The American Saab competitor Lockheed Martin – which among other things manufactures combat aircraft – falls in futures trading ahead of Tuesday's stock market trading on Wall Street.
The decline follows an interim report which shows that sales during the second quarter only increased by 0.2 percent in annual terms to 18.2 billion dollars. This can be compared to an average forecast among analysts of 18.5 billion, according to Bloomberg.
The profit per share fell to 1.46 dollars, from 6.85 dollars a year earlier.
Lockheed Martin manufactures among other things the combat aircraft F-35 Lightning II, a fifth generation combat aircraft.
