The DPW Defence Stock Index.
A daily, market-cap-weighted snapshot of the publicly traded defence and aerospace companies we cover — prime contractors, aerospace, defence technology and government services.
Computed from market data as of Oct 28, 2026 · 8:19am.
Index move today
+0.77%
cap-weighted
Total market cap
$2.86T
across 124 companies
Advancers
88
▲ higher today
Decliners
30
▼ lower today
Constituents
by market-cap weight| # | Company | Sector | Market cap | Weight | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR | Defense-tech | $477.56B | 16.7% | +0.04% |
| 2 | GE Aerospace GE | Primes | $308.84B | 10.8% | +3.62% |
| 3 | RTX Corporation RTX | Primes | $262.6B | 9.2% | -1.42% |
| 4 | Amphenol Corporation APH | Aerospace | $192.86B | 6.7% | +3.12% |
| 5 | Eaton Corporation plc ETN | Aerospace | $149.22B | 5.2% | +2.08% |
| 6 | Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT | Primes | $143.91B | 5.0% | -1.87% |
| 7 | Parker-Hannifin Corporation PH | Aerospace | $113.59B | 4.0% | -0.41% |
| 8 | General Dynamics Corporation GD | Primes | $96.02B | 3.4% | -0.87% |
| 9 | Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC | Primes | $78.31B | 2.7% | -2.72% |
| 10 | Howmet Aerospace Inc. HWM | Aerospace | $76.57B | 2.7% | -1.54% |
| 11 | Honeywell International Inc. HON | Primes | $69.35B | 2.4% | -0.21% |
| 12 | TE Connectivity plc TEL | Aerospace | $65.24B | 2.3% | +5.37% |
| 13 | TransDigm Group Incorporated TDG | Aerospace | $62.48B | 2.2% | +0.01% |
| 14 | L3Harris Technologies, Inc. LHX | Defense-tech | $48.3B | 1.7% | -0.23% |
| 15 | Amper, S.A. AMP | Aerospace | $43.54B | 1.5% | -0.13% |
| 16 | HEICO Corporation HEI | Aerospace | $43.16B | 1.5% | -0.38% |
| 17 | Rocket Lab Corporation RKLB | Space | $37.28B | 1.3% | +7.56% |
| 18 | Elbit Systems Ltd. ESLT | Defense-tech | $37.02B | 1.3% | +1.55% |
| 19 | Axon Enterprise, Inc. AXON | Other | $34.6B | 1.2% | +0.21% |
| 20 | Concurrent Technologies Plc CNC | Defense-tech | $33.94B | 1.2% | +1.19% |
| 21 | Teledyne Technologies Incorporated TDY | Aerospace | $30.36B | 1.1% | +1.47% |
| 22 | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HAL | Primes | $29.46B | 1.0% | +1.48% |
| 23 | ATI Inc. ATI | Aerospace | $22.62B | 0.8% | +0.97% |
| 24 | Woodward, Inc. WWD | Aerospace | $17.95B | 0.6% | -0.54% |
| 25 | Curtiss-Wright Corporation CW | Aerospace | $17.62B | 0.6% | -0.51% |
| 26 | Leidos Holdings, Inc. LDOS | Government-services | $17.52B | 0.6% | -0.96% |
| 27 | RBC Bearings Incorporated RBC | Aerospace | $15.31B | 0.5% | +1.20% |
| 28 | CACI International Inc CACI | Government-services | $14.72B | 0.5% | +0.19% |
| 29 | Carpenter Technology Corporatio CRS | Other | $14.29B | 0.5% | +0.41% |
| 30 | Textron Inc. TXT | Aerospace | $13.45B | 0.5% | +0.09% |
| 31 | BWX Technologies, Inc. BWXT | Aerospace | $12.28B | 0.4% | +1.37% |
| 32 | Elsight Limited ELS | Defense-tech | $11.54B | 0.4% | -2.57% |
| 33 | Crane Company CR | Aerospace | $11.15B | 0.4% | -0.57% |
| 34 | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. HII | Primes | $11.09B | 0.4% | +0.22% |
| 35 | Dassault Aviation société anonyme AM | Primes | $10.02B | 0.4% | +1.44% |
| 36 | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation BAH | Government-services | $9.93B | 0.3% | +0.47% |
| 37 | Viasat, Inc. VSAT | Defense-tech | $9.68B | 0.3% | +5.27% |
