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Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia

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Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia Global Times

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • LMT Lockheed Martin

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • RTX RTX

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • NOC Northrop Grumman

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • GD General Dynamics

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense

    A fund of aerospace and defense companies

  • BA Boeing

    Defense and aerospace orders move with conflict spending

  • LHX L3Harris

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • HII Huntington Ingalls

    Shipyards benefit when naval spending rises

  • XAR SPDR SERIES TRUST

    Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia.

  • AADX APPLIED AEROSPACE & DEFENSE IN

    GA selected AADX as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: aerospace, defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia Global Times

Source: Global Times

How far IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) has moved since 21 Sep 2026

Since the first closing price after “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is -3.02%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.88% over the same days, a -2.13% difference versus the market. industrial stocks (XLI) is -2.10%, a -0.92% difference versus that group of stocks.

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Filings that name IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) around 21 Sep 2026

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Companies in defense around IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

Companies carried with this story

  • ITA IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

    IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 21 Sep 2026 story “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

  • XAR Spdr Series Trust

    Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 21 Sep 2026 story “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

  • AADX Applied Aerospace & Defense

    For “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia,” Applied Aerospace & Defense (AADX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AADX as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: aerospace, defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • CDP Copt Defense Properties

    For “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia,” Copt Defense Properties (CDP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CDP as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • FLY Firefly Aerospace

    Firefly Aerospace (FLY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 21 Sep 2026 story “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia.” Reason on file: GA selected FLY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: aerospace. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • GE General Electric

    For “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia,” General Electric (GE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected GE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: aerospace. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • HWM Howmet Aerospace

    In “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia,” Howmet Aerospace (HWM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected HWM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: aerospace. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 21 Sep 2026 story “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia.” Reason on file: GA selected KTOS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How defense news reaches IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is the company in “Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia,” the 21 Sep 2026 Defense story.

What ties IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) to the headline is this: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is here too. Its reason reads: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

Price levels for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

AADX traded between 10.31 and 13.08 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 10.82. ITA traded between 201.08 and 217.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 207.60. XAR traded between 216.28 and 245.40 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 223.20.

The defense score for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

46 out of 100

“Chinese military to participate in ADMM-Plus disaster-response exercise in Indonesia” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 11 linked companies.