Defense & Aerospace: Production Scale-Up

a16z's American Dynamism 50 argues defense is moving from prototypes to full-rate production, so investor focus shifts to backlog, factories and prime-contractor supply chains. The basket holds the companies that build military and aerospace hardware. Several of the names have sold off hard, so the theme is also a rebound candidate. Catalysts: - 2026-10-29 a16z American Dynamism 50: production is deterrence (https://a16z.com/american-dynamism-50-2026/) Launch basket (equal weight): BA, GE, RTX, LMT, NOC, GD, HWM, KTOS Rules: 1. No inverse, leveraged or volatility ETFs. 2. Only names tradable at the enrolled brokers (Moomoo): no OTC listings, no dead tickers, nothing on the refused list.