Lockheed Martin

LMT

Market cap $141B

Lockheed Martin's backlog continues to soar and the Department of Defense's new strategic approach favors the company's revenue growth prospects. Margin challenges are unlikely to go away anytime soon for defense contractors.

Rising defense spending and air travel demand boost LMT, NOC and TXT, but supply-chain woes still threaten aerospace-defense growth.

The U.S. defense sector is entering a new AI-driven revolution, with $1.5 trillion in proposed 2027 spending and $13.4 billion for autonomous systems. Rapid advances in cheap, smart, and autonomous weapons are fundamentally changing warfare economics and driving massive investment inflows into defense technology.

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Represents 250% increase from most recent $400 million fund capacity Further strengthens Defense Industrial Base supply chain, technologies critical for future national security BETHESDA, Md., April 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced it is increasing the capacity of its venture capital fund, Lockheed Martin Ventures, from $400 million to $1 billion—an increase of 250% and the largest boost in investment since the fund was established in 2007.

NASA and its partners are sifting through data after the Artemis II crew splashed down on Earth, including discoloration of the heat shield on the Lockheed Martin-built Orion Crew Capsule. Kirk Shireman, head of human space flight at Lockheed Martin, says the heat shield performed exceptionally and most of the more than 12 million parts did what they were supposed to.

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First crewed deep space mission in 53 years validates Orion for future lunar exploration DENVER, April 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- After traveling 694,481 miles to the Moon and back, the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built Orion spacecraft has successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing NASA's Artemis II mission and marking a major milestone in humanity's return to deep space exploration. Following a 10-day journey around the Moon, Orion and its four-person crew dramatically re-entered Earth's atmosphere at speeds approaching 24,000 mph before deploying parachutes and splashing down off the coast of southern California.

In the latest trading session, Lockheed Martin (LMT) closed at $613.72, marking a -1.63% move from the previous day.