KTOS

1 deep-dive · 3 policy notes

What has moved KTOS

3 dated calls from the policy coverage · 1 positive · 0 negative · 2 watch

Positive2026-10-07
Autonomous underwater vessels are in the stated scope of the yard; uncrewed systems budgets already running hot
Policy Pulse - Trump / US Watch - 07 Oct 2026
Watch2026-10-05
The defence cluster stays the most consistently traded presidential sector. No new defence purchase was disclosed in this cycle, but the defence tilt remains the portfolio's least ambiguous directional bias
Policy Pulse - Trump / US Watch - 05 Oct 2026
Watch2026-10-01
Project Meridian's composition — an autonomy-first panel co-led by the founder of an unlisted defence autonomy company — points the same direction as the drone and collaborative-combat-aircraft programmes. PLTR is the closest listed pure-play on AI-enabled defence software; the drone names are the platform proxies. These mappings are inferences from the panel's composition and the CCA pipeline, not from any named contract
Policy Pulse - Trump / US Watch - 01 Oct 2026

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GOOGL:AAPL:NVDA:AVGO:PLTR:LMT:GD:KTOS:GE:HON:TDG:BA:HWM:LHX:XOM:CVX:OXY:DAL:UAL:AAL:WMT:TGT:COST:AMZN:HD:LOW:FIVE:TSLA:STLA:GM:F:MP:AA:CLF2026-07-21

Policy Pulse — Trump/US Watch — 21 Jul 2026

Trump's portfolio beats S&P (37.3% vs 23.5%); Canada slapped with 50% Section 338 tariffs on autos/booze/dairy; Defense Supply Chain EO cuts China waivers. Section 122 expiry in 3 days. Impact: 🟢 BUY GOOGL, AAPL, NVDA, PLTR, XOM, WMT, TGT, MP | 🔴 SELL DAL, UAL, STLA

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Policy Pulse - Trump / US Watch - 07 Oct 2026

Trump unveiled Anduril's USD 3.7 billion Arsenal-2 submarine shipyard at Sparrows Point with a Navy contract of up to USD 2.9 billion and announced a 40 percent US government stake in the operating subsidiary, a 15 percent lift to Virginia-class production capacity that is positive for NUE and STLD on naval steel while leaving incumbents GD and HII two-sided as a new component competitor enters. The August trade deficit widened to USD 105.6 billion, the widest since Liberation Day, on record imports led by semiconductors and nonmonetary gold, positive for NVDA, AMD and NEM. The IRS issued a staking safe harbour, positive for COIN and HOOD.

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Policy Pulse - Trump / US Watch - 01 Oct 2026

Trump Media filed the S-4 for its all-stock merger with TAE Technologies, turning DJT into one of the first publicly listed commercial fusion developers. The White House Super Intelligence order added no compliance burden on NVDA, AVGO and MSFT, while the Senate killed the Stop Insider Trading Act 53-47 and the July disclosure showed pure buys in SO and PSA. Boeing took a $20bn-plus Navy F/A-XX award against NOC, and Micron's blowout quarter lifted Nasdaq futures as Brent went back above $100.

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Policy Pulse - Trump/US - 03 Sep 2026

Section 232 drone tariffs (up to 100%) take effect Sep 3 - BUY RCAT, AVAV, KTOS. Brent tops USD 97 intraday USD 99; Fed hike odds slide to 54%. SELL DAL, UAL.

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