Lockheed Martin
Sector unknown·LMT · USA (SEC 10-K)·Fiscal year to 31/12/2025
Business Segments We operate in four business segments: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) and Space. We organize our business segments based on the nature of the products and services offered. Aeronautics Aeronautics is engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, sustainment, support and upgrade of advanced military aircraft, including combat and air mobility aircraft, unmanned air vehicles and related technologies.
Exposure profile
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In their own words
Grouped by theme, from the management review in the annual report. A · The company itself is a verbatim quote, B · From the report is without a verified quote.
Defence budgets
Regulation
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“A reduction in overall U.S. defense spending, on an absolute or inflation-adjusted basis, because of shifting priorities, budget compromises or otherwise could adversely affect our business. Budget uncertainty, extended or repeated U.S. Government shutdowns, the use of continuing resolutions, and the federal debt ceiling can adversely affect our industry and both the quantum and timing of funding for our programs.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“A decision by the U.S. Government, international partners, or FMS customer countries to cut spending on this program or reduce or delay planned orders may have an adverse impact on our business and results of operations.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“We derived 72% of our total consolidated sales from the U.S. Government in 2025, including 63% from the Department of War (DoW), also known as the Department of Defense under 10 U.S.C. § 111(a).”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains in: Geopolitical uncertainty strengthens, Reconstruction of Ukraine mixed effect
Chains out: this strengthens Defence industry
United States
Geography
Market
“Aeronautics’ major programs include: •F-35 Lightning II – international multi-role, multi-variant, fifth generation stealth fighter. •C-130 Hercules – international tactical airlifter. •F-16 Fighting Falcon – combat-proven, international multi-role fighter. •F-22 Raptor – air dominance and multi-role fifth generation stealth fighter. The F-35 program is our largest program, generating 27% of our total consolidated sales, as well as 67% of Aeronautics’ sales in 2025.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“We also have commitments from seven international partner countries and 12 FMS customers, who collectively during the year indicated their intent to purchase 72 additional aircraft beyond their existing programs of record.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“MFC’s major programs include: •The Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) air and missile defense programs. PAC-3 is an advanced defensive missile for the U.S. Army and international customers designed to intercept and eliminate incoming airborne threats using kinetic energy.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“THAAD is a transportable defensive missile system for the U.S. Government and international customers designed to engage targets both within and outside of the Earth’s atmosphere.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“•The Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), Hellfire and Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) tactical and strike missile programs. MLRS is a highly mobile, automatic system that fires surface-to-surface rockets and missiles from the M270 and High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) platforms produced for the U.S. Army and international customers and PrSM is the next generation of precision strike surface-to-surface weapon systems that is compatible with the MLRS family of launchers in support of the U.S.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“JASSM is an air-to-ground missile launched from fixed-wing aircraft, which is produced for the U.S. Air Force and international customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“LRASM is a precision guided anti-ship missile derived from JASSM and designed to interdict a variety of surface threats at very long range and produced for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and international customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“Hellfire and JAGM are air-to-ground missile used on rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, which is produced for the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and international customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“•The Javelin program, which is a one-person portable and platform-employable anti-tank and multi-target precision weapon system. Javelin was developed and is currently produced for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps by a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and RTX Corporation. •The Apache fire control system, Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (SNIPER®) and Infrared Search and Track (IRST21®) sensors and global sustainment programs.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“The Apache fire control system provides weapons-targeting capability for the Apache helicopter for the U.S. Army and international customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“SNIPER is a targeting system for several fixed-wing aircraft and is produced for the U.S. Air Force and international customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“IRST21 provides long-range infrared detection and tracking of airborne threats and is used on several fixed-wing aircraft. IRST21 is produced for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the National Guard and international customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“•The Special Operations Forces Global Logistics Support Services (SOF GLSS) program, which provides logistics support services to the special operations forces of the U.S. military. •Hypersonics programs, which include several programs with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army to design, develop and build hypersonic strike weapons.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“RMS’ major lines of business include: •Sikorsky helicopter programs such as those related to the Black Hawk, Seahawk® and CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters, which are in service with U.S. and foreign governments, and the Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH) utilized by the U.S.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“•Integrated warfare systems and sensors (IWSS) programs such as Aegis Combat System (Aegis) programs that serve as an air and missile defense system for the U.S. Navy and international customers and are also a sea and land-based element of the U.S. missile defense system, and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC), and River-Class Destroyer (RCD) (formerly known as Canadian Surface Combatant) programs to provide surface combatant ships for the U.S.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“Navy and international customers that are designed to operate in shallow waters and the open ocean. •Command, control, communications, computers, cyber, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C6ISR) programs such as the Command, Control, Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) program to provide an air operations center for the Ballistic Missile Defense System for the U.S. Government, undersea combat systems programs largely serving the U.S. Navy, and Australia's Joint Air Battle Management System (AIR 6500).”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“Table of Contents •Training, logistics and simulation (TLS) programs such as those providing sustainment services and programs that provide simulators and associated training to U.S. military and foreign government customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“Space’s major programs include: •The Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM), a program with the U.S. Navy for the only submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile currently in production in the U.S.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“We derived 72% of our total consolidated sales from the U.S. Government in 2025, including 63% from the Department of War (DoW), also known as the Department of Defense under 10 U.S.C. § 111(a).”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Geography
“As of December 31, 2025, approximately 93% of our workforce was located in the U.S. and approximately 19% of our employees were covered by collective bargaining agreements with various unions.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains in: USD vs DKK/EUR mixed effect
Artificial intelligence
Technology
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Technological advances in such areas as additive manufacturing, data analytics, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, advanced materials, autonomy and robotics, and new business models such as commercial access to space, are enabling new factors of competition for both traditional and non-traditional competitors.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“We are expanding production capacity to continue delivering at scale, and we are harnessing leading-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and autonomy, open-architecture systems, and advanced networking to make defense forces more agile, adaptive and unpredictable.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“We achieve this by developing and investing in differentiating technologies, forging strategic partnerships, including with commercial companies, executing on our multi-year business transformation initiative, maintaining fiscal discipline, and continuing to cultivate the greatest aerospace and defense workforce talent and culture in the world. We invest substantially in our people to ensure that our people have the technical skills necessary to succeed, and we expect to continue to invest internally in innovative technologies that address rapidly evolving mission requirements for our customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains out: this strengthens Data centres, strengthens Semiconductors and electronic components, strengthens Semiconductor industry
Defence industry
End markets
Market
“Missiles and Fire Control MFC provides air and missile defense systems; tactical missiles and precision strike weapon systems; logistics; fire control systems; and mission operations support, readiness, engineering support and integration services. MFC also has contracts with the U.S. Government for various classified programs.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“Rotary and Mission Systems RMS designs, manufactures, services and supports various military and commercial helicopters, sea- and land-based missile defense systems, radar systems, laser systems, sea- and air-based mission and combat systems, command and control mission solutions, cyber solutions, simulation and training solutions, and services and supports surface ships. RMS also has contracts with the U.S. Government for various classified programs.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Market
“Space Space is engaged in the research and design, development, engineering and production of satellites, space transportation systems, and strategic, advanced strike, and defensive systems. Space provides network-enabled situational awareness and integrates complex space and ground global systems to help our customers gather, analyze and securely distribute critical intelligence data. Space is also responsible for various classified systems and services in support of vital national security systems.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains in: Defence budgets strengthens
Labour and wages
Raw materials and inputs
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Costs to complete a contract may increase for many reasons, including technical and manufacturing challenges, schedule delays, workforce-related issues, inaccurate initial contract cost estimates, the timeliness and availability of materials from suppliers, internal and subcontractor performance or product quality issues, inability to meet cost reduction initiatives or achieve efficiencies from digital transformation, changing laws or regulations, inflation and natural disasters.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
InputNegative impact: weakens
“As of December 31, 2025, we had a highly skilled workforce made up of approximately 123,000 employees, including approximately 72,000 engineers, scientists and information technology professionals.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“We strive to hire, develop and retain the top talent in the industry. During 2025, we hired nearly 10,800 new employees into Lockheed Martin, nearly 1,500 of which were college hires. In addition to the 10,800, we created internship opportunities for an additional 2,000 students.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Automation and robotics
Technology
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Technological advances in such areas as additive manufacturing, data analytics, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, advanced materials, autonomy and robotics, and new business models such as commercial access to space, are enabling new factors of competition for both traditional and non-traditional competitors.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“We are expanding production capacity to continue delivering at scale, and we are harnessing leading-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and autonomy, open-architecture systems, and advanced networking to make defense forces more agile, adaptive and unpredictable.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Digitalisation
Technology
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Technological advances in such areas as additive manufacturing, data analytics, digital engineering, artificial intelligence, advanced materials, autonomy and robotics, and new business models such as commercial access to space, are enabling new factors of competition for both traditional and non-traditional competitors.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
StrategyPositive impact: strengthens
“We achieve this by developing and investing in differentiating technologies, forging strategic partnerships, including with commercial companies, executing on our multi-year business transformation initiative, maintaining fiscal discipline, and continuing to cultivate the greatest aerospace and defense workforce talent and culture in the world. We invest substantially in our people to ensure that our people have the technical skills necessary to succeed, and we expect to continue to invest internally in innovative technologies that address rapidly evolving mission requirements for our customers.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains in: Cybersecurity (products and services) strengthens, Public investment and infrastructure strengthens
Chains out: this strengthens IT consulting and public-sector IT
Automotive
End markets
Market
“Aeronautics’ major programs include: •F-35 Lightning II – international multi-role, multi-variant, fifth generation stealth fighter. •C-130 Hercules – international tactical airlifter. •F-16 Fighting Falcon – combat-proven, international multi-role fighter. •F-22 Raptor – air dominance and multi-role fifth generation stealth fighter. The F-35 program is our largest program, generating 27% of our total consolidated sales, as well as 67% of Aeronautics’ sales in 2025.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Public debt and fiscal policy
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“A reduction in overall U.S. defense spending, on an absolute or inflation-adjusted basis, because of shifting priorities, budget compromises or otherwise could adversely affect our business. Budget uncertainty, extended or repeated U.S. Government shutdowns, the use of continuing resolutions, and the federal debt ceiling can adversely affect our industry and both the quantum and timing of funding for our programs.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains out: this strengthens Interest rates
Inflation
Macro
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Given the size and complexity of the F-35 program, we anticipate that there will be continual reviews related to aircraft performance, program and delivery schedule, cost, and requirements as part of the DoW, Congressional, and international countries’ oversight and budgeting processes. Challenges and risks associated with this program include supplier performance, software development, definitizing and receiving funding for contracts on a timely basis, execution of future flight tests and findings resulting from testing and operating the aircraft, the level of cost associated with life cycle operations, sustainment and potential contractual obligations, inflation-related cost pressures, the ability to improve affordability, and potential competition from next-generation or other platforms.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“We also may not be successful in making hardware upgrades and other modernization capabilities in a timely manner, including as a result of dependencies on suppliers, which could increase costs and create schedule delays.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“Costs to complete a contract may increase for many reasons, including technical and manufacturing challenges, schedule delays, workforce-related issues, inaccurate initial contract cost estimates, the timeliness and availability of materials from suppliers, internal and subcontractor performance or product quality issues, inability to meet cost reduction initiatives or achieve efficiencies from digital transformation, changing laws or regulations, inflation and natural disasters.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Chains out: this weakens Consumer spending, strengthens Interest rates
Labour regulation
Regulation
DriverNegative impact: weakens
“A number of our existing collective bargaining agreements expire in any given year. Historically, we have been successful in renegotiating expiring agreements without any material disruption of operating activities, and management considers employee and union relations to be good.”
Annual report 2025A · The company itself
Competitors mentioned in the report
No named competitors in the report.
Financial figures
| Revenue latest fiscal year | 75.05 bn USD |
| Revenue growth vs. the year before, same method | 5.6 % |
| EBITDA reported by the company | 9.42 bn USD |
| Net debt debt incl. leasing minus cash | 18.65 bn USD |
| Diluted EPS per share | 21.49 USD |
Source: 10-K (SEC) A. See the report
Criteria
| Profit | ✓ |
| Growing | ✓ |
| Healthy balance sheet | ✓ |
Only the criteria that can be computed from financial statements on this page. The remaining criteria (such as price and dividend) need a share price and are in the analysis.
Figures are in the report's currency (USD), not converted to DKK. Quotes are shown as the company's own words in English.