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Record F-35 Deliveries, PAC-3 Production Framework Show Lockheed Martin Stepping Up, Hegseth Says

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Record F-35 Deliveries, PAC-3 Production Framework Show Lockheed Martin Stepping Up, Hegseth Says
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during an Arsenal of Freedom tour at a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas on Jan. 12. (Image: Video screenshot, DoD)

Record deliveries of the F-35 fighter in 2025 and a recent agreement with the Defense Department to triple production of Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)-3 missile interceptors over the next seven years demonstrate that Lockheed Martin [LMT] is working to meet President Donald Trump’s demand that the nation’s legacy prime contractors prioritize increasing production capacity and output, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday. Speaking at the company’s F-35 production line in Fort Worth, Texas, as part of his “Arsenal of…

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