.01	0.75
TXT Textron	0.45	1.84	0.84

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVAV AeroVironment	86.38%
BA Boeing	64.82%
CAE CAE	67.36%
GD General Dynamics	86.14%
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	90.46%
LHX L3Harris Technologies	84.76%
LMT Lockheed Martin	74.19%
NOC Northrop Grumman	83.40%
RTX RTX	86.50%
TXT Textron	86.03%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVAV AeroVironment	1.27%
BA Boeing	0.09%
CAE CAE	18.30%
GD General Dynamics	1.50%
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	0.86%
LHX L3Harris Technologies	0.72%
LMT Lockheed Martin	0.14%
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.23%
RTX RTX	0.15%
TXT Textron	1.70%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVAV AeroVironment	1,475	49.34 million	48.72 million	Optionable
BA Boeing	172,000	756.16 million	755.48 million	Optionable
CAE CAE	13,000	320.61 million	261.94 million	Optionable
GD General Dynamics	117,000	268.99 million	264.96 million	Optionable
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	44,000	39.24 million	38.90 million	Optionable
LHX L3Harris Technologies	47,000	187.10 million	185.75 million	Optionable
LMT Lockheed Martin	121,000	233.46 million	233.14 million	Optionable
NOC Northrop Grumman	97,000	143.18 million	142.85 million	Optionable
RTX RTX	186,000	1.34 billion	1.34 billion	Optionable
TXT Textron	34,000	178.21 million	175.18 million	Optionable

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Defense Stocks Company Descriptions

AeroVironment NASDAQ:AVAV

$250.49 +6.05 (+2.48%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$251.24 +0.75 (+0.30%)

As of 05:52 PM Eastern

AeroVironment, Inc. designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. It operates through Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), Tactical Missile System (TMS), Medium Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MUAS), and High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Systems (HAPS) segments. The company supplies UAS, TMS, unmanned ground vehicle, and related services primarily to organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense, other federal agencies, and to international allied governments. It also designs, engineers, tools, and manufactures unmanned aerial and aircraft systems, including airborne platforms, payloads and payload integration, ground control systems, and ground support equipment and other items and services related to unmanned aircraft systems. In addition, the company offers small UAS products, including training, spare parts, product repair, product replacement, and the customer contracted operation. Further, it develops high-altitude pseudo-satellite UAS systems. AeroVironment, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Boeing NYSE:BA

$232.23 +6.27 (+2.77%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$231.98 -0.25 (-0.11%)

As of 05:51 PM Eastern

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight and launch systems, and services worldwide. The company operates through Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services segments. The Commercial Airplanes segment develops, produces, and markets commercial jet aircraft for passenger and cargo requirements, as well as provides fleet support services. The Defense, Space & Security segment engages in the research, development, production, and modification of manned and unmanned military aircraft and weapons systems; strategic defense and intelligence systems, which include strategic missile and defense systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, cyber and information solutions, and intelligence systems; and satellite systems, such as government and commercial satellites, and space exploration. The Global Services segment offers products and services, including supply chain and logistics management, engineering, maintenance and modifications, upgrades and conversions, spare parts, pilot and maintenance training systems and services, technical and maintenance documents, and data analytics and digital services to commercial and defense customers. The Boeing Company was incorporated in 1916 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

CAE NYSE:CAE

$29.62 +0.87 (+3.04%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$28.50 -1.12 (-3.79%)

As of 05:36 PM Eastern

CAE Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides simulation training and critical operations support solutions in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, the Oceania, Africa, and Rest of the Americas. It operates through two segments, Civil Aviation; and Defense and Security. The Civil Aviation segment offers training solutions for flight, cabin, maintenance, and ground personnel in commercial, business, and helicopter aviation; a range of flight simulation training devices; and ab initio pilot training and crew sourcing services, as well as aircraft flight operations solutions. The Defense and Security segment operates as a training and simulation provider that delivers platform-independent solutions to enable and enhance force readiness and security for defense forces, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), government agencies, and public safety organizations. The company was formerly known as CAE Industries Ltd. and changed its name to CAE Inc. in 1993. CAE Inc. was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Saint-Laurent, Canada.

