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KTOS, HEI, CW and AVAV are poised to beat earnings estimates as rising defense spending, growing backlogs and advanced military technologies drive demand. Discover the growth drivers and challenges shaping their upcoming results.

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The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +1.56% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +2.28%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.41%.  December E-mini S&P futures (ESZ26 ) are up +1.73%, and December E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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Here are four defense stocks that are expected to post an earnings beat this reporting cycle. 

4 Defense Stocks Poised to Beat Expectations This Earnings Season 

AVAV partners with NIOA Australia to explore local production, co-production and sustainment of one-way attack systems, potentially expanding its regional defense footprint.

AeroVironment Expands Australian Defense Manufacturing Through NIOA

AeroVironment, Inc., a defense technology provider, designs, develops, produces, delivers, and supports a portfolio of robotic systems and related services for government agencies and businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Autonomous Systems; and Space, Cyber and Directed Energy. The company provides uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), which include small and medium UAS, and kinesis command and control software; and counter-UAS and precision strike, a loitering munitions solution that deliver actionable intelligence and precision firepower modern warfighters, including precision strike, radio frequency and kinetic C-UAS, and electronic warfare systems. It also offers autonomy, AI, and platform technologies; unmanned maritime; and uncrewed ground systems. The company provides digital beamforming technology, a multi-band/beam software defined antenna tile that allows simultaneous communication with multiple satellites; laser communications, a data transmission systems for space operations; space-qualified hardware for line of sight stabilization and control electronics in low, medium, and geostationary earth orbit, as well as cislunar orbits; phased array antenna technology to supports hypersonic telemetry and tracking, and other missile testing; and directed energy solution. It also offers cyber solutions for national security and defense operations. AeroVironment, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

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