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Defense Industry News 15 December 2025 - 21 December 2025

Ondas Holdings (ONDS) Stock: Dec. 20 Weekend Roundup of New Defense Catalysts, Analyst Targets, and What Comes Next

Ondas Holdings (ONDS) Stock: Dec. 20 Weekend Roundup of New Defense Catalysts, Analyst Targets, and What Comes Next

Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS) is ending the week in the spotlight after a sharp rally that pushed the stock to a $9.22 close on Friday, Dec. 19, up 18.21% in a single session on heavy volume. The move caps off a volatile stretch in which Ondas has been issuing a fast cadence of defense-and-autonomy updates—while also filing capital-structure disclosures investors are now weighing into year-end positioning. StockAnalysis+1 Over the weekend (Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025), fresh “what’s next” coverage landed across Wall Street trackers: MarketBeat published updated analyst consensus and a notable rating change, while Nasdaq/Validea circulated a quantitative momentum
21 December 2025
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KBR Stock Today (Dec. 19, 2025): Truist Cuts Price Target After Lake Charles LNG Halt, While Navy Contract Wins and 2026 Spin-Off Plans Stay in Focus (NYSE: KBR)

KBR Stock Today (Dec. 19, 2025): Truist Cuts Price Target After Lake Charles LNG Halt, While Navy Contract Wins and 2026 Spin-Off Plans Stay in Focus (NYSE: KBR)

KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) stock is under pressure on Friday, December 19, 2025, as investors weigh a fresh analyst price-target cut tied to U.S. LNG project uncertainty—while also digesting a string of new contract announcements across defense, sustainability, and infrastructure that underscore how wide KBR’s opportunity set has become. Investing.com+2Reuters+2 As of 18:20 UTC on Dec. 19, KBR shares were trading around $40.89, down roughly 4.46% on the day, after touching an intraday low of $40.30 (high $42.37). Why KBR Stock Is Down Today: Truist Reacts to Lake Charles LNG Suspension The immediate catalyst driving today’s KBR stock move is
19 December 2025
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Planet Labs PBC Stock (NYSE: PL) News Today, Dec. 19, 2025: PL Surges as Earnings Momentum, Backlog Growth, and Defense Deals Drive Fresh Forecasts

Planet Labs PBC Stock (NYSE: PL) News Today, Dec. 19, 2025: PL Surges as Earnings Momentum, Backlog Growth, and Defense Deals Drive Fresh Forecasts

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) is ending the week back in the spotlight. In Friday trading (Dec. 19, 2025), PL stock surged to around $19.39, up roughly 11% on the day, after opening near $18.02 and reaching an intraday high around $19.44. The move caps a headline-heavy stretch for the Earth-observation company—where “space stock” hype has been increasingly replaced by something more concrete: rising revenue, a sharply higher outlook, major government and defense wins, and visible progress on next‑gen satellite capacity. Below is a detailed roundup of the latest Planet Labs stock news, analyst forecasts, and key catalysts investors are
19 December 2025
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RTX Stock After Hours: RTX (NYSE: RTX) ticks up after Pentagon Patriot radar contract and defense bill signing — What to know before the Dec. 19, 2025 market open

RTX Stock After Hours: RTX (NYSE: RTX) ticks up after Pentagon Patriot radar contract and defense bill signing — What to know before the Dec. 19, 2025 market open

RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX) finished Thursday’s regular session higher and was modestly firmer in after-hours trading, as investors digested fresh Pentagon contract activity and a major Washington policy catalyst for defense spending heading into Friday’s open. As of 6:54 p.m. ET on Dec. 18, 2025, RTX stock was indicated around $179.00 in after-hours trading, up about 0.40% from the $178.29 close (delayed quote). MarketWatch RTX stock price action after the bell (Dec. 18, 2025) RTX shares closed at $178.29, up 0.62% on the day, after trading between $178.09 (low) and $180.50 (high). Trading volume was about 4.09 million shares. StockAnalysis
19 December 2025
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US Space and Defense Stocks Today: Midday Market Movers, Taiwan Arms Package, Rocket Lab’s Space Force Launch, and the White House NDAA Timeline (Dec. 18, 2025)

