Aerospace and defense stocks, even Boeing, are easily outpacing the broader market this year By: MarketWatch May 03, 2019 at 09:02 AM EDT Industry sales are strong, reflecting positive trends for air travel and U.S. defense spending. Read More >> Related Stocks: AAR Corp Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Aerospace & Defense Invesco ETF Aerovironment Inc Axon Inc Boeing Co Curtiss-Wright Corp Esco Technologies Inc FLIR Systems Genl Dynamics Huntington Ingalls Industries Jx Luxventure Ltd Kaman Corp Lionheart Holdings Cl A Lockheed Martin Mantech Intl Cp A Moog Inc Cl A Motorola Solutions Northrop Grumman Raytheon Co S&P Aerospace & Defense SPDR Teledyne Technologies Inc Transdigm Group Inc Triumph Group US Aerospace & Defense Ishares ETF United Technologies