MANAGER HONORED FOR JSF PROJECT.Byline: Daily News Tom Burbage, general manager of the Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. F-35 joint strike fighter program The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) became synonymous with the later F-35 Lightning II, however until 2001 the term was applied to the competition between the Boeing X-32 and Lockheed Martin X-35. and executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., has won Flight International magazine's annual Aerospace Industry Personality of the Year award. The citation, given to the industry's leading newsmaker news·mak·er n. One that is newsworthy. from the previous year, was presented at the Aerospace Industry Awards 2002 dinner in Singapore, site of the Asian Aerospace Asian Aerospace (AA) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It had been based at the Changi Exhibition Centre near the Singapore Changi Airport, it is the biggest airshow event in Asia, and was touted by its organisers as the "world’s second most 2002 exhibition. Dain Hancock, president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, praised the selection, saying, ``We wholeheartedly whole·heart·ed adj. Marked by unconditional commitment, unstinting devotion, or unreserved enthusiasm: wholehearted approval. whole agree with the judging panel assembled by Flight International and are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to see Tom receive this well-deserved recognition. Tom did an outstanding job leading our team to victory in the joint strike fighter competition, though he faced some very challenging times and tasks.'' After seven years of competition, Lockheed Martin was awarded a U.S. Department of Defense contract last October to begin full-scale development of the F-35. Burbage oversaw the critical final year of Lockheed Martin's campaign. ``I'm extremely grateful and humbled to be named the Aerospace Industry Personality of the Year for 2002,'' Burbage said. ``Like nearly everything that happens in our industry, this award is a result of teamwork. I have been fortunate to work with some outstanding individuals and teams throughout my career, and any accomplishments that I can claim would have been impossible without the efforts of many, many others.'' |
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