The defense primes closed September 9 at LMT 524.46, RTX 197.55 and NOC 515.57, against 531.55, 200.78 and 523.82 on September 2 - declines of 1.3%, 1.6% and 1.6% during the week of the widest exchange of fire in the war. This is the second consecutive refresh in which the primes fell through an escalation window, widening rather than closing the gap between contracted backlog and equity price.