Director Bartley P. Osborne, Jr. 

Director Bart Osborne was Vice President Advanced Concepts at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems (LMAS) after serving as Vice President, Engineering for 6 years, overseeing engineering development of the F 22 and the C 130J at Marietta, GA.
 

His career in aviation included 27 years at Lockheed and 9 years at North American Aviation. He led the Lockheed Skunk Works (SW) engineering team in winning the YF 22 Demonstration Validation Contract and the Lockheed/General Dynamics/Boeing team through the System Requirements Review. He was Chief Advanced Design Engineer, SW, from 1982 to 1985 and Program Manager for classified programs before his assignment to Lockheed Georgia. From 1974 to 1978, he served as Staff Specialist for Aeronautics and Ocean Vehicles at the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
 

He has served on many national panels including two terms as Chairman of the NASA Aeronautics Advisory Committee and (currently) Chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aerospace Council. He was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal by NASA in 1997.