AI and Electronic Warfare Are Rewriting the Rules of Modern Defense
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equity-Insider.com News Commentary – The Department of Defense's total IT budget for fiscal 2026 reached $66 billion, a $1.8 billion increase from 2025, with the Army boosting AI spending by 38.3% and the Air Force increasing force application funding by 143.8%[1]. Congress backed the shift with an $839 billion defense spending bill that allocated $7.6 billion for 47 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and $474 million in additional funding for the EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare aircraft[2]. VisionWave Holdings (NASDAQ:VWAV), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ:KTOS), ParaZero Technologies (NASDAQ:PRZO), Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ:INVZ),
