WASHINGTON — Michele Evans, who led Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics enterprise since 2018, died on Jan. 1, the corporate introduced Saturday.
Evans took a depart of absence that started Dec. 1 “to handle well being points unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic,” in keeping with a Securities and Alternate Fee submitting by the corporate. She beforehand took medical depart in September 2019 as a consequence of a most cancers analysis, in keeping with Reuters.
Greg Ulmer, who leads the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, has stuffed in as head of Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics unit within the interim.
“All through her profession, Michele led among the most vital packages that make sure the safety of our nation and its allies and assist make our world a safer place,” Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet stated. “She embodied our firm’s values in spirit and motion day by day — to do what’s proper, respect others, and carry out with excellence. Her instance was an inspiration to these of us lucky sufficient to have labored together with her carefully, and her management within the aerospace and protection business may have a long-lasting influence for years to return.”
Evans spent 34 years working at Lockheed and, earlier than her medical points, was seen as a high contender to interchange Marillyn Hewson as the corporate’s chief govt.
Earlier than changing into vp of the Aeronautics division, Evans held a number of govt positions within the firm’s Rotary and Mission Methods enterprise space, serving as vp and normal supervisor of built-in warfare methods and sensors in addition to vp for C4ISR (command, management, communications, computer systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance).
Earlier in her profession, she managed avionics packages for the C-130 and F-35 plane.