Lockheed CEO; called the Iran war a 'golden opportunity'
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James D. Taiclet is chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, maker of the F-35 that Israel flies over Gaza. Lockheed's proxy reports his total pay at $23.45M for 2025, $23.75M for 2024 and $22.81M for 2023, about $70M over three years. Francesca Albanese's July 2025 UN report calls the F-35 'the largest-ever military procurement programme', from which Israel benefits; Campaign Against Arms Trade confirmed an Israeli F-35 carried out the 13 July 2024 strike on the al-Mawasi 'safe zone' that killed 90 people. Ten days after 7 October 2023 Taiclet told investors there could be 'supplemental requests related to support Ukraine, Israel, and potentially Taiwan.' In February 2025 Lockheed was named principal contractor for 3,000 Hellfire missiles ($660M) sold to Israel. On the April 2026 earnings call, with the US–Israeli war on Iran under way, he summed up his philosophy: 'This is a golden opportunity right now based on who's in government.'
Lockheed's proxy reports Taiclet's total pay at $22.8M for 2023, $23.8M for 2024 and $23.5M for 2025. He came to the company from American Tower.
Sources: Lockheed Martin DEF 14A (2026) - Pay vs Performance Disclosure (iXBRL R2)
Lockheed builds the F-35 that Israel flies over Gaza; an Israeli F-35 carried out the July 2024 al-Mawasi strike that killed 90 people, according to Campaign Against Arms Trade. Lockheed was principal contractor for the 3,000 Hellfire missiles notified for Israel in February 2025. Taiclet told investors in October 2023 about 'supplemental requests related to support Ukraine, Israel', and in April 2026 called the moment 'a golden opportunity'.
Sources: Campaign Against Arms Trade, Israel – AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles, ,
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PEO Total Compensation Amount: 2025 $23,453,308; 2024 $23,753,914; 2023 $22,813,775
Chairman, President and CEO of American Tower Corporation from 2004 until March 2020 and Executive Chairman from March 2020 to May 2020
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Chairman, President and CEO Jim Taiclet and CFO Evan Scott will participate in a fireside chat at Morgan Stanley's 14th Annual Laguna Conference
Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, pivotal to the Israeli air force, have significant carrying and fire capacity.
Chairman since March 2021 and President and CEO of Lockheed Martin since June 2020
The independent directors elected Mr. Taiclet, our President and CEO since June 2020, as Chairman in March 2021 and he remains in that role.
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