Shares of Lockheed Martin and RTX are surging premarket after both companies reported swelling order books driven by strong demand for military hardware. Defense contractor Lockheed Martin lifted its full-year estimate of sales, per-share earnings and free cash flow as its book of orders for jets, missiles and other military products hit a record $230 billion.
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