Invesco Defence Innovation ETF – Top 10 Holdings

What this report establishes

“Invesco Defence Innovation ETF – Top 10 Holdings” is a sourced, structured Defence Finance Monitor analysis, closed on 08 July 2025. It establishes what is at stake, who the actors are and what it means for European defence funding and industry — drawn only from primary and official sources. This page summarises what the 10-page report determines; the figures, the evidence and the conclusions are in the report itself.

Who it's for

Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.

Key questions this report answers

• What investment thesis underpins the Invesco Defence Innovation ETF's top-10 concentration in autonomy, space, and sensor firms?
• How do the ETF's largest holdings—AeroVironment (3.28%), Rocket Lab (3.26%), and HENSOLDT (3.09%)—capture the shift toward attritable and space-enabled capabilities?
• What technological differentiation justifies including smaller innovators like Kratos and Red Cat alongside primes such as Boeing and L3Harris?
• What concentration and volatility risks does the ETF's roughly 2.6–3.3% per-holding weighting present to investors?

Inside this report

• AeroVironment, Inc. (USA, 3.28%) – Leader in Tactical UAVs and Autonomous System
• Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (USA/New Zealand, 3.26%) – SmallSat Launch and Hypersonic S
• HENSOLDT AG (Germany, 3.09%) – Europe’s Premier Sensor and Avionics Maker
• Boeing Co. (USA, 2.92%) – Aerospace Giant with Defense and Space Arms
• Saab AB (Sweden, 2.92%) – Integrated Defence Systems and Advanced Weaponry
• Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (USA, 2.79%) – Hypersonics, Drones and
• OSI Systems, Inc. (USA, 2.70%) – Security Inspection & Electronics Innovator
• Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (USA, 2.69%) – Small UAS & AI-Enabled Drone Systems
• HEICO Corporation (USA, 2.65%) – Niche Aerospace Parts & Electronics Supplier
• L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (USA, 2.61%) – Communications, ISR and Rocket System

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What this report covers

Technologies: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & Analytics, Autonomous Systems, Robotics & Swarms, Space, Satellites, Launchers & PNT, Advanced Sensors, Radar, Lidar & Optronics, Energetics, Propellants & Smart Munitions. A sourced, structured 10-page analysis for European defence and dual-use decision-makers, from the DFM research desk and built on official and primary sources.

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