The pinnacle of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics who was in command of the corporate’s largest division and quite a few high-profile tasks died Friday, the corporate introduced Saturday,
Michele Evans, who spent her total profession working on the world’s largest protection contractor, had been battling an undisclosed sickness since 2019.
“Your entire Lockheed Martin crew was saddened to study that Aeronautics Government Vice President Michele Evans handed away on New Yr’s Day,” Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet mentioned in a press release. “All through her profession, Michele led a few of the most necessary applications that make sure the safety of our nation and its allies and assist make our world a safer place.”
Since October 2018, Evans had been in command of a few of Lockheed’s highest-profile tasks — together with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and future weapons developments throughout the firm’s famed Skunk Works Superior Improvement Packages enterprise.
Evans, who had lengthy been thought-about a candidate to at some point develop into Lockheed CEO, took a medical depart of absence in September 2019, however returned to work a number of months later. She took one other medical depart in December 2020.
Greg Ulmer, the top of the F-35 program, has been serving as performing govt vice chairman of the $20 billion Aeronautics division since December and can stay in that position till a brand new division chief is called.