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2026 Stock Surge in Defense & Small-Caps as Tech Slips, Interest Rates Steady

Americas Markets Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

On Jan. 8, 2026, the S&P 500 finished flat, t...

Defense stocks jumped after former President ...

Small-caps outperformed with the Russell 2000...

Investors awaited the Friday jobs report as m...

UK-US Trade Deal Slashes Aerospace Tariffs, Cuts Car Export Levies—but Steel Stakes Remain

Europe Policy Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

Effective 30 June 2025, a UK-US trade deal re...

UK car tariffs fall from 27.5% to 10% under a...

Rolls-Royce and other aerospace firms could s...

UK steel and aluminium still face 25% U.S. ta...

Govini’s Ark Wins Department-of-War-Wide IDIQ: Accelerating Defense Acquisition and Readiness

Americas Firms Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

Govini won a single-award bridge IDIQ contrac...

The deal builds on a five-year Army Contracti...

Govini claims Ark sharply compresses acquisit...

The award underscores growing DoW reliance on...

Inside the U.S. Army’s $10B Enterprise Deal with Palantir: Strategy, Risks & What’s Unclear

Americas Policy Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

The U.S. Army signed a 10-year enterprise agr...

The deal is designed to simplify and standard...

For Palantir, the agreement formalizes much o...

Key uncertainties include the undisclosed min...

How Boeing’s Buyout of Spirit AeroSystems Reshapes Aerospace: Deal Structure, Strategy & Risks

Americas M&A Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

Boeing has closed its all-stock acquisition o...

The move reverses Boeing’s earlier outsourcin...

To secure regulatory approval and limit compe...

The integration of roughly 15,000 employees a...

Doug Guzman Named CEO of Canada’s New Defence Investment Agency to Overhaul Procurement

Americas Policy Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

Canada has created a new Defence Investment A...

The DIA’s mandate is to centralize and speed ...

Initial DIA-managed projects include submarin...

Guzman’s performance will be judged on how ef...

Latin America’s First French Optimized Lease: Viva Aerobus & Natixis Unveil New Fleet Financing Deal

Americas Markets Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

Natixis CIB arranged the first French Optimiz...

The deal is designed to lower Viva Aerobus’s ...

Natixis acts in multiple capacities—mandated ...

This transaction sets a precedent for using F...

TransDigm Acquires Stellant Systems for $960M to Boost Aerospace-Defense Electronics

Americas M&A Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

TransDigm will acquire Stellant Systems from ...

Stellant is expected to generate roughly $300...

The deal expands TransDigm into high-power RF...

While initially slightly margin-dilutive and ...

European Defense Stocks Surge in 2025: Strong Year-End Gains Amid Valuation Risks

Europe Markets Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing

European markets ended 2025 mixed on December...

Despite the muted final session, the FTSE 100...

Defense stocks such as Saab, Renk, Rheinmetal...

Surging defense shares are underpinned by hig...