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Lockheed Martin Names Sanchez To Lead Integrated Fighter Group

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 17th, 2021

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Lockheed Martin Names Sanchez To Lead Integrated Fighter Group

F-22 Raptor

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday named OJ Sanchez as the new vice president and general manager for the Integrated Fighter Group (IFG) within the Aeronautics segment. Sanchez succeeds Bridget Lauderdale who in April was named vice president and general manager for the company’s F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter program. Lauderdale took over the F-35 program after previous program chief Greg Ulmer took over the Aeronautics segment in February following the death of Michele Evans. Sanchez previously was vice president…

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