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Lockheed Martin News Roundup (Oct 1–10, 2025): Defense Giant Navigates New Contracts, Space Ambitions, and Market Momentum

Lockheed Martin Targets Up to 200 F‑35 Deliveries in 2025 as Backlog Hits $179B — What’s New on November 10, 2025

Published: November 10, 2025 Lockheed Martin is pushing for its strongest F‑35 production year yet, with multiple outlets and company disclosures indicating a stretch goal of as many as 200 jets in 2025 as global demand accelerates and the order book swells to a record $179 billion. The latest developments span fresh international activity, a thicker backlog, and ongoing recovery from last year’s TR‑3 delays—setting up a pivotal fourth quarter for the world’s largest defense contractor. Defence Industry Europe+2TipRanks+2 At a glance F‑35 production: from recovery to record pace After clearing the 2024 bottleneck caused by Technology Refresh 3 (TR‑3)
10 November 2025
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Record-Setting Black Hole Flash Dazzles Astronomers: “One-In-A-Million” Flare Blasts Light = 10 Trillion Suns

Record-Setting Black Hole Flash Dazzles Astronomers: “One-In-A-Million” Flare Blasts Light = 10 Trillion Suns

An Unprecedented Cosmic Flare On Nov. 4, 2025 astronomers worldwide were abuzz: a supermassive black hole had produced the most luminous flare ever recorded. At its peak the outburst was “30 times brighter than any prior black hole flare,” equivalent to 10 trillion Suns space.com. This “superflare” came from a galaxy over 11 billion light-years away – meaning we see it as it happened more than 10 billion years ago reuters.com space.com. In cosmic terms this was a spectacular event: “a one-in-a-million object” as Caltech’s Matthew Graham describes theriver973.iheart.com. Nature News confirms it as “the biggest black-hole outburst ever seen,” a
5 November 2025
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Breaking: NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Off – Travel Times Could Halve

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic X-59 Jet Makes Historic First Flight – Could Halve Air Travel Time

A Historic First Flight After years of development and delays, the X-59 QueSST (Quiet Supersonic Technology) research aircraft finally took to the skies and “successfully completed its first flight” on Tuesday morning, Oct. 28 news.lockheedmartin.com reuters.com. The test took place at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, with NASA test pilot Nils Larson at the controls reuters.com. The single-seat X-59 took off just after sunrise and landed safely about an hour later at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, following a planned route toward Edwards Air Force Base accompanied by a chase plane reuters.com reuters.com. About 200 aerospace workers
29 October 2025
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Breaking: NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Off – Travel Times Could Halve

Breaking: NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Off – Travel Times Could Halve

California Celebrates a Supersonic Breakthrough Governor Newsom used the X-59 as a showcase for the state’s advanced manufacturing. In an Oct. 27 press release, he proclaimed the Lockheed-built jet the “Coolest Thing Made in California” for 2025 gov.ca.gov. He noted that this quiet supersonic aircraft “exemplifies” California’s “unmatched creativity, ingenuity and manufacturing excellence” gov.ca.gov. The state-sponsored contest (whose finalists included a Sacramento-built train and an Alameda solar vessel) was a public vote on October’s Manufacturing Month. Newsom’s announcement highlighted that the X-59 was “designed to separate shockwaves and quiet the disruptive sonic boom that has long limited supersonic travel”, saying
28 October 2025
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Hypersonic Race Heats Up: US Preps ‘Blackbeard’ Missile for Mobile Launchers

Hypersonic Race Heats Up: US Preps ‘Blackbeard’ Missile for Mobile Launchers

Pentagon Backs New Hypersonic Strike Weapon In a major move for U.S. long-range firepower, California-based startup Castelion announced it won “multiple awards” to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic missile with U.S. Army and Navy systems breakingdefense.com. The contracts, revealed on Oct. 24, are the first platform-integration deals for Blackbeard and will allow live-fire testing with real military launchers. “These integration contracts validate that affordability and speed are critical to modern deterrence,” said Bryon Hargis, Castelion’s CEO, highlighting the Pentagon’s demand for faster and cheaper weapons development foxbusiness.com. The ultimate goal is to enable the U.S. military to field hypersonic missiles across
26 October 2025
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SpaceX’s Starship Triumph Sparks Moon Race 2.0 with China – Stocks Take Off

SpaceX’s Starship Triumph Sparks Moon Race 2.0 with China – Stocks Take Off

NASA’s Artemis Program and SpaceX’s Starship NASA’s Artemis program is revving back up. After Artemis II (crewed lunar flyby) slips into 2026, the big prize is Artemis III – the first American moon landing since Apollo. Under the current plan, NASA will launch Orion atop an SLS rocket and then rendezvous with SpaceX’s Starship, which must carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the surface. SpaceX’s recent Flight 11 (Oct. 13) achieved most of its objectives: the Starship upper stage reached space and deployed payloads, while the Super-Heavy booster performed a soft water landing reuters.com. NASA’s acting chief Sean Duffy praised the
26 October 2025
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SpaceX Moon Mission in Jeopardy: Musk Clashes with Trump Official After NASA Opens Lander Bids

SpaceX Moon Mission in Jeopardy: Musk Clashes with Trump Official After NASA Opens Lander Bids