| 38 | Leonardo DRS, Inc. DRS | Other | $9.61B | 0.3% | +0.42% |
| 39 | TTM Technologies, Inc. TTMI | Aerospace | $9.14B | 0.3% | -0.28% |
| 40 | Sanmina Corporation SANM | Aerospace | $9.08B | 0.3% | +2.11% |
| 41 | Zeta Global Holdings Corp. ZETA | Other | $8.37B | 0.3% | -1.24% |
| 42 | Oshkosh Corporation OSK | Aerospace | $8.28B | 0.3% | +0.64% |
| 43 | CAE Inc. CAE | Primes | $8.28B | 0.3% | -1.34% |
| 44 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. KTOS | Defense-tech | $7.76B | 0.3% | +1.86% |
| 45 | StandardAero, Inc. SARO | Aerospace | $7.42B | 0.3% | -0.09% |
| 46 | AeroVironment, Inc. AVAV | Defense-tech | $6.44B | 0.2% | +1.25% |
| 47 | Science Applications International Corporation SAIC | Government-services | $6.26B | 0.2% | +0.68% |
| 48 | Plexus Corp. PLXS | Aerospace | $6.14B | 0.2% | +3.58% |
| 49 | Hexcel Corporation HXL | Aerospace | $5.97B | 0.2% | -1.05% |
| 50 | Loar Holdings Inc. LOAR | Aerospace | $5.75B | 0.2% | -2.65% |
| 51 | Austal Limited ASB | Aerospace | $5.71B | 0.2% | -0.30% |
| 52 | Parsons Corporation PSN | Government-services | $5.42B | 0.2% | +1.48% |
| 53 | Amentum Holdings, Inc. AMTM | Government-services | $5.31B | 0.2% | -0.73% |
| 54 | Planet Labs PBC PL | Space | $5.27B | 0.2% | +5.00% |
| 55 | KBR, Inc. KBR | Government-services | $5.07B | 0.2% | +0.52% |
| 56 | Karman Holdings Inc. KRMN | Space | $5B | 0.2% | +1.42% |
| 57 | Materion Corporation MTRN | Aerospace | $4.9B | 0.2% | +4.01% |
| 58 | Iridium Communications Inc. IRDM | Defense-tech | $4.84B | 0.2% | +2.68% |
| 59 | Mercury Systems, Inc. MRCY | Defense-tech | $4.78B | 0.2% | -1.46% |
| 60 | MDA Space Ltd. MDA | Space | $4.75B | 0.2% | +5.25% |
| 61 | VSE Corporation VSEC | Government-services | $4.17B | 0.1% | +0.39% |
| 62 | Airbus SE AIR | Primes | $4.02B | 0.1% | +2.81% |
| 63 | Ondas Inc. ONDS | Defense-tech | $3.87B | 0.1% | +8.31% |
| 64 | Firefly Aerospace Inc. FLY | Space | $3.33B | 0.1% | +8.42% |
| 65 | Archer Aviation Inc. ACHR | Other | $3.26B | 0.1% | +7.09% |
| 66 | Bel Fuse Inc. BELFB | Aerospace | $3.23B | 0.1% | +6.87% |
| 67 | OSI Systems, Inc. OSIS | Defense-tech | $3.2B | 0.1% | +1.42% |
| 68 | Astronics Corporation ATRO | Aerospace | $2.61B | 0.1% | +1.52% |
| 69 | Benchmark Electronics, Inc. BHE | Aerospace | $2.54B | 0.1% | +5.55% |
| 70 | Ducommun Incorporated DCO | Aerospace | $2.49B | 0.1% | +0.78% |
| 71 | V2X, Inc. VVX | Government-services | $2.42B | 0.1% | +0.46% |
| 72 | Redwire Corporation RDW | Space | $2.22B | 0.1% | +6.72% |
| 73 | Montana Aerospace AG AERO | Aerospace | $2.13B | 0.1% | +3.99% |
| 74 | MTU Aero Engines AG MTX | Aerospace | $1.95B | 0.1% | +0.30% |
| 75 | Olin Corporation OLN | Defense-tech | $1.89B | 0.1% | +2.41% |
| 76 | Intuitive Machines, Inc. LUNR | Space | $1.87B | 0.1% | +9.68% |
| 77 | Albany International Corp. AIN | Aerospace | $1.78B | 0.1% | -0.71% |
| 78 | Voyager Technologies, Inc. VOYG | Space | $1.69B | 0.1% | +12.24% |
| 79 | Cadre Holdings, Inc. CDRE | Government-services | $1.31B | 0.0% | +0.03% |
| 80 | BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. BBAI | Defense-tech | $1.13B | 0.0% | +10.33% |
| 81 | Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited EOS | Defense-tech | $1.11B | 0.0% | +1.22% |
| 82 | National Presto Industries, Inc. NPK | Aerospace | $1.07B | 0.0% | -0.87% |