General Dynamics NYSE:GD

$314.00 -0.94 (-0.30%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$314.06 +0.06 (+0.02%)

As of 05:50 PM Eastern

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships; provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support services for navy ships; offers and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarine construction programs. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments; and offers modernization programs, engineering, support, and sustainment services. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers; cloud computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security, and operations; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Huntington Ingalls Industries NYSE:HII

$267.65 +1.00 (+0.38%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$266.50 -1.15 (-0.43%)

As of 05:48 PM Eastern

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs military ships in the United States. It operates through three segments: Ingalls, Newport News, and Mission Technologies. The company is involved in the design and construction of non-nuclear ships comprising amphibious assault ships; expeditionary warfare ships; surface combatants; and national security cutters for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. It also provides nuclear-powered ships, such as aircraft carriers and submarines, as well as refueling and overhaul, and inactivation services of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. In addition, the company offers naval nuclear support services, including fleet services comprising design, construction, maintenance, and disposal activities for in-service the U.S. Navy nuclear ships; and maintenance services on nuclear reactor prototypes. Further, the company provides C5ISR systems and operations; application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to battlefield decisions; defensive and offensive cyberspace strategies and electronic warfare; live, virtual, and constructive solutions; unmanned, autonomous systems; and fleet sustainment; and critical nuclear operations. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Newport News, Virginia.

L3Harris Technologies NYSE:LHX

$269.98 -0.34 (-0.13%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$270.15 +0.17 (+0.06%)

As of 05:42 PM Eastern

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. provides mission-critical solutions for government and commercial customers worldwide. The company's Integrated Mission Systems segment provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, passive sensing and targeting, electronic attack, autonomy, power and communications, and networks and sensors, as well as advanced combat systems for air, land, and sea sectors. Its Space and Airborne Systems segment offers space payloads, sensors, and full-mission solutions; classified intelligence and cyber; mission avionics; electronic warfare systems; and mission networks systems for air traffic management operations. The company's Communication Systems segment provides broadband communications; tactical radios, software, satellite terminals, and end-to-end battlefield systems for the U.S. Department of Defense, international, federal, and state agency customers; integrated vision solutions, including helmet-mounted integrated night vision goggles with leading-edge image intensifier tubes and weapon-mounted sights, aiming lasers, and range finders; and public safety radios, and system applications and equipment. Its Aerojet Rocketdyne segment provides propulsion technologies and armament systems for strategic defense, missile defense, hypersonic, and tactical systems; and space propulsion and power systems for national security, and space and exploration missions. The company was formerly known as Harris Corporation and changed its name to L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in June 2019. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1895 and is based in Melbourne, Florida.

Lockheed Martin NYSE:LMT

$431.20 +4.94 (+1.16%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$430.69 -0.51 (-0.12%)

As of 05:54 PM Eastern

Lockheed Martin Corporation, a security and aerospace company, engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of technology systems, products, and services worldwide. The company operates through Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space segments. The Aeronautics segment offers combat and air mobility aircraft, unmanned air vehicles, and related technologies. The Missiles and Fire Control segment provides air and missile defense systems; tactical missiles and air-to-ground precision strike weapon systems; logistics; fire control systems; mission operations support, readiness, engineering support, and integration services; manned and unmanned ground vehicles; and energy management solutions. The Rotary and Mission Systems segment offers military and commercial helicopters, surface ships, sea and land-based missile defense systems, radar systems, sea and air-based mission and combat systems, command and control mission solutions, cyber solutions, and simulation and training solutions. The Space segment offers satellites; space transportation systems; strategic, advanced strike, and defensive systems; and classified systems and services in support of national security systems. This segment also provides network-enabled situational awareness and integrates space and ground global systems to help its customers gather, analyze, and securely distribute critical intelligence data. It serves primarily serves the U.S. government, as well as foreign military sales contracted through the U.S. government. The company was founded in 1912 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Northrop Grumman NYSE:NOC

