---
ticker: "ITA"
name: "iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/ITA"
grade: "A"
score: 72
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Defense & Aerospace"
category_rank: "2 of 26"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# ITA: iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

Grade **A**, Score 72 of 100. Rank 2 of 26 in Defense & Aerospace.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 80 | 6 of 26 |
| Mission | 75 | 3 of 4 |
| Risk | 56 | 10 of 26 |
| Tradability | 92 | 1 of 26 |
| Holdings | 31 | 21 of 26 |
| Durability | 98 | 1 of 26 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 53 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | GE | Ge Aerospace | 20.74% |
| 2 | RTX | Rtx | 16.25% |
| 3 | BA | Boeing | 7.68% |
| 4 | TDG | Transdigm Group | 4.68% |
| 5 | LMT | Lockheed Martin Corp | 4.61% |
| 6 | HWM | Howmet Aerospace | 4.60% |
| 7 | GD | General Dynamics Corp | 4.46% |
| 8 | NOC | Northrop Grumman Corp | 4.43% |
| 9 | HONA | Honeywell Aerospace Inc | 3.90% |
| 10 | LHX | L3HARRIS Technologies | 3.44% |
| 11 | RKLB | Rocket Lab Corp | 2.93% |
| 12 | AXON | Axon Enterprise | 2.68% |
| 13 | ATI | Ati | 2.03% |
| 14 | WWD | Woodward | 1.54% |
| 15 | CRS | Carpenter Technology | 1.49% |
| 16 | CW | Curtiss Wright | 1.47% |
| 17 | FTAI | Ftai Aviation | 1.36% |
| 18 | HEI.A | Heico Class A | 1.31% |
| 19 | BWXT | Bwx Technologies Inc | 1.03% |
| 20 | TXT | Textron Inc | 0.99% |
| 21 | HEI | Heico | 0.95% |
| 22 | HII | Huntington Ingalls Industries | 0.81% |
| 23 | MOG.A | Moog Inc Class A | 0.80% |
| 24 | KTOS | Kratos Defense and Security Soluti | 0.62% |
| 25 | HXL | Hexcel | 0.50% |
| 26 | AVAV | Aerovironment | 0.40% |
| 27 | VSEC | Vse Corp | 0.38% |
| 28 | SARO | Standardaero | 0.35% |
| 29 | MRCY | Mercury Systems Inc | 0.35% |
| 30 | KRMN | Karman Holdings Inc | 0.32% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/ITA. Please cite the page URL.