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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.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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The Motley Fool December 13, 2007 Rich Smith	L-3's Sub-Billion-Buck Buyback Government contractor L-3 Communications announces that its board has authorized the repurchase of up to $750 million worth of its own shares over the next couple of years.
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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.
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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 April 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Cash Flow Lags at L-3 The GAAP numbers look terrific, though at L-3 Communications.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2006 Rich Smith	(L-)3 Lessons for Investors Investors, defense contractor L-3 Communications' recent quarterly report and subsequent analyst upgrade highlight an important point: Run rates aren't always what they're cracked up to be. Here's why.
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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?
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The Motley Fool October 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: L-3 Lacking The defense contractor reports third-quarter 2006 earnings results shortly. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
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The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	A Year Later, L-3 Still Looks Good L-3 Communications' size will make growth more challenging, but the price still seems right. Investors, take note.
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 29, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: L-3's Communicating The defense and security specialist is set to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Boeing Blasts Off Revenues grew 12% and net profits leapt 61% for defense contractor Boeing in the third quarter. The company also has an astounding $295 billion worth of future business lined up. Investors, take note.
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 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.
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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 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.
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The Motley Fool June 11, 2007 Rich Smith	DynCorp Delights The government contractor wows Wall Street, but investors should beware of shaky backlogs.
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