NASA’s acting chief Sean Duffy has announced he will open the Artemis III lunar-lander contract to competition after SpaceX’s delays ts2.tech. Competing firms like Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and a Lockheed Martin–led team are now eyeing the first crewed Moon mission, slated for 2028 to beat China’s 2030 lunar goal ts2.tech reuters.com. SpaceX’s Starship has made progress (recent test flights met key objectives ts2.tech ts2.tech) but the program is still behind earlier schedules kesq.com ts2.tech. On Oct 21, Elon Musk erupted on X (Twitter), calling Duffy “Sean Dummy,” questioning his space credentials (mocking the secretary’s past as a tree-climbing champion kesq.com)
22 October 2025
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Lockheed Martin Stock Soars on Earnings Beat – “We’re an arm of the U.S. government,” analyst quips

Lockheed Martin Stock Soars on Earnings Beat – “We’re an arm of the U.S. government,” analyst quips

Robust Q3 Results and Increased Guidance Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE:LMT) Oct. 21 earnings release blew past forecasts, reflecting surging military demand. Revenue rose 8.8% year-over-year to $18.61 billion and net income was $6.95/share seattlepi.com. That beat Wall Street’s $6.33/share estimate and matched analyst forecasts of about $18.56 billion. CEO Jim Taiclet highlighted the “unprecedented demand” for Lockheed products, noting a record $179 billion backlog – over 2½ years of sales news.lockheedmartin.com. In light of the strong quarter, Lockheed raised 2025 guidance. It now expects $22.15–$22.35 EPS (vs prior $21.70–$22.00) and about $74.25–$74.75 billion in revenue reuters.com. Jim Taiclet emphasized the scale of current demand: “Based
21 October 2025
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AI Frenzy Fuels Record Wall St Rally as Shutdown Drags On – Key Market News (Oct 6-7, 2025)

Stock Market Today 21.10.2025

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: October 23, 2025, 6:44 AM EDT Cal-Maine Foods’ Chief Strategy Officer Bets on Rapid Recovery With 2,800-Share Purchase October 21, 2025, 3:24 PM EDT. On Oct. 2, 2025, Cal-Maine Foods‘ Chief Strategy Officer Keira Lombardo bought 2,800 shares, lifting her direct stake to 3,738 shares – a roughly 298.5% increase. The trade was worth about $258,600 at a weighted average price of $92.36, boosting her direct-holdings value to about $346,100. By Oct. 10, shares traded near $94.43. The move signals Lombardo’s bullish view on a rapid recovery for the company, which operates shell eggs and specialty
21 October 2025
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Indonesia’s $9B Chinese Fighter Jet Deal Shocks the World

Indonesia’s $9B Chinese Fighter Jet Deal Shocks the World

Indonesia’s abrupt pivot to Chinese fighters has captured global attention. Defense analysts say it underscores Jakarta’s insistence on strategic autonomy. “Foreign actors can spread disinformation, but at the end of the day, Indonesia buys what it chooses,” writes analyst Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat asiatimes.com. In practice, Jakarta is “quietly demonstrating that strategic autonomy is possible” – fielding the latest jets from East and West while balancing great-power pressures asiatimes.com. For now, Southeast Asian neighbors and global arms makers will be watching closely how this deal unfolds and how it reshapes the region’s airpower balance. Sources: Official statements and budget documents; reporting
18 October 2025
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SHOCKING: Asteroid Discovered Just Days Ago Will Buzz Earth TODAY (Closer Than the Moon) – What Experts and Investors Are Saying

SHOCKING: Asteroid Discovered Just Days Ago Will Buzz Earth TODAY (Closer Than the Moon) – What Experts and Investors Are Saying

Close Call with Asteroid 2025 TP5 Astronomers have identified Asteroid 2025 TP5 as a very close but safe Earth flyby. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab data, 2025 TP5 will swoop by at 4:09 p.m. EDT (2009 UTC) on Oct. 15, 2025, at ~60,328 miles (97,089 km) from Earth’s center space.com. By comparison, the Moon orbits ~238,855 miles away. After the Earth flyby, JPL reports that 2025 TP5 will come as close as 74,616 miles to the Moon on Oct. 16 space.com. At an estimated 54 ft (16 m) diameter space.com, it is a medium-sized near-Earth asteroid. Notably, 2025 TP5 was undetected until Oct. 13,
16 October 2025
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Lockheed Martin News Roundup (Oct 1–10, 2025): Defense Giant Navigates New Contracts, Space Ambitions, and Market Momentum

Lockheed Martin (LMT) Stock Rises on $11B Navy Contract, Dividend Hike & Analyst Upgrades

Stock Performance Today and Recent Trend Lockheed’s stock opened around $504.8 on Oct. 15, 2025 and is roughly flat on the day marketbeat.com. Over the past week it has seen minor fluctuation but remains in a broad trading range. After falling as low as ~$410 in mid-July (post-Q2 earnings), LMT has rebounded over 20% and is now about 18% below its 52-week high benzinga.com marketbeat.com. Volume remains healthy and trading above its 50-day/200-day averages, reflecting continued investor interest. Despite some recent volatility, analysts note that LMT has strong governmental support. “Lockheed Martin makes 97% of its revenue from the U.S.
15 October 2025
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