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Lockheed Martin Names Lauderdale As New F-35 Chief

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 5th, 2021

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Bridget Lauderdale, Lockheed Martin's new F-35 program chief. Photo: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday named Bridget Lauderdale as the new head of its F-35 strike fighter program, succeeding Greg Ulmer, who became executive vice president of the company’s Aeronautics group on Feb. 1 following the death earlier this year of Michele Evans. Lauderdale is currently vice president and general manager of Aeronautics’ Integrated Fighter Group, which is responsible for the development, manufacture and sustainment of the F-16 and F-22 fighter programs. Lauderdale was named head of the Integrated Fighter…

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