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In fiscal year 2023, Texas outranked Virginia as the leading recipient of Department of Defense spending—largely concentrated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Over the past decade, Texas' share of defense spending has increased by 10% while Virginia's has remained fairly stable.
Lockheed Martin has several factories in Texas, including an F-35 assembly plant while RTX Corporation and General Dynamics operate facilities across the state.