The Lockheed Martin Crisis: How Financial Engineering Broke the F-35 & NGAD

Deep Press Analysis · Sep 6, 2026 · 12m

00:00 Intro: The Hardware Illusion & James Taiclet's Blueprint01:14 The American Tower Business Model & Bringing it to the Pentagon02:13 21st Century Security Strategy & The JADC2 Network03:26 The F-35 TR-3 Upgrade Disaster04:10 Fixed-Price Contracts Collide with Aerospace Physics05:43 Protecting Wall Street: Dumping Pension Liabilities06:24 The Aerojet Rocketdyne Takeover & Antitrust Battle07:47 Shifting Supply Chain Risks to the Taxpayer08:11 Losing the $20 Billion NGAD Contract09:00 Executive Purge: Ousting the CFO & Head of Aeronautics09:28 Pivoting to Space: The Terran Orbital…