{"id":389097,"date":"2026-07-28T13:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389097\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T13:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:32:23","slug":"lockheed-martin-sales-increased-by-11-up-to-20-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/389097\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed Martin sales increased by 11%, up to $20.1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_Lockheed_file_3_1_56M2UB8O_L714533447.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in west Fort Worth, saw a sales increase of 11% this quarter.\" alt=\"Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in west Fort Worth, saw a sales increase of 11% this quarter.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in west Fort Worth, saw a sales increase of 11% this quarter.<\/p>\n<p>                Rodger Mallison<\/p>\n<p>            Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>Lockheed Martin sales increased 11%, up to $20.1 billion for its second quarter of the year, compared to $18.2 billion in the second quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Net earnings this quarter were $1.8 billion, and up to $7.94 per share. This time last year, net earnings were at $342 million, and $1.46 per share. The company\u2019s free cash flow this quarter was $2.9 billion, up from $150 million in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Lockheed Martin CEO and President Jim Taiclet said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.lockheedmartin.com\/2026-07-23-Lockheed-Martin-Reports-Second-Quarter-2026-Financial-Results\">statement<\/a> that the company\u2019s growth reflects increased customer demand and its new security strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delivering on our strategy, achieving a higher trajectory for our business and giving us confidence to raise our full year financial guidance,\u201d Taiclet said, adding that Lockheed Martin anticipates a year-over-year sales growth of around 8%.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s aeronautics division is based in Fort Worth, and was awarded $879 million by the Department of War in May to support F-35 aircraft delivery schedules.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/315672317\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STAFF_Maven_Navarro.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Maven Navarro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/315672317\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maven Navarro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Maven Navarro is a local news reporter at the Star-Telegram. She covers Fort Worth and Tarrant County.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in west Fort Worth, saw a sales increase of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-389097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}