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| Jeff Babione, newly appointed executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 program. Photo: Lockheed Martin |
[Avionics Today 10-30-2015] Jeff Babione has been named the executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Program, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Babione succeeds Lorraine Martin who has been appointed to the newly created position of deputy executive vice president of Mission Systems and Training (MST).
As head of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 team, Babione will lead development, production, and sustainment efforts across the three F-35 variants for 13 military services in nine partner countries and a growing list of foreign military sales customers. Under his leadership, the F-35 team will focus on completing the System Development and Demonstration Program, ramping up production and supporting the Initial Operational Capability (IOC) of the U.S. Air Force in 2016 and the U.S. Navy in 2018.
Babione has been with Lockheed Martin for nearly 23 years and has served as the F-35 deputy, vice president and general manager since 2013. Prior to joining the F-35 program, he was vice president and general manager of the F-16/F-22 integrated fighter group, where he was responsible for all aspects of the development, manufacturing, and sustainment of the F-16 and F-22 programs.