
The Drone and Modern Warfare ETF (JEDI) is designed to mirror the investment performance of the BITA Drone & Modern Warfare Select Index, prior to factoring in fees and expenses. This fund offers investors targeted access to companies at the forefront of modern defense. Its holdings primarily consist of firms engaged in areas such as military drones, artificial intelligence (AI) for warfare, military information technology, various unmanned systems, electronic and communication warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), space and missile systems, military cybersecurity…
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Assets in the Fund have doubled since April, with the $200 million milestone arriving less than two weeks after JEDI announced it was the first ETF with indirect exposure to Shield AI, the privately held autonomy company behind the Hivemind AI pilot and the V-BAT aircraft. MIAMI, Aug. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Defiance ETFs today announced that the Defiance Drone & Modern Warfare ETF (NYSE: JEDI) has surpassed $200 million in assets under management as of August 21, 2026, less than eleven months after the Fund's September 25, 2025 launch.

Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare ETF (JEDI) targets companies at the forefront of drone, AI, and modern defense technologies, with a strong small/mid-cap tilt. JEDI benefits from a structural global defense spending inflection, driven by real-world conflicts and NATO's commitment to 5% of GDP by 2035. Given concentration, small-cap exposure, and short history, I rate JEDI a HOLD, balancing long-term thematic appeal with notable risks.

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MIAMI, Aug. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Defiance ETFs today announced that the Defiance Drone & Modern Warfare ETF (NYSE: JEDI) has obtained exposure to Shield AI, a privately held defense technology company, making JEDI the first U.S.-listed ETF to offer investors exposure to the company. The position follows the July 27, 2026 prospectus supplement, effective August 6, 2026, which added a secondary investment objective permitting the Fund to seek exposure to companies that the Adviser believes would have qualified for inclusion in the BITA Drone & Modern Warfare Select Index except that their securities are not publicly traded.

MIAMI, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Defiance ETFs today announced that a supplement dated July 27, 2026 has been filed to the prospectus for the Defiance Drone & Modern Warfare ETF (NYSE: JEDI) . The supplement, recommended by Defiance ETFs, LLC, the Fund's investment adviser (the “Adviser”), and approved by the Board of Trustees of ETF Series Solutions, revises the Fund's investment objective and principal investment strategies to permit the Fund to invest in privately issued securities.