Strategic stocks are surging
The Trump administration doesn’t want to depend on China anymore
Here are 30 strategic U.S. companies you should know:
$SKYT | SkyWater Technology | Just acquired Infineon’s Fab 25 in Austin, one of the largest 200 mm fabs in the U.S., massively boosting secure chip capacity.
$MU | Micron Technology | Only U.S. producer of advanced memory; investing ~$200B to build DRAM and HBM fabs on American soil.
$RCAT | Red Cat Holdings | Builds tactical drones like the Black Widow and operates a 155,000-sq-ft Georgia facility for drone and vessel production.
$MP | MP Materials | Owns Mountain Pass, America’s only rare-earth mine, producing the NdPr magnets used in F-35s and missiles.
$EOSE | Eos Energy | Makes U.S. zinc-based batteries for grid storage; backed by a $303M DOE loan guarantee to expand production.
$TXN | Texas Instruments | Supplies radiation-hardened chips that power missile guidance and military satellites.
$MPTI | M-tron Industries | Provides precision timing and RF filters.
$UUUU | Energy Fuels | Runs the only U.S. uranium mill and produces rare-earth oxides for nuclear fuel and defense tech.
$UAMY | U.S. Antimony | Only North American antimony smelter, with a Pentagon contract worth up to $245M for stockpiling.
$COHR | Coherent | U.S. leader in lasers and optics; developing optical networking with NVIDIA.
$INTC | Intel | Expanding fabs in Arizona, Ohio, and New Mexico; new Foveros 3D packaging plant strengthens U.S. semiconductor independence.
$WOLF | Wolfspeed | Operating the world’s largest silicon carbide fab in New York for high-power electronics in defense and EVs.
$AMAT | Applied Materials | World’s biggest semiconductor equipment supplier; every U.S. fab expansion depends on its tools.
$KTOS | Kratos Defense | Builds jet-powered target drones, tactical UAS, and hypersonic test vehicles.
$AVAV | AeroVironment | Supplies Puma and Raven surveillance drones plus Switchblade loitering munitions, used by U.S. and allied forces.
$ASTS | AST SpaceMobile | Completed the world’s first 5G call from space to a normal smartphone, with AT&T as a partner through 2030.
$ZS | Zscaler | DoD Impact Level-5 certified; secures classified military networks with zero-trust cybersecurity.
$GFS | GlobalFoundries | Largest U.S. pure-play foundry, DoD-trusted, expanding New York fabs and advanced packaging to secure supply for defense, automotive, and communications.
$MRCY | Mercury Systems | Trusted defense microelectronics and secure packaging provider, accredited by the DoD for mission-critical systems.
$BWXT | BWX Technologies | Sole supplier of nuclear reactors and fuel for every U.S. Navy submarine and aircraft carrier.
$LASR | nLIGHT | U.S. high-energy laser source provider; recurring Navy and directed-energy work makes it a key defense supplier.
$IPX | IperionX | Reshoring titanium metal; recently received multiple DoD awards to scale U.S. titanium production.
$DCO | Ducommun | Critical aerostructures and electronics; builds inlet lipskins and other parts on the F-35 and major missile and sensor programs.
$BKSY | BlackSky | Real-time ISR imagery for U.S. intelligence; awarded a 10-year NRO contract, the agency’s largest commercial imagery effort.
$RDW | Redwire | U.S. space components including power, deployables, and avionics; widely used across NASA and DoD constellations.
$PKE | Park Aerospace | U.S. manufacturer of advanced composites for radomes and missile materials; supports multiple classified defense programs.
$FEIM | Frequency Electronics | Precision space-qualified clocks and oscillators for GPS and other satellites; critical for U.S. positioning and timing systems.
$LPTH | LightPath Technologies | Infrared optics and thermal imaging assemblies, including F-35 related orders; supplies MIL-spec LWIR and MWIR components.
$GPHOF | Graphite One | Developing a U.S. graphite mine-to-anode supply chain; backed by a DoD Title III DPA grant for feasibility work.