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The Apex Defender: Why Strategic M&A and Autonomous Tech are Driving a $2.7T Valuation

Newswire.ca - Mon Jan 26, 9:40AM CST

Issued on behalf of VisionWave Holdings, Inc.

VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 26, 2026 /CNW/ -- USA News Group News Commentary – Global defense expenditure reached an unprecedented $2.718 trillion in 2024, marking the steepest year-over-year rise since the Cold War as NATO members alone deployed $1.506 trillion to accelerate structural consolidation across autonomous weapons platforms and aerospace aftermarket networks[1]. The artificial intelligence defense market is projected to expand to $22.75 billion by 2029, driven by developments in autonomous weapon systems and high-velocity decision logic that collapse threat evaluation timelines from minutes into microseconds[2]. This convergence positions VisionWave Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: VWAV), Boeing (NYSE: BA), TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG), Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), and BAE Systems (OTCPK: BAESY) as specialized engineering nodes across the defense modernization supercycle.

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