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The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Rich Smith	General D's Below-Billion-Buck Buyback Defense contracting giant General Dynamics announces a 10-million-share repurchase authorization; at current share prices this represents an almost billion-dollar buyback. Can the company afford it? And even if it can, should it?
The Motley Fool October 26, 2010 Rich Smith	Lockheed Loves Itself Can it afford $3 billion in share buybacks? Sure. But is it a good idea?
The Motley Fool June 21, 2010 Rich Smith	Northrop Drops a $2 Billion Bombshell 11% of its shares could soon be vaporized.
The Motley Fool December 26, 2007 Rich Smith	Northrop's $2.5 Billion Buyback Northrop Grumman announces a buyback authorization of truly mammoth proportions. At $2.5 billion in size, this buyback could potentially reduce Northrop's share count by approximately 9% if implemented in full.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 Rich Smith	L-3 Goes to 60 The Q4 results underwhelmed in some respects, but in the big-picture viewpoint L-3 is looking pretty good.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: L-3's Q3 In advance of third-quarter earnings results, analysts expect defense contractor L-3 Communications to post a rise in revenues and profits.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2009 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Relives History The more you study GD's stock, the more you notice that investors consistently underestimate the General's profit-making prowess.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: L-3's Q4 Through much of last year, and all of this year to date, defense contractor L-3 Communications has reported earnings in excess of expectations. Will they do it again when they report fourth-quarter and full-year 2007 results?
The Motley Fool July 3, 2007 Rich Smith	Steel Dynamics Gets Busy There is no value prop here for shareholders. Rather than a buyback, a better move for Steel Dynamics would be to pay down a bit of its debt load.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Looking Closer at L-3 In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if 2008 will be as good as 2007 was for the defense contractor.
The Motley Fool March 13, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop's Shocking Sale Northrop Grumman decides to sell off its "Electro-Optical Systems" unit to fellow contractor L-3 Communications for $175 million.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 Abantika Chatterjee	Easier Said Than Done at Rockwell Collins Will a buyback be a good strategy to boost EPS?
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Lockheed Martin: Creating or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 9.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like an acceptable use of shareholder capital at these prices.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Investor Roundtable: The Best Stocks in the Defense Industry Fools muster their financial forces to battle over the best potential picks.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Andrew Sullivan	Rising Star Buy: L-3 Communications L-3's products are very much in demand for their quality and value-creating properties.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Should You Buy This Defense Stock? Does beaten-down contractor L-3 Communications deserve your investment dollars?
The Motley Fool December 26, 2007 Rich Smith	McAfee's McTentative McBuyback The board of directors at McAfee hints that it just might be interested in its own shares. Can it afford the buyback, and even if it can, is the price right?
The Motley Fool January 5, 2011 Anand Chokkavelu	Rising Star Buy: Cheap Defense Stocks It's time to buy these beaten down defense stocks.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2007 Rich Smith	L-3 Overtaken by Events Three recent contract awards from the U.S. government which may hold even more promise for L-3's future than did the news that management raised guidance last week. Why is it, again, that L-3 is down 3% post-earnings?
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Raytheon: Compounding or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 7.6 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like a good use of shareholder capital at these prices.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2008 Rich Smith	No Love for L-3 Funded orders in the second quarter should be plenty good enough to keep L-3 on the growth path for some time to come.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Cash Flow Lags at L-3 The GAAP numbers look terrific, though at L-3 Communications.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 Rich Smith	L-3's Anti-Pyrrhic Loss The company loses a huge military translation contract, but really wins in the end.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2011 Katie Spence	Despite Budget Cuts, This Is Still My Favorite Stock Budget cuts may have hurt Northrop Grumman's profits, but it's more than capable of surviving this budget storm.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2007 Rich Smith	L-3's Take-Two After conceding defeat regarding their translation contract with the Army, L-3 decides to protest the award to DynCorp again.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Rich Smith	L-3 Wants a Recount $500 million worth of fiscal 2007 revenue anticipated by the defense contractor went "poof!" earlier this month, as rival contractor DynCorp ran away with a multiyear contract to provide translation services to the U.S. military. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2011 Katie Spence	Budget Woes Are No Match for These Titans Defense companies may suffer from pressure on Capitol Hill to cut defense spending, but that's no reason to back out of defense investing. If anything, now is the time to get in at rock-bottom prices.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Nordstrom Doubles Down Fresh from completing its last buyback of $1 billion worth of shares, the retailer announced that it's digging into its purse for another $1.5 billion worth of spare change with which to finance a shopping spree on its own shares.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Roger Friedman	5 Cheap Stocks to Buy Now When the defense industry is battered, deals await the heady investor.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman: Bad News Is Good News Northrop stunned the investing world by announcing that it will report a loss in the next quarter, but the news isn't as bad as it seems.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Rich Smith	3 Top Defense Sector Stocks Raytheon, Lockheed, and General Dynamics carry strong balance sheets, while their valuations appear attractive relative to their growth prospects.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Slow Motion for General Dynamics Investors fear that decreasing sales in the coming year may threaten the defense contractor's stock price.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	L-3 and the Future of Defense L-3 Communications seems to have exactly what the U.S. military is going to need more of in the coming years and is still trading below fair value. That makes it worth a serious look from investors.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lackadaisical Lockheed In advance of earnings, analysts expect a very slight rise in sales from Lockheed.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Lockheed Flies Right Let's take a wide-angle look at Lockheed to see how things stand year to date, and how management expects the rest of the year to shape up.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2009 Rich Smith	Lockheed Martin Bobs and Weaves Lockheed shares shoot up on better-than-expected earnings, then tumbled right back down, giving up essentially all of the gains.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Rich Smith	L-3 Adds One And ups its game in UAVs.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2004 Tom Taulli	L-3's Art of the Deal Aggressive mergers and acquisitions have been troublesome for many companies, but not defense electronics and communications powerhouse L-3 Communications.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2010 Andrew Sullivan	A Tale of 2 Stocks For slow growth industries, it's best to think about the investment in terms of what sort of return you're getting. With this in mind let's compare Landauer to L-3.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Rich Smith	IBM's Supersized Buyback The computing giant will lay out another $15 billion to buyback stock.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Lockheed Martin's Stellar Show The world's largest defense contractor reported its fiscal 2007 results last week, and they were superb in every respect.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2011 Katie Spence	Congress Cut a Deal, and These Companies Are Crying Defense companies may be facing hard cuts, but now's the time to buy.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Looking for Lockheed The defense contractor is set to report second-quarter earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	L-3 Is A-OK Aerospace and defense conglomerate boasts a huge backlog. Better still, L-3 might actually benefit from defense-budget revisions that put an increasing focus on system modernization, as opposed to new platforms.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Rich Smith	Spartan's Luxurious Spending A smaller player in the defence industry, Spartan Motors, announces its repurchase of 250,000 shares.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Argus gives L-3 an F-minus.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2011 Robert Eberhard	3 Aerospace and Defense Stocks Near Lows and Paying Dividends A Foolish veteran who served in Iraq likes the dividends of these aerospace and defense stocks.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Knocking at the Door The defense contractor is set to report its second-quarter earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: L-3's Q2 L-3 Communications may have some good news for investors when it reports on Thursday; things probably won't be as bad as last year.
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Rich Smith	American Science's Miracle Quarter Once again, American Science & Engineering walloped the Street's earnings estimates. The impressive set of Q3 numbers included a 163% leap in profits.