** Shares of defense co Lockheed Martin LMT.N down 3.2% at $487.36 premarket
** Co forecast 2025 profit below estimates, as co grapples with delayed rollouts of tech upgrade on F-35
** Sees 2025 EPS between $27 and $27.30; analysts on average were expecting EPS of $27.92 - LSEG data
** LMT reports Q4 total sales of $18.62 bln, below analysts' expectations of $18.91 bln
** Posts Q4 profit of $2.22 per share vs $7.58 per share a year earlier
** Stock rose ~7.2% in 2024
(Reporting by Rupali Chaudhary in Bengaluru)
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