BETHESDA, Md. — Lockheed Martin Corp. said it lost an unspecified amount of money as a result of a misplaced comma in a contract to sell C-130J Hercules military-transport aircraft to an international customer.
The mistake was made in an equation adjusting the sales price for inflation-rate changes, and the unidentified purchaser insisted on sticking to the terms when inflation turned out to be less than expected, the Financial Times reported Friday.
