The F-35 will miss yet another deadline for completing final tests and being approved for full-scale production, according to a memo from Pentagon acquisition and sustainment chief Ellen Lord. The sticking point is integration of the F-35 with a wargaming simulation system. This has gone ...
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics division leader Michele A. Evans died Jan. 1, the company announced Jan. 2. Evans went on medical leave Nov. 17 due to an unnamed illness, which the company said was unrelated to COVID-19. Gregory M. Ulmer, Lockheed F-35 VP and program manager, ...
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Vice President Michele A. Evans is taking extended medical leave, the company said Nov. 17. In her absence, F-35 vice president and general manager Greg Ulmer will serve in both capacities, pending her return. A company spokesperson said Evans was “diagnosed last ...
The Air Force is moving forward with its “bridge tanker” project—the air-refueling aircraft acquisition formerly known as “KC-Y”—in a “full and open competition” to replace the KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. It is a stepping stone to a more futuristic tanker, Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Jacqueline ...
Lockheed Martin is seeing a “resurgence” of demand for new F-16 fighters, now up to the Block 70 configuration, according to company Executive Vice President for Aeronautics Michele A. Evans. WIth a backlog of 130 jets, and several countries on the cusp of making orders, ...