The Air Force Doesn't Want Lockheed Martin's New Stealth Drone -- but Lockheed Is Building 5 of Them Anyway

Key Points The U.S. Air Force picked Anduril Industries and General Atomics to build its first Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones. Lockheed Martin didn't make the short list -- but is building five stealth drones of its own. Lockheed will try to get the Air Force to change its mind and buy them after they are built. 10 stocks we like better than Lockheed Martin › For Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) , the bad news arrived in June. The U.S. Air Force had just announced contracts to build new "Collaborative Combat Aircraft" -- CCA, the drone warplanes that will fly in support of piloted fighter jets -- naming two companies as winners. Lockheed Martin was neither of them. Missed AI’s "Act 1"? Act 2 Could Be 15x Bigger.