LOCKHEED MARTIN had $1.5b net income on $17.2b sales in 1Q24 vs $1.7b on $15.1b in 1Q23; Aeronautics earned $679m on $6.8b vs $675m on $6.3b. It delivered three F-16s and four C-130Js vs five F-35s, an F-16 and two C-130Js.
Lockheed Martin posted better-than-expected results in the first quarter, but delivered no F-35s as its ongoing software problems have yet to be resolved.
Air Mobility Command plans to complete a year-long analysis in the hopes of resolving several fundamental questions about the U.S. Air Force’s next tanker.
Lockheed Martin has announced a $100 million reach forward loss on an early production lot of a classified missile program with a fixed-price contract.
RTX’s sales and net profit beat Wall Street’s expectations in the first quarter on the back of strong demand for both its commercial and defense products.
The NASA Voyager 1’s mission engineers report continued progress toward restoring the transmission of scientific data to Earth from a distant human-made object.
Canada plans to spend more than C$5 billion ($3.65 billion) on the acquisition of airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, defense officials have confirmed.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has taken over operations of its new missile defense radar in Alaska, which is also tracking objects on orbit for the Space Force.
Spanish defense firm Grupo Oesia will support production of components for Patriot Advanced Capability — 3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) weapons.
The approx. $120 million NASA Earth science campaign aims to bring airborne scientific insight to environmental concerns and is set to unfold over 2026 to 2029.
Labour has now joined the Conservatives in pledging to raise defense spending to 2.5% of GDP, but woolly caveats and an impending election leave doubts.