Aerospace & Defense

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received the highest level Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board to become an approved provider of secure community cloud services to federal, state and local agencies. The company is one...

NASA's has selected L-3 (NYSE: LLL) Vertex Aerospace of Madison, Miss., to support the operations of all aircraft assigned to the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base and the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in nearby Palmdale, Calif. The cost-plus-award-fee...

Below are the top industrial goods stocks in terms of earnings per share. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Valmont Industries (NYSE: VMI) is $9.68. Valmont's ROE for the same period is 19.27%. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Precision Castparts (NYSE: PCP) is $9.21...

US stock futures are higher this morning as the finance chiefs of the Group of Seven are scheduled to meet and investors are speculating that central banks will continue the stimulus measures.Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 33 points to 15,059.00 and S&P 500 index futures...

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 period of performance through Sept. 30, 2014 and...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) reported a 14.8% rise in its first-quarter net income. Lockheed Martin's quarterly net profit surged to $761 million, or $2.33 per share, from $668 million, or $2.03 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue fell 2% to $11.1 billion from $11.3 billion. However,...

US stock futures are mixed this morning, as investors are awaiting economic data and earnings from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 10 points to 14,489.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 1.70 points to 1,554.20. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 1.25 points to 2...

Applying technologies originally developed for high technology government programs to our national energy and economic priorities, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is leveraging its expertise in the manufacture of Space Shuttle external tanks to meet the rapidly growing demand for liquefied natural gas...

The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a 5-year, $100 million contract to provide combat system engineering services – including the design, development, integration, test and life cycle support – for all Aegis-equipped ships. Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Navy for decades...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received a $71 million Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) modification contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct air- and surface-launched flight tests and other risk reduction activities.    Under this contract, an additional air-launched LRASM flight test will be...

II-VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI) today announced an agreement between its subsidiary Exotic Electro-Optics and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for two multi-year purchasing agreements. Financial terms of the agreements were not disclosed. The first is for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Electro-Optical...