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Defense contractor announced planned closing of Sikorsky plant near Philadelphia earlier this month.

The White House has urged NATO countries to increase defense spending. Aerospace defense giant Lockheed Martin shares are a low-risk way for investors to get ready to rumble.

Raytheon and United Technologies have announced an all-stock merger to form an aerospace and defense giant that will be known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation and expected to have $74 billion in pro forma 2019 sales.

A combined United Technologies and Raytheon would form the world's second-largest aerospace-and-defense company by sales after Boeing.

Amid probes by SEC and FAA, 737 MAX planes' return to service likely delayed, reports say.

Some traders have speculated that China might liquidate its $1.1 trillion of U.S. Treasury bonds as a way of striking back against President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from the country. But such a scenario might hide the real urgency: The Chinese government might need the cash, according to the wealth manager deVere Group.

Arconic's board approves another $500 million to its existing $1 billion share-buyback plan.

Shares of supercomputer maker Cray surge on reports that Hewlett Packard Enterprise is in advanced talks to acquire the company.

Boeing says it has finished updating software for its troubled 737 MAX.

Congress is concerned about the profits the company is making on some of its government-purchased products.