If Trump follows through on his dividend ban threat, two (or three) defense stocks could be at particular risk.

President Donald Trump has put defense investors on notice, signaling that the era of easy cash returns from Pentagon ...

Witness Plexico’s thought leadership live when he moderates a panel at the 2026 GovCon Executive Leadership Summit on Feb. 26 ...

President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that defense companies need to invest more in plants and equipment and stop giving dividends to shareholders.

Though Lockheed Martin is the primary contractor for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet, nearly every major US defense firm ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on January 7, 2026 that imposes obligations on US defense industrial base government contractors, including immediately prohibiting any “major defense ...

Shares of defense contractors fell after President Trump said he would bar them from issuing dividends and stock buybacks, citing overly high executive pay packages and unsatisfactory maintenance and ...

On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order outlining new rules for defense contractors that would ban stock buybacks and ...

Northrop Grumman, whose B-2 stealth bomber is shown, saw its shares dive and then soar following successive Donald Trump messages. U.S. defense stocks are surging in Thursday's premarket action after ...

Trump issued an ultimatum to Raytheon, calling it the ‘least responsive’ defense contractor when it comes to fulfilling the Department of War’s needs. “If Raytheon wants further business with the ...

The stake in a new spinoff from defense contractor L3Harris is the first step to injecting some competition into the industry ...

Federal prosecutors say a Pentagon contractor has been indicted on charges that he illegally handled classified national ...