. In this article I use AAII’s A+ Investor Stock Grades to provide insight into three defense stocks continuing to benefit from increased defense spending. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine led to the 3...
Tag: Lockheed Martin
Virgin Galactic Shakes Up Management. The Stock Soars.
Space tourism startup Virgin Galactic has made changes at the top as it prepares to launch commercial space flight service later this year. The stock is taking off, but the management move probably is...
How One U.S. Munition Could Decide Taiwan’s Fate
A USAF B-1 bomber drops a JASSM-ER missile during testing. U.S. Air Force photo A Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a war drawing involving two million Chinese troops, half a million Taiwanese tr...
Following An Accident Earlier This Month Lockheed Martin Has Stopped F-35 Deliveries
Following a landing accident with F-35B in early December, Lockheed has stopped deliveries of the … [+] aircraft to U.S. and foreign customers. Lockheed Martin The crash landing of an F-35B near...
The F-35 Can’t Seem to Stop Making News
Israeli F-35Is at Nevatim Air Base on November 13, 2022. Israeli Defense Force Following the crash landing of an F-35B near Lockheed Martin’sLMT assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas two weeks ago, the F...
Your Retirement Plans Will Change With the $1.7 Trillion Federal Spending Bill
Congress is poised to approve a $1.7 trillion spending bill this week that seeks to avert a government shutdown and boost the savings of Americans by making significant changes to their retirement pla...
The Valuation Game: SpaceX Soars as Elon Musk Slips to No. 2
Quiet weeks are rare in Elon Musk’s world. This past Monday, Bloomberg reported that Musk was raising funds for his space company, SpaceX. At $77 a share, the offer would lift Space X’s valuation 12%,...
This F-35B Vertical Landing Didn’t Go That Well
A screen grab from a video taken in Fort Worth, Texas by Kitt Wilder of the moment an F-35B went out … [+] of control during a VTOL landing yesterday morning. Kitt Wilder via Twitter A dramatic ...
Germany’s Formal Buy of F-35s Raises a Pressing Question; Can Lockheed Martin Deliver the Airplanes on Time?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) stands in front of an F-35 stealth jet at the International … [+] Aerospace Exhibition (ILA). (Photo by Wolfgang Kumm/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/p...
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Is Teaming with Supercar Maker McLaren -Why, We Don’t Know
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and McLaren Automotive announced a “collaboration” on applying the … [+] former’s design software without explaining why. McLaren Automotive In the ...
Boeing Retires the 747, and the Age of Jumbo Jets
The Boeing 747 has retired. The jets still fly—but new ones won’t be built. On Tuesday, the last 747 rolled off an Everett, Wash. assembly line. This is no surprise. CEO Dave Calhoun said in July 2020...
Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs Still Can’t Fly Within 25 Miles of …Lightning
U.S. Air Force Capt. Kristin “BEO” Wolfe, F-35 Lightning II Demonstration Team commander and pilot, … [+] flies in the 2020 Stuart Air Show Nov. 7, 2020, Stuart, Florida. U.S. Air Fo...
In An Age Of Innovation, Big Defense May Be The Closest Thing Washington Has To A Real Industrial Policy
The bloom is off the rose that was Big Tech. Share prices have fallen. Workers are being laid off. Anger at the sector is widespread in both political parties. The biggest tech companies in China are ...
Lockheed Martin A Top 25 Dividend Giant With 2.49% Yield
Lockheed Martin has been named as a Top 25 ”Dividend Giant” by ETF Channel, with a whopping $15.79B worth of stock held by ETFs, and above-average ”DividendRank” statistics inc...
Why Boeing Believes It Has An Edge In Any New Air Force Tanker Competition
The U.S. Air Force is in the midst of a multi-decade effort to replace over 400 Cold War-era tankers in its aerial refueling fleet. The contract for the first increment of 179 tankers was awarded to B...
Five Ways A New Air Force Tanker Competition Would Be Very Different From The Last One
One of the most important roles the Air Force performs is providing aerial refueling for U.S. military aircraft and those of allies. With military engagements typically unfolding thousands of miles fr...
Weapons Contractors Thrive Despite Pandemic, Supply Chain Issues
America’s top weapons contractors had another banner year in 2021 despite labor and supply chain issues linked to the COVID pandemic and other global economic challenges, according to the latest editi...
Defense Companies Hurt by Staffing Shortages Amid Growing Weapons Demand
July 30, 2022 11:04 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) U.S. defense companies are experiencing staffing shortages when the war in Ukraine and tensions surrounding Taiwan are expected to stoke demand ...
Suddenly, The F-35 Fighter Is Everywhere
If the F-35 fighter was a normal Pentagon program, this July would look like a landmark month of spectacular successes. Instead, it is shaping up to be a fairly typical month in the recent history of ...
Inflation Has Become a Global Problem. Where the U.S. Ranks
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Text size This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. U.S. Gets Ranked on In...
“21st Century Security” Becomes Lockheed Martin’s Driving Vision Of The Future
Two years into his tenure as CEO of Lockheed MartinLMT , James D. Taiclet has done a decent job of keeping the world’s biggest arms maker on an even keel. This year will see a modest top-line decline ...
Not So Fast – Switzerland Will Have Another Referendum on the F-35
A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes off at the Payerne Air Base during flight and … [+] ground tests, as Switzerland is looking for a new fighter jet to replace its aging fleet...
GAO’s Latest Report On The F-35 Fighter Acquisition Program Finds No Major Problems. Really.
The F-35 fighter program is a smashing success. How else can you explain the fact that over the last year, Switzerland, Finland, Canada and Germany have all decided to buy it? In the words of the Swis...
General Dynamics Stock: Why It’s Time to Buy
Text size General Dynamics M1 Abrams battle tanks. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Russia’s war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending, and the news of civilian deaths in places like Kramatorsk, Bucha, and Irpi...
Defense Stocks Rose With the Ukraine War. Then a Tight Proposed Budget Set Them Back.
Elias Stein Text size Defense stocks took a surprising blow after a proposed defense budget was released last week. The Biden administration asked Congress for $773 billion to fund defense for fiscal ...