The aerospace and defense trade is taking investors deeper into space, and more ETFs are up for the mission

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The aerospace and defense trade is taking investors deeper into space and exchange-traded funds want a part of it.

VettaFi’s Cinthia Murphy told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week there are now more ETFs tackling the space theme more directly — listing the Procure Space ETF (UFO)

and Global X Defense Tech ETF (SHLD) as examples.

“They have the cybersecurity element: Satellites, communications, navigation. So, the defense theme is actually a very colorful theme nowadays. It has a lot of interesting names,” the firm’s director of research said. “It really isn’t just about Lockheed Martin