secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP (LMT)
CIK:        0000936468
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-22T10:26:08+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-066780
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Lockheed Martin Q3 sales rise 11% to $20.7B; EPS $7.97, record $292B backlog, 2026 outlook raised
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- Q3 sales $20.7B vs $18.6B a year ago; net earnings $1.8B, or $7.97 per diluted share, vs $1.6B and $6.95.
- Backlog reached a record $292.0B, up 27% from Q2 2026, including $52.5B from the multi-year PAC-3 MSE interceptor award.
- Cash from operations $3.4B and free cash flow $3.0B, down from $3.7B and $3.3B a year earlier.
- Lockheed raised its 2026 outlook for sales, EPS and free cash flow, the second consecutive quarterly increase, and raised its dividend for the 24th straight year.
- CEO Jim Taiclet said all four segments posted year-over-year growth, citing Aegis, F-35 and Hellfire plus AI and autonomy integration.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000162828026066780/0001628280-26-066780-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936468/000162828026066780/lmt-20261022.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-066780

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