AI Defense Shield

This strategy captures the accelerating shift in global defense spending toward AI-powered systems, autonomous weapons, and digital battlefield technology. With NATO nations ramping budgets past 2% of GDP, the US Defense Department channeling billions into AI and drone programs, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East proving the dominance of autonomous systems over legacy hardware, the companies building this next generation of defense technology are seeing record order books. The strategy organizes these companies into three tiers — established AI defense platforms like Palantir with multi-year classified contracts at the core, autonomous drone and satellite makers in the middle tier, and emerging AI defense pure plays as growth positions. It watches the overall defense sector ETF for signs of trouble, trimming riskier positions first when conditions deteriorate and gradually rebuilding when strength returns. Monthly rotation drops the weakest performer and replaces it with the strongest momentum name, letting winners compound. Built for investors who believe the future of defense is software, autonomy, and AI rather than legacy platforms and cost-plus contracts.