Dan Crowley, Lockheed Martin’s general manager for the F-35 strike fighter, will stay on in his job, company CEO Robert Stevens said Thursday, thereby settling weeks of speculation ever since the Pentagon fired its F-35 program manager over schedule slips and cost increases in the program. Stevens, speaking via telecon to reporters following an annual summit of the F-35 partner nations, said he has bolstered his F-35 management team with many new “subject matter experts” and replaced some others. But Crowley isn’t one of them. “I have known and worked with Dan for a very long time now and find him to be an extraordinarily dedicated and talented complete executive, very much grounded in the kind of integrity and ethics in business conduct that I personally admire,” Stevens said. He added, “I have absolute confidence in him in this role.” (See From 30 to 13 above)
Matthew Lohmeier, who was fired from a Space Force squadron command just two years ago, took another step in his unlikely journey to the Department of the Air Force's No. 2 job May 1, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee that his background as an Air Force F-15C pilot…