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Watch an Interview with Lockheed Martin’s Greg Ulmer, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Oct. 6, 2020

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org

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Watch Greg Ulmer, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 executive vice president and general manager, discuss mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Joint Strike Fighter production, F-35 cost performance, and more during a sponsored interview with Air Force Magazine Editor-in-Chief Tobias Naegele from the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org

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