Beijing's planned military budget comes amid escalating conflict in the Middle East and persistent tensions over Taiwan.

China’s defense spending will grow by 7% this year — the slowest pace since 2022 — a figure that comes as officials from ...

China is the world's second-largest military spender, though it still lags considerably behind the United States.

Trump touts a $1 trillion defense budget, a $1,776 troop bonus and a tougher stance on Iran in his 2026 State of the Union.

China will boost defence spending by 7% in 2026, it said on Thursday, the lowest rate in five years but still outpacing wider economic growth targets and ​the rest of Asia at a time of growing ...

As of March 2026, the top five holdings in the Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF were: The ETF had about 60 total holdings, with the top five representing about 40% of the total portfolio. The Invesco ...

A late March submission would be much earlier than last year, when a discretionary spending request was issued on May 2.

If approved, the allocation for national defense will reach roughly 1.9 trillion yuan (about $275 billion), News.Az reports, citing ...

As geopolitical shocks send indexes into the red, a 20% valuation gap and a surge in Pentagon contracts make the defense ...

Soon the country’s armed forces budget could exceed those of Britain and France combined. In Paris, there are concerns that ...