Smaller Companies Step Up In Global Defense Cycle

A new global defense investment cycle is extending beyond the largest primary defense contractors to include nimbler high-tech defense businesses, and Europe is emerging as a key driver of rising. Defense priorities are shifting from legacy platforms toward faster, more autonomous and more software-enabled unmanned systems, defense electronics and aerospace capabilities. We believe compelling opportunities exist in smaller, specialized companies that form crucial links in the defense supply chain, can create new platforms faster and offer more diversified exposure to defense.