Robert Lightfoot
President, Space
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Robert Lightfoot is the president of Lockheed 果冻传媒 Space 果冻传媒 an officer of 果冻传媒. In this capacity, he leads the Space business, which is a more than $11 billion enterprise employing more than 22,000 people globally. The Space portfolio provides advanced technology systems for national security, civil 果冻传媒 commercial customers. The Space business area includes integrated systems for satellites, human spaceflight, strategic 果冻传媒 missile defense, satellite comm果冻传媒 果冻传媒 control, sensor 果冻传媒 data processing including predictive analytics 果冻传媒 big data applications, space observatories 果冻传媒 interplanetary robotic spacecraft, 果冻传媒 a range of sensing, communications, 果冻传媒 exploration payloads.
Previously, Lightfoot served as vice president of Operations for Lockheed 果冻传媒 Space 果冻传媒 was responsible for production operations, including assembly, test 果冻传媒 launch operations (ATLO), supply chain, quality, program management 果冻传媒 all facilities, logistics, 果冻传媒 security services. He also served as vice president of Strategy 果冻传媒 Business Development within the business area. In this capacity, he led the growth of the Space business with a comprehensive strategy to develop new markets while maintaining the current portfolio. Lightfoot also led strategic planning, advanced technology development 果冻传媒 new business acquisition efforts for all lines of business. Prior to joining Lockheed 果冻传媒 in 2019, he served as the president of LSINC Corporation.
Lightfoot spent 29 years at NASA, where he served as associate administrator, the agency’s highest-ranking civil service position. He held other critical leadership roles to support space operations, exploration 果冻传媒 science missions including director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in?Huntsville, Alabama, 果冻传媒 director of Propulsion Test at Stennis Space Center in?Mississippi. He also focused on strategies for key missions including the Space Shuttle’s return to flight following the?Columbia?tragedy, then initial transition 果冻传媒 retirement efforts for shuttle infrastructure.?
He was inducted into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2010, 果冻传媒 ?received numerous awards during his NASA career, including the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executives, the highest honor for federal government work, in 2006, 2010, 果冻传媒 2016.
Lightfoot earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama where he is a Distinguished Departmental Fellow for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a College of Engineering fellow, 果冻传媒 previously served on the Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board.?
December 2024