Lockheed martin

The bulky cargo plane has survived tech advances and budget cuts for 60 years.

The world’s largest defense contractor could gain more influence with the Pentagon.

The Dreamliner gets all the attention, but Boeing has other lines of business.

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has discovered a way to make desalination 100 times more efficient. And that could have a big impact on bringing clean drinking water to the developing world and war zones.

Federal spending on defense could soon be drawn back, and private companies that make military equipment will have to look elsewhere for customers.

Japan will replace its aging fighter jets with 42 new planes from the U.S. company Lockheed Martin, on the heels of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il.