Total value of four contracts awarded to Lockheed could approach $200 million.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force plans to start operational use of Lockheed Martin Corp.-built F-35 fighter jets in mid-2016, a year earlier than planned, using a similar software package as the Marine Corps, two sources familiar with the pl

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force plans to start operational use of Lockheed Martin Corp.-built F-35 fighter jets in mid-2016, a year earlier than planned, using a similar software package as the Marine Corps, two sources familiar with the pl

The U.S. Air Force plans to start operational use of Lockheed Martin Corp.

CANBERRA, May 16 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp is well on the way to fixing the F-35s performance and helmet problems, Australian military chiefs said on Thursday, rejecting criticism the troubled jet will be overmatched by newer Russian and Chine

CANBERRA, May 16 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp is well on the way to fixing the F-35s performance and helmet problems, Australian military chiefs said on Thursday, rejecting criticism the troubled jet will be overmatched by newer Russian and Chine

CANBERRA, May 16 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp is well on the way to fixing the F-35s performance and helmet problems, Australian military chiefs said on Thursday, rejecting criticism the troubled jet will be overmatched by newer Russian and Chine

CANBERRA, May 16 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp iswell on the way to fixing the F-35s performance and helmetproblems, Australian military chiefs said on Thursday, rejectingcriticism the troubled jet will be overmatched by newer Russianand Chinese a

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said on

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official

Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson defended the defense contractor'sbeleaguered F-35 program and expressed confidence that doubts about the advanced jet are waning.

The chief executive of the company said the cuts could delay cost improvements in the programme and push up the future price tag of the $382bn project

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said on

The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp'sF-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The Pentagon's plans to put most of its 800,000 civilian employees on unpaid leave for 11 days could lead to delays on Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and other weapons programs, a top company official

Lockheed, Northrop, Sysco -- no, not Cisco -- and L-3 Communications all win contracts Friday.

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CANBERRA, May 3 (Reuters) - Australia committed to long-term plans to buy up to 100 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighters as part of its new defence strategy on Friday, easing concerns about the future of the controversial fighter from a ma

CANBERRA, May 3 (Reuters) - Australia committed to long-term plans to buy up to 100 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighters as part of its new defence strategy on Friday, easing concerns about the future of the controversial fighter from a ma

CANBERRA, May 3 (Reuters) - Australia committed to long-term plans to buy up to 100 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets in a new defence blueprint released on Friday, helping to ease concerns about the future of the controversial stealth fighter.

MILAN, May 2 (Reuters) - Alenia Aermacchi, a company of Italy's defence group Finmeccanica, has won a contract worth $141 million for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jets programme.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has been awarded a $166.8 million contract option from NASA for facilities development and operations at Johnson Space Center that support human spaceflight.The one-year contract extension exercised by NASA extends the per

Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon

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GARDERMOEN, Norway, April 26 (Reuters) - Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, a move that will nudge up the total cost but reduce the annual burden

GARDERMOEN, Norway, April 26 (Reuters) - Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, a move that will nudge up the total cost but reduce the annual burden

GARDERMOEN, Norway, April 26 (Reuters) - Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, in a move that will nudge up the cost but reduce the burden on the ann

GARDERMOEN, Norway, April 26 (Reuters) - Oil-rich Norway is stretching out its purchase of 52 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from Lockheed Martin, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, in a move that will nudge up the cost but reduce the burden on the ann

Total contract value of the RERP effort approaches $3.7 billion.

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday downplayed a comment by one of its officials that he is not totally confident in the ability of the $396 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, built by Lockheed Martin Corp, to survive a cyber at

Even as earnings soar the past quarter, this defense firm's future is fraught with danger.

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Top Pentagon officials on Wednesday cited both progress and continuing risks on the $396 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program, and said Singapore had shown "tremendous interest" in the next-generation ste

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - Top Pentagon officials on Wednesday cited both progress and continuing risks on the $396 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program, and said Singapore had shown "tremendous interest" in the next-generation ste

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program on Wednesday said there was "some risk" that software being developed by Lockheed Martin Corp for the Air Force version of the new fighter plane would be delayed beyond late 2017

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Singapore has shown "tremendous interest" in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter developed by Lockheed Martin Corp and will likely decide by this summer whether to buy the new warplane, the Pentagon's F-35 program chief said on Wedne

Singapore has shown "tremendous interest" in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter developed by Lockheed Martin Corpand will likely decide by this summer whether to buy the new warplane, the Pentagon's F-35 program chief said on Wednesday.

Some things, like bricks, aren’t meant to fly. So is the F-35 more brick than bird?

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is flying high Tuesday after blowing away EPS and revenue estimates. The Bethesda, Maryland-based firm's first-quarter EPS soared nearly 15 percent to $2.33, destroying expectations of $2.04.Revenue declined 1.8 percent to

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.86 percent to14,692.19 while the NASDAQ surged 0.96 percent to 3,264.55. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.71 percent to 1,573.62.Index Technicals:

In the face of sequestration, Lockheed Martin delivered a strong first quarter, reaffirming guidance and beating both revenue and profit estimates by a substantial margin.  While management expects to take an $825 million hit on sales because of

* Full-year revenue now seen at low end of January guidance

* Full-year revenue now seen at low end of January guidance

Lockheed Martin said a fresh round of U.S. government budget cuts could wipe out an initial $825 million from sales this year, though it left its 2013 profit guidance unchanged.

Military contractor announces new projections as it publishes first-quarter net earnings up 14 per cent to $761m on net sales down 2 per cent to $11.1bn

Lockheed Martin Corp expects across-the-board U.S. budget cuts to have a bigger impact on the company's results in the second and third quarters of 2013, Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner told reporters on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. reported earnings of $761 million in the first quarter, up nearly 14% from $668 million in the first quarter of last year. Earnings per share climbed 15% to $2.33 from $2.03 last year. The EPS calculati