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(1999), "President for Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 71 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1999.12771dab.052
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
President for Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems
President for Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems
Keyword: Lockheed Martin
Tom Burbage has succeeded Bill Bullock as President of Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems. In addition to his responsibilities at the head of LMAS, Tom Burbage will also become a Corporate Vice President of Lockheed Martin.
It was Bill Bullock's request after 42 years' outstanding service with Lockheed Martin that his successor should be nominated and in post by the spring of this year. Micky Blackwell, President and Chief Operating Officer Aeronautics Sector, has persuaded Bill Bullock to postpone his retirement until later in the year.
Reporting to Micky Blackwell as a Special Adviser and Corporate Vice President, Bill Bullock may, it is projected, be based mainly in London. Additionally, he will continue on the LMATTS Board of Managers. His main responsibilities, however, will be to give leadership and presence to the LMAS C-130J Hercules and C-27J Spartan campaigns in Europe.
Tom Burbage was vice-president of the F-22 Raptor programme. He conspicuously led the development, testing, and preparation for production of the advanced fighter aeroplane.
Previously, Tom Burbage was LMAS vice president for Navy Programs, Vice President AFX Program, Vice President Business Development, and Vice President Washington Operations. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and served for 11 years as a US Navy officer before joining Lockheed at Burbank, California, in 1980.
Among his academic achievements are a MBA in Business Systems from UCLA, and a Masters in Aeronautical Systems from the University of West Florida.
His new leadership role will be to oversee the expanding opportunities for the F-22 Raptor, C-130J Hercules, C-130J AEW&C, C-27J Spartan, and the avionics modernisation programme for the mighty C-5 airlifter. The principles of lean manufacturing and integrated product development employed so effectively in the F-22 Raptor programme are now certain to be even more widely implemented across the whole of LMAS.