US-listed defense and national security penny stocks priced $0.50 to $5, ranked by today's percentage change. Drone manufacturers, defense electronics, cyber-defense, military contractors, and homeland-security plays. Updated intraday.
| # | Symbol | Company | Sector | Price | Day Chg | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIRI | Air Industries Group | Industrials | $2.6650 | +5.79% | 24K |
| 2 | VWAV | VisionWave Holdings, Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $0.8760 | +4.01% | 365K |
| 3 | KITT | Nauticus Robotics, Inc. Common stock | Industrials | $0.8100 | +2.93% | 79K |
| 4 | SYPR | Sypris Solutions Inc | Industrials | $1.7350 | +2.92% | 27K |
| 5 | EMAT | Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp. Common Stock | Materials | $3.2250 | +2.52% | 130K |
| 6 | DPRO | Draganfly Inc. Common Shares | Industrials | $4.4990 | +2.06% | 622K |
| 7 | CTM | Castellum, Inc. | Technology | $0.6140 | +1.57% | 627K |
| 8 | MTEK | Maris-Tech Ltd. Ordinary Shares | Technology | $1.1200 | +0.46% | 12K |
| 9 | SIGA | SIGA Technologies Inc. | Healthcare | $3.0950 | +0.33% | 285K |
| 10 | EFOI | Energy Focus, Inc. | Industrials | $2.8050 | +0.03% | 3K |
| 11 | DLHC | DLH Holdings Corp. | Technology | $4.3600 | 0.00% | 6K |
| 12 | POCI | Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. Common Stock | Healthcare | $4.3990 | -0.45% | 5K |
| 13 | TLS | Telos Corporation Common Stock | Technology | $4.8000 | -0.62% | 154K |
| 14 | BYRN | Byrna Technologies, Inc. Common Stock | Industrials | $3.6500 | -0.83% | 78K |
| 15 | VUZI | Vuzix Corporation | Technology | $2.6310 | -0.95% | 156K |
| 16 | VTSI | VirTra, Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $3.0450 | -0.98% | 4K |
| 17 | BOSC | B.O.S. Better On-Line Solutions Ltd. | Technology | $4.6250 | -1.07% | 22K |
| 18 | UIS | Unisys Corporation | Technology | $2.6950 | -1.10% | 248K |
| 19 | DHX | DHI Group, Inc. | Technology | $4.0600 | -1.22% | 57K |
| 20 | KDK | Kodiak AI, Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $3.9250 | -2.02% | 186K |
| 21 | CPSH | CPS Technologies Corp. Common Stock | Materials | $3.8900 | -2.55% | 40K |
| 22 | MIND | MIND Technology, Inc. Common Stock (DE) | Technology | $4.2940 | -2.58% | 19K |
| 23 | MOBX | Mobix Labs, Inc. Class A Common Stock | Technology | $1.1050 | -2.63% | 171K |
| 24 | CMTL | Comtech Telecommunications | Technology | $1.7100 | -2.86% | 179K |
| 25 | SYNX | Silynxcom Ltd. | Industrials | $0.9820 | -2.92% | 2K |
| 26 | GXAI | Gaxos.ai Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $0.7980 | -3.66% | 377K |
| 27 | BBAI | BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. | Technology | $3.0650 | -3.76% | 5.0M |
| 28 | CNTN | Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $2.2300 | -5.32% | 484K |
| 29 | SIDU | Sidus Space, Inc. Class A Common Stock | Industrials | $2.2100 | -5.58% | 2.5M |
| 30 | DFSC | DEFSEC Technologies Inc. Common Stock | Industrials | $1.7550 | -5.91% | 126K |
| 31 | WRAP | Wrap Technologies, Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $1.6100 | -6.10% | 725K |
| 32 | ASTI | Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $2.9470 | -6.59% | 69K |
| 33 | KOPN | Kopin Corp | Technology | $4.4640 | -6.95% | 2.0M |
| 34 | GNSS | Genasys Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $1.4400 | -7.10% | 407K |
| 35 | MRLN | Merlin, Inc. Common Stock | Technology | $3.2800 | -7.10% | 1.2M |
| 36 | NEXR | Nexera Technologies Ltd Ordinary Shares | Technology | $1.9400 | -7.86% | 135K |
| 37 | SATL | Satellogic Inc. Class A Ordinary Shares | Technology | $4.8040 | -8.95% | 3.8M |
| 38 | AMPG | AMPLITECH GROUP INC. COM | Technology | $3.3900 | -10.03% | 2.0M |
Defense penny stocks live at the intersection of government contracts and geopolitical cycles. The big primes (Lockheed, Northrop, RTX) get the headlines; sub-$5 names are specialists — drone subcomponents, software contractors, niche electronics. Their stock behavior is bimodal: long stretches of low volatility punctuated by sharp moves on contract wins, congressional appropriations news, or geopolitical events.
See also: quantum computing (government contract overlap), nuclear power (national security relevance), penny stocks under $1.