Aviation Week Names F-22 Program Team Recipient of the 2002 Quality Center Award.

Business & Aerospace/Defense Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2002

AVIATION WEEK today named the F-22 Program Team the recipient of its 2002 Quality Center Award.

The award, which was established in 1998, identifies and celebrates the industry's ability to initiate quality practices in development and manufacturing products for the civil aviation, military and space industries.

According to AVIATION WEEK Executive Vice President/Publisher Kenneth E. Gazzola: "The development of the nation's newest combat aircraft, the F-22, was a monumental undertaking. It not only required integrating the latest engineering and design resources across numerous companies, but also a strict adherence to the highest quality within tight budget restraints - criteria that clearly meet the AVIATION WEEK Quality Center standards."

The AVIATION WEEK Quality Center designation is based on four core criteria:

-- Brig. Gen. Mark Shackelford, Director, F-22 Systems Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command

-- Robert Rearden, F-22 Vice President & General Manager, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

-- Robert Barnes, F-22 Program Manager & Vice President, Boeing Military Aircraft & Missile Systems

-- Bennett Croswell, Director, F119 Engine Programs, Pratt & Whitney

-- Gerard Dunnigan, Director, F-22 Radar Programs, Electronic Systems Sector, Northrop Grumman

-- James Byloff, Director, Military Development Programs, TRW Radio Systems

-- Don Donovan, Vice President & General Manager, F-22 & JSF Programs, Information & Electronic Warfare Systems, BAE Systems

The F-22 Program Team Quality Center Award winners are:

-- Brig. Gen. Mark Shackelford, Director, F-22 Systems Program Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command

-- Robert Rearden, F-22 Vice President & General Manager, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

-- Robert Barnes, F-22 Program Manager & Vice President, Boeing Military Aircraft & Missile Systems

-- Bennett Croswell, Director, F119 Engine Programs, Pratt & Whitney

-- Gerard Dunnigan, Director, F-22 Radar Programs, Electronic Systems Sector, Northrop Grumman

-- James Byloff, Director, Military Development Programs, TRW Radio Systems

-- Don Donovan, Vice President & General Manager, F-22 & JSF Programs, Information & Electronic Warfare Systems, BAE Systems

The F-22 Program Team's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony at Aviation Week's Aerospace Expo 2002 in Los Angeles, and will be highlighted in a special September 30 market supplement that will be read by more than 1 million aerospace professionals via publication in Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine and posting on AVIATION WEEK'S AviationNow.com.

Previous recipients of the AVIATION WEEK Quality Center Award are the Wichita Aerospace Team, U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Toulouse Aerospace Center and the F/A-18E/F Team.

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