
Over the next few years at least, Lockheed Martin [LMT] continues to expect to increase sales on its F-35 fighter program through growing production, development and sustainment activities, Lockheed Martin’s outgoing chief executive said on Wednesday. Production on the F-35 is set to ramp up to 170 aircraft in 2022, but new international orders could take that to over 180 fighters beyond that, Marillyn Hewson said during a discussion hosted by Bernstein aerospace and defense analyst Douglas Harned. “We have…