
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Thursday announced Jeff Babione will become executive vice president and general manager of the F-35 program, effective Jan. 1.Babione succeeds Lorraine Martin, who has been appointed to the newly-created position of deputy executive vice president, mission systems and training (MST). Under Babione’s leadership, the F-35 team will focus on completing the system development and demonstration (SDD) program, ramping up production and supporting the initial operational capability for the Air Force’s variant in 2016 and the Navy’s…