Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade
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The award extends the Baltimore-based contractor’s long string of work for the military branch.
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
The award extends the Baltimore-based contractor’s long string of work for the military branch.
Source: Construction Dive
Price since this story was published: IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)
Since the first closing price after “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is -2.92%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +0.65% over the same days, a -3.57% difference versus the market. industrial stocks (XLI) is -1.79%, a -1.13% difference versus that group of stocks.
Disclosure records for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) within two months of 17 Sep 2026
- Maria Elvira Salazar sell General Electric (GE) ($1,001 - $15,000). That is 7 days after publication, inside 30 days. The filing is listed beside the story “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade.”
- Byron Donalds sell Howmet Aerospace (HWM) ($1,001 - $15,000). That is 37 days before publication, inside 60 days. The filing is listed beside the story “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade.”
- Byron Donalds sell Howmet Aerospace (HWM) ($1,001 - $15,000). That is 37 days before publication, inside 60 days. The filing is listed beside the story “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade.”
Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).
Who is named in “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade”
Companies carried with this story
- ITA IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
In “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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 17 Sep 2026 story “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia
- AADX Applied Aerospace & Defense
For “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade,” 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
Copt Defense Properties (CDP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 17 Sep 2026 story “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade.” 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
In “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade,” Firefly Aerospace (FLY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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
General Electric (GE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 17 Sep 2026 story “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade.” 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 “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade,” 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
In “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade,” Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) and the defense link
The 17 Sep 2026 story “Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade” names IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) because of Defense.
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is on the page because 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.
A simple score for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)
46 out of 100
“Coast Guard taps Whiting-Turner for $174M base upgrade” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 11 linked companies.