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Mach 2 and Beyond: Aerospace Enters Its Biggest Spending Cycle

Newswire.ca - Fri Feb 27, 10:24AM CST

Issued on behalf of Starfighters Space

VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 27, 2026 /CNW/ -- Equity Insider News Commentary -- Congress approved $839 billion in Pentagon funding for fiscal 2026, $8 billion more than the Department of Defense requested, with billions earmarked for space, missile defense, and advanced aerospace systems[1]. The Pentagon's $152 billion reconciliation spending plan allocates $2.2 billion specifically to accelerate hypersonic defense systems and $5.6 billion for space-based interceptors[2]. Companies positioned across aerospace testing, defense technology, and space infrastructure include Starfighters Space (NYSE-A: FJET), Kratos Defense (NASDAQ: KTOS), V2X (NYSE: VVX), Redwire (NYSE: RDW), and Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR).

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