What are the top stocks in the Missile Defense / Golden Dome theme?

QuantAbundance's Missile Defense / Golden Dome theme tracks 4 stocks ranked editorially: LMT, NOC, LHX, RTX.

Do Missile Defense / Golden Dome stocks move together?

The Missile Defense / Golden Dome theme has a 252-day average correlation of 0.69 across its members - strong co-movement. Editorial themes are narrative groupings, not capital-flow validated; tradability follows correlation, not the story.

Theme

Missile Defense / Golden Dome

Primes building the next-gen US missile defense and Golden Dome architecture.

0.685avg corr (252d)

4stocks

Strong co-movement

Stocks · key Fib levels

#1
LMTLockheed Martin Corporation
$567.08last
- fib
anchored by US Department of Defense · US Air Force · US Navy · NASA · UK Ministry of Defence · Japan MoD · Poland MoD · Saudi Arabia (FMS)
- 2026 Q1: Pentagon Lot 18-19 F-35 modification, ~$11.8B; 145 jets across US + FMS partners
- 2026 Feb: Poland PAC-3 MSE follow-on, ~$1.2B (Ukraine-adjacent restock)
- 2025 Dec: NGI (Next-Gen Interceptor) down-select win vs $RTX, ~$17B life-cycle ceiling through 2030s
- 2025 Q3: Japan FMS - 105 F-35A + 42 F-35B awarded across multi-year LRIP envelope
- 2025: HIMARS multi-year contract, ~$4.5B - Ukraine, Estonia, Australia, Poland deliveries
- 2024: Orion crew vehicle Artemis IV-VI production contract, ~$4.6B through 2030
- Ongoing: GPS III + GPS IIIF - 10 SV constellation, sustainment through 2040s
#2
NOCNorthrop Grumman Corporation
$525.01last
- fib
anchored by US Air Force · US Space Force · Missile Defense Agency · US Navy · NASA · Allied FMS (UK, Australia, Japan, Poland)
- 2024-09: $7.0B Sentinel restructure award (USAF) - program continues post-Nunn-McCurdy review
- 2024-12: $1.6B EAC charge on B-21 LRIP disclosed; production continues
- 2025-03: NGI (Next-Gen Interceptor) downselect win vs Lockheed - $3.3B initial development award (MDA)
- 2025-Q2: Starshield bus orders disclosed (undisclosed prime customer, gov constellation)
- 2025-09: B-21 first production-representative airframe delivered to Edwards AFB for flight test
- 2026-02: DoD FY26 PB requests +$3.2B for Sentinel, +$1.1B for B-21 procurement ramp
#3
LHXL3Harris Technologies, Inc.
$259.89last
- fib
anchored by US Department of Defense · US Space Force · NASA · US Army · Lockheed Martin · Raytheon (RTX) · Northrop Grumman · UK Ministry of Defence · Australian Department of Defence
- 2024-Q3: $919M USAF F-16 EW suite (Viper Shield) - international FMS backlog
- 2024: SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer - 18 missile-warning satellites, ~$919M
- 2023-2024: Aerojet Rocketdyne - $4.7B acquisition closed Jul-2023, GMLRS/PAC-3/SM-6 SRM sole-source
- 2024-Q2: US Army HMS Manpack - $987M IDIQ ceiling, Falcon IV tactical radios
- 2024: NASA Artemis - Orion crew module avionics + Lunar Gateway HALO subsystems
- 2023: USSF Resilient GPS - competitive prime selection vs $LMT, $NOC
- 2024-Q4: AUKUS undersea - Australian sovereign radio production line announced
#4
RTXRTX Corporation
$189.53last
- fib
anchored by US Department of Defense · Boeing · Airbus · Lockheed Martin · Foreign Military Sales (Germany, Poland, Saudi, Japan)
- 2026 Q1: $5.2B Patriot multi-year contract for US Army + 4 allied nations (Germany, Romania, Netherlands, Poland)
- 2025 Q4: $1.3B SM-3 Block IIA production lot, Missile Defense Agency
- 2025 Q4: $3.4B F135 sustainment award for $LMT F-35 fleet (P&W)
- 2025 Q3: $1.15B AIM-120 AMRAAM multi-year, US Air Force + FMS
- 2025 Q2: $2.0B LTAMDS (next-gen Patriot radar) Lot 2 production
- 2025 Q1: GTF powder-metal fleet management plan finalized - ~$6-7B aggregate charge, AOG peak ~350 aircraft
- 2024 Q4: $1.2B NASAMS expansion for Ukraine + European allies (Kongsberg JV)

Co-movement matrix (252d)

	LHX	LMT	NOC	RTX
LHX	·	0.65	0.69	0.66
LMT	0.65	·	0.72	0.67
NOC	0.69	0.72	·	0.71
RTX	0.66	0.67	0.71	·

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Frequently asked questions

What are the top stocks in the Missile Defense / Golden Dome theme?: QuantAbundance's Missile Defense / Golden Dome theme tracks 4 stocks ranked editorially: LMT, NOC, LHX, RTX.
Do Missile Defense / Golden Dome stocks move together?: The Missile Defense / Golden Dome theme has a 252-day average correlation of 0.69 across its members - strong co-movement. Editorial themes are narrative groupings, not capital-flow validated; tradability follows correlation, not the story.