| 83 | Unusual Machines, Inc. UMAC | Defense-tech | $892.72M | 0.0% | +7.65% |
| 84 | Graham Corporation GHM | Government-services | $833.56M | 0.0% | +4.03% |
| 85 | Frequency Electronics, Inc. FEIM | Defense-tech | $797.25M | 0.0% | +5.11% |
| 86 | BlackSky Technology Inc. BKSY | Space | $783.71M | 0.0% | +7.40% |
| 87 | Red Cat Holdings, Inc. RCAT | Defense-tech | $743.72M | 0.0% | +10.93% |
| 88 | Rackspace Technology, Inc. RXT | Other | $731.49M | 0.0% | +4.36% |
| 89 | Telesat Corporation TSAT | Space | $714.09M | 0.0% | +4.99% |
| 90 | Kopin Corporation KOPN | Defense-tech | $679.13M | 0.0% | +8.67% |
| 91 | Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. GILT | Space | $610.07M | 0.0% | +2.82% |
| 92 | Satellogic Inc. SATL | Space | $607.27M | 0.0% | +6.75% |
| 93 | LightPath Technologies, Inc. LPTH | Defense-tech | $586.2M | 0.0% | +12.18% |
| 94 | Park Aerospace Corp. PKE | Aerospace | $585.59M | 0.0% | +0.68% |
| 95 | FMS Enterprises Migun Ltd FBRT | Defense-tech | $532.32M | 0.0% | +1.75% |
| 96 | AAC Clyde Space AB (publ) AAC | Defense-tech | $491.72M | 0.0% | — |
| 97 | Telos Corporation TLS | Defense-tech | $417.03M | 0.0% | +6.90% |
| 98 | Spire Global, Inc. SPIR | Space | $373.94M | 0.0% | +4.60% |
| 99 | Indra Sistemas, S.A. IDR | Primes | $326.65M | 0.0% | +8.06% |
| 100 | Orbital Corporation Limited OEC | Defense-tech | $305.79M | 0.0% | +1.12% |
| 101 | Aviat Networks, Inc. AVNW | Defense-tech | $263.09M | 0.0% | +4.02% |
| 102 | Fincantieri S.p.A. FCT | Primes | $251.26M | 0.0% | — |
| 103 | Palladyne AI Corp. PDYN | Defense-tech | $201.3M | 0.0% | +6.00% |
| 104 | Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. ESP | Defense-tech | $165.87M | 0.0% | +2.88% |
| 105 | Draganfly Inc. DPRO | Defense-tech | $145.61M | 0.0% | +5.68% |
| 106 | KVH Industries, Inc. KVHI | Defense-tech | $135.51M | 0.0% | +6.11% |
| 107 | Coda Octopus Group, Inc. CODA | Defense-tech | $106.85M | 0.0% | +1.07% |
| 108 | Bharat Dynamics Limited BDL | Defense-tech | $94.64M | 0.0% | +0.20% |
| 109 | Safe Pro Group Inc. SPAI | Defense-tech | $66.99M | 0.0% | +2.17% |
| 110 | Optex Systems Holdings, Inc OPXS | Defense-tech | $65.56M | 0.0% | -0.63% |
| 111 | Mobilicom Limited MOB | Defense-tech | $42.33M | 0.0% | +2.33% |
| 112 | Comtech Telecommunications Corp. CMTL | Defense-tech | $40.69M | 0.0% | +6.30% |
| 113 | ParaZero Technologies Ltd. PRZO | Defense-tech | $14.64M | 0.0% | +2.45% |
| 114 | Maris-Tech Ltd. MTEK | Defense-tech | $4.26M | 0.0% | -6.26% |
| 115 | Babcock International Group PLC BAB | Primes | 0.0% | -0.12% | |
| 116 | Cicor Technologies Ltd. CICN | Defense-tech | 0.0% | — | |
| 117 | Filtronic plc FTC | Defense-tech | 0.0% | +1.42% | |
| 118 | Firan Technology Group Corporation FTG | Aerospace | 0.0% | +1.36% | |
| 119 | Kontron AG KTN | Defense-tech | 0.0% | -0.12% | |
| 120 | Rheinmetall AG RHM | Primes | 0.0% | — | |
| 121 | Safran SA SAF | Primes | 0.0% | — | |
| 122 | SES S.A. SESG | Space | 0.0% | — | |
| 123 | Smiths Group plc SMIN | Primes | 0.0% | +1.78% | |
| 124 | Titomic Limited TTT | Defense-tech | 0.0% | +0.33% |
The DPW Defence Stock Index is a market-cap-weighted aggregate computed from live quotes each cycle. It is an informational measure of the covered universe, not a tradeable or investable product, and quotes may be delayed. Nothing here is investment advice.