Posted on 12/03/2010 9:29:07 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works — known for its revolutionary technology work in building the SR-71, F-117 and F-35 — will have a new vice president and general manager.
Frank Cappuccio, the unit’s longtime head, is stepping down in June. He led the company’s successful Joint Strike Fighter competition win over Boeing.
Al Romig, deputy vice president and deputy director of the Sandia National Laboratories, will join Skunk Works in January and take over from Cappuccio later in the year. Romig’s work at Sandia began in 1979, and he has established strong relationships with customers in the U.S. Energy Department.
During the January-June period, Romig and Cappuccio will both report directly to Ralph Heath, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; this sector manages the C-130J, C-5M, F-16, F-22 and F-35 programs.
JSF work will eventually account for a major portion of Lockheed’s revenues. The Pentagon plans to spend at least $380 billion on the single-engine stealthy aircraft. And despite massive cost overruns since 2001, the aircraft is poised to set the standard for international sales, following in the wake of the F-16.
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A “skunk works” has a VP???
Sorta redefines what a skunk works is all about.
Do you remember the picture of the skunk when Kelly Johnson passed away?
Killed by Heppe-titis?
Mike
no... was it weeping???
ya never know...
Los Alamos, Sandia, and Lawrence Livermore National Labs and the Department of Energy (read Atomic Energy Commission) haven’t contributed anything since the development of atomic weapons in the 40’s
yet they still gorge themselves at the public trough.
Given Romig’s background we can kiss the Skunk Works good-by. He and Chu can invent new light bulbs, electric cars, and energy efficient dishwashers.
Yes.
The “philosophy” that made the Skunkworks® what it was died out with Kelly Johnson and Ben Rich.
It’s a shell of its former self.
Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos ahave been the premier atomic agencies. They have developed every weapon system since the 1940s. On this dimension, they are the backbone of our nucear forces
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