U.S. President Donald Trump wants to raise the pay for troops, more high-tech missiles, and drones in next year’s defense budget, while also cutting jobs at the Navy as well as buying fewer ships and fighter jets, Mike Stone of Reuters reports, citing budget materials. The defense and national security budget request, set to be $892.6B, is flat compared to this year Publicly traded defense companies in the space include BAE Systems (BAESY), Boeing (BA), GE Aerospace (GE), General Dynamics (GD), HII (HII), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC) and RTX (RTX). Publicly traded drone companies in the space include Amazon (AMZN), EHang (EH), Kratos (KTOS), and AeroVironment (AVAV).
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