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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 January 30, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Raytheon Rules In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Raytheon to see profits soar.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lockheed As Death Star In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Lockheed Martin to report flat quarterly sales and profits.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Is Shipshape In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Northrop Grumman to show a small increase in sales and an even smaller increase in profits.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: United Tech's Missing Data In advance of earnings, investors hope United Technologies will close out its third straight fiscal year with another analyst beat.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Trend's the Friend at Textron In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if industrial conglomerate Textron will beat their estimates again, as the company has done for two-and-a-half years in a row.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Advances, Shares Retreat After an initial surge in response to Q3 earnings, shares of defense contractor General Dynamics are today executing a phased withdrawal back to their pre-earnings positions.
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 January 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Boeing's da Bomb In advance of earnings, analysts and investors wonder if Boeing will make it twenty straight quarters of beating estimates.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Tries Again The defense contractor is set to report its most recent quarterly report. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
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 April 20, 2007 Rich Smith	Say What, SAIC? For the second time in its history, the government contractor reported earnings as a public company last week. With the stock up 7% in the days since, it appears that investors liked what they saw.
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 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Northrop Becomes a Guinea Pig Backlog refers to orders that have been booked and are expected to become revenue but haven't yet. Let's take a deeper look at backlog, using Northrop Grumman's fourth-quarter and full-year reports as an example.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Grumman's Bad Omen In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if Northrop Grumman will miss estimates again, as it had last quarter.
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 28, 2009 Rich Smith	General Dynamics vs. the Recession Matched against a global recession, General Dynamics has come away this quarter looking like the proverbial 98-pound weakling.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Strong and Silent In advance of earnings reports, analysts are expecting to see sales and profit increases from General Dynamics.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Raytheon Rings In The defense contractor is set to report its second-quarter earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
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 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 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 April 29, 2010 Rich Smith	Does General Dynamics Deserve a Promotion? Sorry, General. That's as high as you go.
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 October 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Riding Herd on Raytheon The defense contractor is set to report its quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2008 Rich Smith	Boeing Keeps Climbing The plane maker once again obliterates estimates.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Marches On In advance of earnings, analysts expect General Dynamics to show an increase in both sales and profits.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Dodges a Bullet When it reports earnings on Wednesday will defense industry giant General Dynamics surprise again by beating expectations?
The Motley Fool July 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Raytheon's Risks Revealed Raytheon not only repeated last quarter's feat, but bested it. And twice in a row, investors ignore the news.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 Rich Smith	General Dynamics: Still Too Expensive? Down 4% over the past three months, General D's stock is headed in the right direction from a prospective buyer's point of view. But is it still too expensive?
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 July 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Orders Slow Down at Northrop Northrop ups 2007 earnings guidance, but the prospects of peace might be affecting the defense contractor.
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.
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 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 June 3, 2011 Patrick Martin	Budget Cuts Won't Sink This Company The government is cutting spending, but that shouldn't hurt General Dynamics.
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 October 19, 2011 Brendan Byrnes	What to Expect From the Big Aerospace and Defense Companies This Earnings Season With defense cuts looming, how will these companies perform in Q3?
The Motley Fool February 5, 2008 Rich Smith	Raytheon on the Rise Following Raytheon's strong quarterly report, here is some additional information investors should know about the defense contractor.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2009 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lockheed Still a Step Ahead Views you can use to get clues on the news.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2011 Rich Smith	America: Guns "R" U.S. The nation is set to sell $46 billion in arms internationally this year.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Lockheed's Peculiar Spin The defense contractor announces positive third quarter results but downplays a few troubling numbers. Skepticism aside, the company's stock seems reasonably priced when compared with its peers.
The Motley Fool November 11, 2008 Rich Smith	Force Protection Enters the Minefield Where have all the mine resistant ambush protected vehicles gone?
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Reveille for General Dynamics The defense contracting powerhouse gets ready to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, take note.
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 October 20, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu	4 Defense Stocks Near 52-Week Lows If you're aiming to "buy low and sell high," then it makes infinite sense to start your search with bargain-priced stocks. Here are four in the defense sector: Lockheed Martin... General Dynamics... Raytheon... ITT Corporation...
The Motley Fool July 29, 2009 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Boards a Jet Plane "Tanks for the airplane orders," says the armored vehicle maker.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2011 Katie Spence	In Defense of 3 Companies You Might Be Overlooking Defense companies may not be the most glamorous companies to invest in -- but with the security of America depending on what these companies bring to the table, it's unlikely they'll disappear into the sunset any time soon.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Rich Smith	A Sailor at the Helm of General Dynamics Weapons maker General Dynamics signs a former admiral as its new CEO.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Forms Ranks The defense contracting powerhouse reports its second-quarter earnings results early tomorrow. Investors, take note.