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RTX has emerged as the clear frontrunner among major aerospace and defense stocks in 2026, outpacing both peers and the broader sector benchmark by a meaningful margin. RTX stock is up 14% year to date, trading at $208.84, leading the trio as the calendar moves through the year’s later months. GE Aerospace has kept pace…

Despite President Trump signing a memo directing federal agencies to target at least 1,000 launches and re-entries annually by 2030, space stocks fell sharply in early Monday trading. SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) dropped 3% to $133.48, extending a slide that has caught bulls off guard after counting on federal launch policy to lift the sector. Rocket…

Insider selling activity at three major pure-play quantum computing companies has raised serious concerns among market watchers and retail investors alike. IonQ (IONQ), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), and D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) have collectively recorded nearly $863 million in net insider sales over the trailing three-year period. That staggering figure has drawn attention on Wall Street, where…

RTX (NYSE: RTX) subsidiary Collins Aerospace has successfully completed altitude testing of its Enhanced Power and Cooling System, known as EPACS, a next-generation power and thermal management platform. The system is designed to deliver significantly increased cooling capacity to meet the evolving demands of advanced mission systems aboard the F-35 fighter jet and future aircraft….

A turbulent trading week ending August 21 delivered historic moves across stocks, bonds, crypto, and biotech sectors simultaneously. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made a rare and dramatic intervention Wednesday after the 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.27%, a 19-year high. The surge in long-end yields was driven by concerns over the $40 trillion national debt, a…

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) is drawing investor attention after an executive filed a Form 4 disclosing a disposition of 23,850 shares of common stock. The transaction involved Sophie C. Ames, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, whose shares were withheld by the company to cover tax obligations. The share withholding was triggered…

SpaceX completed its 100th launch of 2026 on August 18, sending 24 Starlink satellites into orbit from Vandenberg SFB aboard a Falcon 9. The milestone pushed the constellation past 11,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, a figure that includes non-operational, failed, and deorbit-queued spacecraft. The Pentagon responded by cutting five separate $12 million contracts under…

Rocket Lab successfully launched an Earth-imaging satellite for Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, marking the company’s 14th launch of 2026. The mission, dubbed “Lightning God Defends,” represented the 93rd overall flight of Rocket Lab’s Electron orbital rocket, launched from New Zealand. The payload, a QPS-SAR satellite, was deployed into low-Earth orbit, completing Rocket…

Quantum computing pure plays are posting sharp single-session gains Friday, driven by sector rotation rather than any company-specific announcement or filing. Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ) is leading the group higher, rising 10% to $13.82 in midday trading, continuing a shorter-term recovery in a stock still below its February listing price of $15.59. Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ: RGTI)…

After surging through the first half of 2026, memory and storage stocks are struggling to reclaim their highs as AI trade concerns overshadow otherwise strong fundamentals. Sandisk Corp. (SNDK), Micron Technology Inc. (MU), Western Digital Corp. (WDC), and Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (STX) remain among the top performers in the S&P 500 this year, but…