$580.78 +0.54 (+0.09%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$581.45 +0.67 (+0.12%)

As of 05:29 PM Eastern

Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The company's Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic ISR systems and vertical take-off and landing tactical ISR systems; and strategic long-range strike aircraft, tactical fighter and air dominance aircraft, and airborne battle management and command and control systems. Its Defense Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces tactical weapons and missile defense solutions, and provides sustainment, modernization, and training services for manned and unmanned aircraft and electronics systems. It also offers integrated, all-domain command, and control battle management systems, precision strike weapons; high speed air-breathing and hypersonic systems; high-performance gun systems, ammunition, precision munitions and advanced fuzes; aircraft and mission systems logistics support, sustainment, operations and modernization; and warfighter training services. The company's Mission Systems segment offers command, control, communications and computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; cyber solutions; intelligence processing systems; navigation; and maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites, spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors, and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; and strategic missiles. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

RTX NYSE:RTX

$155.54 +0.74 (+0.48%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$154.98 -0.56 (-0.36%)

As of 05:53 PM Eastern

RTX Corporation, an aerospace and defense company, provides systems and services for the commercial, military, and government customers in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. The Collins Aerospace Systems segment offers aerospace and defense products, and aftermarket service solutions for civil and military aircraft manufacturers and commercial airlines, as well as regional, business, and general aviation, defense, and commercial space operations. This segment also designs, produces, and supports cabin interior, including oxygen systems, food and beverage preparation, storage and galley systems, and lavatory and wastewater management systems; battlespace, test and training range systems, crew escape systems, and simulation and training solutions; information management services; and aftermarket services that include spare parts, overhaul and repair, engineering and technical support, training and fleet management solutions, and asset and information management services. Its Pratt & Whitney segment supplies aircraft engines for commercial, military, business jet, and general aviation customers; and produces, sells, and services military and commercial auxiliary power units. The Raytheon segment provides defensive and offensive threat detection, tracking, and mitigation capabilities for U.S., foreign government, and commercial customers. The company was formerly known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation and changed its name to RTX Corporation in July 2023. RTX Corporation was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

Textron NYSE:TXT

$78.50 +0.92 (+1.19%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$78.89 +0.38 (+0.49%)

As of 05:39 PM Eastern

Textron Inc. operates in the aircraft, defense, industrial, and finance businesses worldwide. It operates through six segments: Textron Aviation, Bell, Textron Systems, Industrial, Textron eAviation, and Finance. The Textron Aviation segment manufactures, sells, and services business jets, turboprop and piston engine aircraft, and military trainer and defense aircraft; and offers maintenance, inspection, and repair services, as well as sells commercial parts. The Bell segment supplies military and commercial helicopters, tiltrotor aircrafts, and related spare parts and services. The Textron Systems segment offers unmanned aircraft systems, electronic systems and solutions, advanced marine crafts, piston aircraft engines, live military air-to-air and air-to-ship training, weapons and related components, and armored and specialty vehicles. The Industrial segment offers blow-molded solutions, including conventional plastic fuel tanks and pressurized fuel tanks for hybrid vehicle applications, clear-vision systems, plastic tanks for catalytic reduction systems, and battery housing systems for use in electric vehicles primarily to automobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); and golf cars, off-road utility vehicles, powersports products, light transportation vehicles, aviation ground support equipment, professional turf-maintenance equipment, and turf-care vehicles to golf courses and resorts, government agencies and municipalities, consumers, outdoor enthusiasts, and commercial and industrial users. The Textron eAviation segment manufactures and sells light aircraft and gliders with electric and combustion engines; and provides other research and development initiatives related to sustainable aviation solutions. The Finance segment offers financing services to purchase new and pre-owned aviation aircraft and Bell helicopters. Textron Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

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