U.S. Department of Defense
The last trading day of 2023 got off to a flat start, with equities trading with a fraction of a point of Thursday’s closing price. Crude oil was up slightly, and bonds were essentially flat in the...
Published:
Analysts at Morgan Stanley have raised their rating on L3Harris and lowered it on Lockheed Martin. Northrop Grumman remains their top pick.
Published:
The U.S. defense budget for fiscal 2022 is about 4.5% higher than it was in 2021. Defense contractors stand to benefit, and these five are the best when it comes to sharing their luck with investors.
Published:
Analysts at Canaccord Genuity remain generally bullish on the defense sector despite a likely flattening and eventual decline in the military budget.
Published:
Could Lockheed Martin be leading the development of the U.S. Air Force's next-generation fighter plane?
Published:
The Air Force has designed, built, and flown a prototype for a new fighter jet in less than one year. Is the defense business in for a massive shift?
Published:
Northrop Grumman has received a $13.3 billion Air Force contract to begin engineering and manufacturing development to modernize the U.S. nuclear weapons force.
Published:
The U.S. Air Force's top acquisitions official has suggested that the Defense Department may have to nationalize some parts of the supply chain in order to overcome a shrinking defense industrial...
Published:
Northrop Grumman investors are concerned that the federal government will slow spending on some defense programs to pay the expected high costs to combat the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
Published:
Serious problems with the Lockheed F-35 fighter jet and the Boeing KC-46 refueling tanker continue to cause delivery delays and acceptance by the Air Force.
Published:
The U.S. Defense Department is ramping up spending on programs to develop missiles capable of speeds greater than 15,000 mph.
Published:
Defense stocks had a very good 2019, and military gear makers are expecting 2020 to be another solid year. Heightened tensions in the Middle East aren't hurting either.
Published:
2019 was a very good year for the top U.S. defense firms. Most posted double-digit share price gains and a wave of consolidation could push more gains in the year ahead.
Published:
The U.S. Army is seeking proposals to build a pilot plant in the United States to refine rare earth elements used in many weapons systems.
Published:
The fight over the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) pact is going to continue for quite some time.
Published: