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As Some Top Defense Companies Stay Mum, Lockheed Martin Says It Will Abide by Trump Executive Order on DEI

As Some Top Defense Companies Stay Mum, Lockheed Martin Says It Will Abide by Trump Executive Order on DEI
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A number of top defense companies, including Northrop Grumman [NOC], RTX [RTX], and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] have been mum on President Trump's "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" executive order (EO) this week, but Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Thursday said that it would move to abide by the order. The company pressed Defense Daily to include the full response below. "Since our founding, Lockheed Martin’s mission has been to design and deliver superior weapons systems and security solutions to…

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