"It is going to be very interesting to determine how they measure whether a company is performing," Stan Soloway said.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth now has leverage over defense contractors' financial decisions, from executive comp to shareholder payouts.

Quick Read Themes Transatlantic Defense ETF (NATO) surged 65% over the past year. RTX, GE Aerospace and Boeing comprise ...

On 7 January 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) aimed at limiting and preventing certain large defense contractors from conducting stock buybacks, issuing dividends, and ...

Congress and federal agencies are actively reexamining the bid protest process at the Department of Defense where billions of dollars in procurements are at stake.

Philip Flores received a four-year prison sentence for bribing a naval employee to gain unfair advantages in military ...

On January 7, the White House issued an executive order titled “Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting,” directing changes to how major defense contractors are overseen, with the stated ...

A civil rights organization said it received calls from multiple defense contractors perplexed by a religious invitation to ...

The former owner, CEO and president of a defense contracting company who pleaded guilty to bribing a San Diego-based Navy ...

We did the math. Here's how much money Greater Washington's defense contractor CEOs stand to lose under a new pay cap threatened by President Donald Trump.

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 ...