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Defense Secretary Hegseth Tours Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth and SpaceX Starbase in Texas
Secretary Hegseth urged defense contractors to increase production speed and accountability during his Arsenal of Freedom tour, highlighting Lockheed Martin's record 191 F-35 jets delivered in 2025.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is visiting a Lockheed Martin facility in Texas that builds the F-35 fighter jet for the Pentagon.
- Lockheed Martin announced a deal with the Department of War to rapidly accelerate production of PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors.
- Over 1,290 F-35s are operational worldwide, with the fleet surpassing 1 million flight hours in 2025, and Lockheed Martin's Fort Worth facility delivered a record 191 jets that year.
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Hegseth tells defense contractors to ‘step up,’ warns Trump’s $1.5 trillion war budget is ‘a message to the world’
War Secretary Pete Hegseth encouraged employees of the military’s largest defense contractor Monday to “step up” amid a push by President Trump to up the Pentagon’s budget and send “a message to the world.”
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Secretary of War Visits Lockheed Martin F-35 Production Facility
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) welcomed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 Lightning II production facility today. The visit was part of the secretary's Arsenal of Freedom industry…
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