---
ticker: "XAR"
name: "State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/XAR"
grade: "A"
score: 79
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Defense & Aerospace"
category_rank: "1 of 26"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# XAR: State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF

Grade **A**, Score 79 of 100. Rank 1 of 26 in Defense & Aerospace.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 92 | 1 of 26 |
| Mission | Not scored | — |
| Risk | 33 | 19 of 26 |
| Tradability | 90 | 2 of 26 |
| Holdings | 87 | 2 of 26 |
| Durability | 94 | 2 of 26 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 52 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | RKLB | Rocket Lab Corp | 3.30% |
| 2 | HONA | Honeywell Aerospace Inc | 3.18% |
| 3 | WWD | Woodward Inc | 3.03% |
| 4 | MOG.A | Moog Inc Class A | 3.01% |
| 5 | TDG | Transdigm Group Inc | 3.00% |
| 6 | LMT | Lockheed Martin Corp | 2.96% |
| 7 | HWM | Howmet Aerospace Inc | 2.95% |
| 8 | AVAV | Aerovironment Inc | 2.92% |
| 9 | HEI | Heico Corp | 2.91% |
| 10 | GE | General Electric | 2.89% |
| 11 | LHX | L3HARRIS Technologies Inc | 2.89% |
| 12 | HII | Huntington Ingalls Industrie | 2.88% |
| 13 | RTX | Rtx Corp | 2.87% |
| 14 | GD | General Dynamics Corp | 2.86% |
| 15 | NOC | Northrop Grumman Corp | 2.84% |
| 16 | ATI | Ati Inc | 2.83% |
| 17 | TXT | Textron Inc | 2.83% |
| 18 | BA | Boeing Co/The | 2.81% |
| 19 | BWXT | Bwx Technologies Inc | 2.80% |
| 20 | FTAI | Ftai Aviation Ltd | 2.80% |
| 21 | CW | Curtiss Wright Corp | 2.76% |
| 22 | KTOS | Kratos Defense & Security | 2.76% |
| 23 | HXL | Hexcel Corp | 2.71% |
| 24 | AXON | Axon Enterprise Inc | 2.63% |
| 25 | CRS | Carpenter Technology | 2.57% |
| 26 | VSEC | Vse Corp | 2.55% |
| 27 | KRMN | Karman Holdings Inc | 2.55% |
| 28 | SARO | Standardaero Inc | 2.41% |
| 29 | MRCY | Mercury Systems Inc | 2.16% |
| 30 | ACHR | Archer Aviation Inc A | 1.82% |

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