US Space and Defense Stocks Today: Midday Market Movers, Taiwan Arms Package, Rocket Lab’s Space Force Launch, and the White House NDAA Timeline (Dec. 18, 2025)

NEW YORK — Dec. 18, 2025 (around 12:00 p.m. ET): U.S.-listed space and defense stocks are attracting outsized attention at midday as investors balance three forces moving the sector at once: a broader equity rebound on softer inflation, major Washington policy headlines that could reshape contractor cash returns, and fresh national-security catalysts spanning Taiwan and rapid-response space launches. The result is a tale of two baskets: diversified aerospace-and-defense funds are broadly higher, many defense-tech and space names are outperforming, while a few mega-prime contractors are mixed as the market prices in new political and execution risk. Reuters Midday snapshot: aerospace-and-defense ETFs beat the market By
18 December 2025
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Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Stock News Today (Dec. 18, 2025): Why Shares Fell, New Navy ShipOS Deal, and 2026 Forecasts

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Stock News Today (Dec. 18, 2025): Why Shares Fell, New Navy ShipOS Deal, and 2026 Forecasts

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: PLTR) is having one of those very “Palantir” trading sessions: big headlines, bigger opinions, and a stock move that reminds everyone this name doesn’t do boring. As of 13:14 UTC on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, PLTR traded at $177.29, down $10.48 (-5.58%) on the day. The drop lands after a powerful run in 2025. Investor’s Business Daily recently noted Palantir is still up more than 137% year-to-date despite the latest pullback. Investors MarketWatch data also shows just how wide the battlefield has been: a 52-week range of $63.40 to $207.52, underscoring the stock’s tendency to swing
18 December 2025
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Lockheed Martin (LMT) Stock: Dec. 17, 2025 News, Forecasts and Analysis as NDAA Advances and Buyback Curbs Loom

Lockheed Martin (LMT) Stock: Dec. 17, 2025 News, Forecasts and Analysis as NDAA Advances and Buyback Curbs Loom

Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) stock traded lower on Wednesday, December 17, as investors weighed a rare mix of “big-picture” Washington headlines and company-specific program momentum. In late trading (as of 20:07 UTC), Lockheed Martin shares were at $472.91, down $4.15 (-0.87%) on the day after swinging between $462.66 and $476.89. While defense primes often move on contract wins and quarterly numbers, today’s tone was set by three catalysts: a fresh Wall Street downgrade, reports that the White House may try to rein in shareholder payouts at major contractors, and Congress moving a massive defense policy bill toward the President’s
17 December 2025
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Rheinmetall Stock Price Today (16 December 2025): RHM Shares Slide on Ukraine Peace-Talk Momentum, While Analysts Keep High Targets

Rheinmetall Stock Price Today (16 December 2025): RHM Shares Slide on Ukraine Peace-Talk Momentum, While Analysts Keep High Targets

Frankfurt, Dec. 16, 2025 — Rheinmetall shares are under pressure today as investors react to fresh optimism around Ukraine peace talks, a headline theme that has weighed on European defence stocks across the board. Even with multiple positive corporate developments in the background—including progress on a major German tank project and a new counter-drone showcase in Finland—the market’s focus on geopolitics is dominating price action in the short term. Reuters+2finanzen.net+2 Rheinmetall stock price today: the latest level and what it means Rheinmetall (traded in Germany under RHM / RHMG.DE) was trading around €1,500 per share on Tuesday, down roughly 4–5% versus the prior close, putting the company
16 December 2025
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DroneShield (ASX:DRO) Soars on A$50m European Deal – What Today’s News Means for the Stock

DroneShield (ASX:DRO) Soars on A$50m European Deal – What Today’s News Means for the Stock

SYDNEY – 16 December 2025 – DroneShield Limited (ASX: DRO, OTC: DRSHF), the Australian counter‑drone and electronic warfare company, is back in the spotlight after announcing a major A$49.6 million European military contract and a fresh €2.8 million Belgian order. Together, these deals have ignited a sharp rebound in the DroneShield share price and reignited the debate over whether the defence tech darling is now a buy, a hold, or still too risky. DroneShield share price today: sharp rebound after brutal November After closing at around A$2.30 on Monday, 15 December, DroneShield shares jumped strongly in Tuesday trade. By late
16 December 2025
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Ondas Holdings (ONDS) Stock Drops on Dec. 15, 2025 as Traders Digest Debt Exchange Plan, Defense Deals, and Fresh Analyst Targets

