Norway's Kongsberg Gruppen ASA on Thursday said it won an at least 1 billion kroner ($200 million) contract from U.S. company Lockheed Martin Corp. to supply parts for the F-35 fighter jet.

Increased costs and delays in delivering vital weapons to soldiers in war zones are due partly to a lack of full funding for those systems, according to a government audit.

The Phoenix lander's first chemical sniff of Martian soil did not turn up any trace of the building blocks of life. Its next whiff could be its last.

The U.S. Air Force is sending its top-of-the-line F-22 Raptor fighter jet across the Atlantic for the first time, showcasing its capabilities even as it remains off limits for export and its production line is threatened at home.

A joint venture between Raytheon Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. recently won a $101.4 million contract from the Army for missile rounds, command launch units, among other products, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

A unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. recently won a $6.6 million contract from the Army to redesign a light armored vehicle and upgrade its command and control system, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Tuesday it received a $23.3 million contract from the Air Force to provide simulators and training for crew members learning to fly on the C-130 at Little Rock Air Force Base.

A unit of Lockheed Martin Corp., the world's largest defense supplier, received an $8.8 million contract boost from the Air Force for a B-1B bomber defense system, the Pentagon said late Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp <LMT.N> has received a $1.38 billion U.S. Air Force contract modification to extend government and military launch services through September 30, 2009, the Defense Department said Friday.

Lockheed Martin Corp <LMT.N> has received a $1.38 billion U.S. Air Force contract modification to extend government and military launch services through September 30, 2009, the Defense Department said Friday.

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. said Thursday that its board has declared a regular dividend of 42 cents on its common stock.

Edward Breen, the chief executive of Tyco International, topped the list of the most highly paid chief executives in the industrial sector.

A division of Lockheed Martin Corp., the nation's largest defense contractor, received a nearly $8 million contract boost for logistics and engineering support for the KC-130J tanker used by the Marine Corps and other models of the aircraft, the Pentagon said late Monday.

The Army will deliver some key technologies to ground forces in war zones three years ahead of schedule as part of its $160 billion combat modernization program led by Boeing Co. and SAIC Inc.

Lockheed Martin Corp. said Wednesday it received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $107 million for 111 cruise missiles.