Finmeccanica battles American defense giants for Air Force contract

Competition heats up for a U.S. Air Force contract to build jet trainers.

Defense contractors get a cyber assist from NSA

The National Security Agency is offering its scanning tools to protect e-mail and other digital communications for major defense contractors, as part of what could be an escalating cyber war.

Lockheed lays off 1,200 workers at space division

Lockheed Space Systems Co. announced it is restructuring its workforce to eliminate 1,200 jobs by year's end.

Two Lockheed execs look forward to Independence Day promotions

Paul Lemmo moves to vice president of business development for Lockheed’s Information Systems and Global Solutions and Thomas Oles will move up to vice president of strategy and business development for the company’s Electronic Systems business.

RSA confirms its tokens used in Lockheed hack

The complicated attack might have used log-in data obtained via a phishing attack along with algorithm seed numbers taken from RSA to generate new passcodes.

Lockheed might outsource F-35 to Japan

As part of its sales pitch to Japanese buyers, Lockheed Martin said it would consider building some of the fighter jets in Japan.

Contractors doubt own security

Cyberattacks on several defense contractors have many in the community worried about security.

Terrorists target wrong contractor in assassination plot

Al-Qaida targets wrong CEO in uncovered terrorist assassination plot.

More cyberattacks reported; RSA tokens likely involved

Two more defense contractors reportedly have been the victims of attacks similar to the breach at Lockheed Martin Corp., and RSA SecurID tokens are believed to be compromised.

Terrorist plot to kill Lockheed CEO revealed

Al-Quaida group targed Robert Stevens for company's role in building drones.

No. 1 Lockheed keeps top spot for 17th year

How does the top systems integrator in the government sector attack today's unforgiving market?

Lockheed chief won't rule out more cuts

Lockheed Martin Corp. has reduced its headcount by 20,000 over the last two years, but more belt tightening might be needed.

Lockheed hit by cyber attack

Despite the severity of the attack, Lockheed Martin and the Defense Department say that little damage was done.

Lockheed and NASA set sights, budget on Mars and beyond

NASA and Lockheed Martin may be able to overcome gravity, but can they overcome federal budget limitations to put a manned crew into deep space and return it safely to Earth within the next few decades?

Contractors dominate list of top cyber stock picks

An investment analyst has included several government contractors on a list of his top cybersecurity stock picks.

Big 3 defense contractors feel axe of 1,000 cuts

Three major defense contractors in the Washington, D.C., region will be handing out pink slips until July.

Lockheed Martin, Carnegie Mellon open cyber lab

Lockheed Martin and Carnegie Mellon have teamed up to create cyber lab.

Who’s savviest about open source: feds or contractors?

According to a new study, government contractors understand open-source software and how it can move government agencies to cloud computing better than government officials do.

Lockheed unit names acting chief as president and CEO

William Clark has been promoted to president and chief executive officer of Savi Technology, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp.

Lockheed team rolls out next gen ID system for FBI

After a delayed start due to a contractor protest almost three years ago, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Next Generation Identification team is beginning to fully develop and deploy its enhancement of the FBI's latent fingerprint matching accuracy and introduce palm print matching to the system.