Schwartz Named VP of Military Programs at Vought Aircraft Industries.DALLAS -- Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. today announced it has named Frederic C. Schwartz as vice president - military programs. Schwartz reports to Erich Smith, senior vice president of program management and business development for Vought. Schwartz is responsible for leading all aspects of Vought's military business, which includes the management of existing customer programs and the pursuit of new business initiatives. Smith, who previously held this position, was promoted earlier this year and had been the acting leader of military programs. Schwartz joins Vought after 32 years with the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. . He spent 23 years of his Air Force civil service career at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 8,023 acres (3,247 hectares), W Ohio, NE of Dayton; est. 1917. One of the largest airport installations in the world, it is the air force's main research and development base, and the headquarters of the (WPAFB WPAFB Wright Patterson Air Force Base (Dayton, Ohio) ) in Ohio, working on numerous programs. His last position at WPAFB was chief engineer on the B-2. Schwartz was then assigned to the Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program as director of program integration, later becoming technical director for the 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. . He retired from the Air Force as a member of the Senior Executive Service in August 2003. "Fred is an excellent addition to the Vought team," said Smith. "His leadership, management skills and technical expertise will be invaluable assets as we continue growing our military business." Schwartz, 56, earned a bachelor's degree in space technology from the Florida Institute of Technology Florida Institute of Technology is an independent technical college located in Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County), United States. It was founded by Jerome P. Keuper on September 22, 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, absorbing the University of Melbourne, and changing its name , a master's degree in industrial engineering from Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. , and a master's degree in management, as a Sloan Fellow, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . Among his numerous honors and awards, Schwartz is a recipient of the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service. Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc. (www.voughtaircraft.com) is one of the world's largest independent suppliers of aerostructures. Headquartered in Dallas, the company designs and manufactures major airframe structures such as wings, fuselage subassemblies, empennages, nacelles and other components for prime manufacturers of aircraft. Vought has annual sales of approximately $1.2 billion and more than 6,000 employees in seven U.S. locations. Photo available at: http://www.vought.com/gallery/executive/fredSchwartz.htm |
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