Firefly Aerospace Inc.

Shares of Firefly Aerospace, a mid-cap <a href="https://investors.fireflyspace.com/">developer</a>&nbsp;of launch and orbital vehicles, have&nbsp;<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FLY/">jumped </a>nearly 22% in early trading today, October 6, after the company <a href="https://investors.fireflyspace.com/news-releases/news-release-details/firefly-aerospace-announces-strategic-acquisition-scitec-advance">announced</a>&nbsp;its acquisition national security technology developer SciTec to expand its capabilities in the U.S. defense sector. Firefly went public on the Nasdaq in August, and its stock has since lost almost 40% of its value.

Shares of space firm Firefly surge on deal to acquire defense tech SciTec

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Parrot S.A.

Saab AB (publ)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.

In 2024, the global drone market was <a href="https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/drone-market-report">valued</a>&nbsp;at about $73 billion. With a CAGR of roughly 14%, it is expected to reach $84 billion in 2025 and could exceed $160 billion by 2030. The expansion is supported by rapid advances in autonomy, AI integration, and imaging systems, as well as widening adoption of drones in agriculture, logistics, construction, infrastructure inspection, and defense.

Rising defense demand is buoying drone stocks. Who are the biggest winners?

AeroVironment, Inc.

Since the beginning of 2025, the market value of many U.S. defense companies has increased by at least 25%

Defense stocks rose. Pentagon calls for doubling missile production - WSJ

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Electronic Arts Inc.

The Boeing Company

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: market hopes for compromise to avoid shutdown

DroneShield Limited

Some investment firms fear that DroneShield's fundamentals no longer justify its stock valuation

Bloomberg found a defense stock in Asia with nearly 400% growth in 2025

Rheinmetall AG

RENK Group AG

The securities of German defense concern Rheinmetall look like a clear favorite on Wall Street

European defense stocks jump on Trump's words on Ukraine

Energy Fuels Inc.

Uranium Energy Corp.

Ondas Inc.

InvestorPlace markets analyst Thomas Yeung has <a href="https://investorplace.com/2025/09/4-stocks-trillion-dollar-government-spending-spree/">spotlighted</a>&nbsp;three small-cap companies that could benefit from U.S. national security investments in private businesses, such as Intel. Two are in the energy sector and stand to benefit from efforts to reshape the nuclear fuel supply chain. The third, from the defense sector, is seen as a potential beneficiary of the creation of the new U.S. "Golden Dome" missile defense system.

Beyond Intel: Small energy, defense stocks set to gain from Trump natsec spending

Alcoa Corporation

The American company Alcoa - one of the largest aluminum producers in the world - has already given investors bad news several times since the beginning of this year. But so far, the company has managed to maintain growth in its key financial indicators. Should we bet on it in 2026?

Between Trump and Big Tech: Can Alcoa sustain growth in 2026

Events around the Russia-Ukraine conflict have been developing at a rapid pace over the past few days, and a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible in the next two weeks. Askar Akhmedov, Investment Director at ATLAS Capital, wrote for Oninvest how investors should react to everything that is happening.

Markets are watching the negotiations on Ukraine. What could be the reaction of investors? 

Leonardo S.p.a.

Strategist Christopher Smart considers three possible developments

European defense stocks fell after Trump and Zelensky's meeting. What's next? 

V2X, Inc.

BofA Securities, a brokerage, has upgraded its rating on defense company V2X to “buy,” arguing that the $4.3 billion government contract it won in early August is “just the beginning.” The stock surged on the news.

'Just the beginning': BofA upgrades rating, TP on defense small cap V2X

Northrop Grumman Corporation

BofA attributed the recent drawdown in defense stocks to profit taking by hedge funds

Defence Industry