Ondas Holdings (ONDS) Stock Drops on Dec. 15, 2025 as Traders Digest Debt Exchange Plan, Defense Deals, and Fresh Analyst Targets

Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS) is having one of those “welcome to modern defense tech equities” days: big volume, big swings, and a news flow that mixes contract wins with capital-structure housekeeping. As of Monday, December 15, 2025, ONDS traded around $7.72, down roughly 11.8% from the prior close, after ranging from about $7.57 to $8.91 on more than 71 million shares in intraday volume. That pullback follows an already volatile stretch—Ondas’ investor-relations quote page showed the stock at $8.75 with ~89 million shares traded on December 12. Ondas Holdings Inc. So what’s driving the turbulence into mid-December? The short
15 December 2025
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Rheinmetall Aktie Today (15 December 2025): Share Price Slides on Berlin Peace Talks, Despite Tank Megaproject Approval and Bullish Analyst Targets

Rheinmetall Aktie Today (15 December 2025): Share Price Slides on Berlin Peace Talks, Despite Tank Megaproject Approval and Bullish Analyst Targets

Rheinmetall Aktie (Rheinmetall AG shares) traded lower on Monday, 15 December 2025, as markets digested fresh developments around high-level Ukraine talks in Berlin—headlines that have recently been enough to move Europe’s defence stocks even when company fundamentals remain strong. By late morning/early afternoon trading, Rheinmetall shares were down roughly 2–3%, with Reuters reporting a 2.8% drop as defence names broadly slipped. Reuters The pullback came despite a notable piece of supportive news for Rheinmetall’s longer-term land-systems pipeline: Germany’s competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, has approved an expansion of a Rheinmetall-KNDS joint venture framework to support a future Bundeswehr main battle tank project—an “interim solution” designed to bridge capability needs
15 December 2025
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Palantir Stock Today (Dec. 15, 2025): DGSI Renewal Adds to Defense Momentum as PLTR Valuation Debate Heats Up

Palantir Stock Today (Dec. 15, 2025): DGSI Renewal Adds to Defense Momentum as PLTR Valuation Debate Heats Up

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) opened the new week in a familiar place: in the headlines, and in the middle of a valuation argument that refuses to die. In early Monday trading, Palantir stock hovered around $183.57, down about 2.1% from the prior close. The move comes as investors continue to reassess richly valued “AI trade” favorites after last week’s turbulence across tech and semiconductors. Reuters+2Investopedia+2 At the same time, Palantir delivered a fresh catalyst: a new multi-year contract renewal in Europe, announced December 15, 2025, reinforcing the company’s position as a major government AI/data platform supplier. Below is what’s
15 December 2025
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GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

GSK share price set for Monday watch after EU clears Nucala COPD use

7 February 2026
GSK shares closed Friday up 0.83% at a 52-week high after the EU approved Nucala for certain uncontrolled COPD patients. Insider filings showed chairman Jonathan Symonds bought 2,500 shares while executive David Redfern sold 100,000. The FTSE 100 rose 0.6%. Broker ratings on GSK remained mixed.
Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

Aye Finance IPO: Rs 454-crore anchor haul follows valuation cut below last round

7 February 2026
Aye Finance raised Rs 454.5 crore from 19 anchor investors ahead of its Feb 9 IPO, pricing shares at the top of a Rs 122–129 range. The company’s profit fell 40% to Rs 64.3 crore in the six months to September as bad loans rose to 4.85%. The IPO values Aye at about Rs 3,200 crore, below its last private round. Major investors include Nippon Life India and Goldman Sachs funds.
BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

BAT share price closes near 52-week high as buyback rolls on ahead of results week

7 February 2026
British American Tobacco shares closed up 1.2% at 4,609 pence Friday, near a 52-week high. The company disclosed further share buybacks and management share purchases ahead of its Feb. 12 full-year results. BAT bought 121,668 shares for cancellation on Feb. 5. Investors await updates on nicotine alternatives and cash returns.
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