Mick Jaggers Named As Vice President And Program Manager, Global Hawk, Stuart Linsky Tapped For Vice President, Engineering And Global Product Development for Aerospace Systems

Lockheed Martin has made two key appointments to its executive ranks.

Mick Jaggers has been named vice president and program manager, Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system programs, effective immediately.

Jaggers will report to Janis Pamiljans, vice president and general manager of the unmanned systems division.

"Mick's promotion reflects the importance of the Global Hawk program to the corporation and its customer. His leadership on this foundational program has been key to Global Hawk's on-going success," said Pamiljans. "Mick's focus on international expansion in Japan and Korea, continued production with Lot 11, and the future research and development opportunities with new sensors for the Global Hawk aircraft are all critical to ensure we continue to deliver on our commitment to our customers."

Global Hawk UAS programs are based in San Diego, with production facilities in Palmdale and Moss Point, Mississippi. Current domestic and international Global Hawk UAS programs include systems for the U.S. Air Force, NASA and Germany (Euro Hawk).

Prior to his current assignment, Jaggers held positions of increasing responsibility within the Aerospace Systems sector across a number of unmanned programs.

Before joining Northrop Grumman in 2004, Jaggers spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and flew the F-15E Strike Eagle in various United States and overseas locations. His last military assignment was as the F-15E division commander for Operational Test and Evaluation at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

The other appointment is Stuart Linsky, who has been named vice president, engineering and global product development of its Aerospace Systems sector. Linsky succeeds Peggy Nelson who will be retiring this summer.

In his new role, Linsky will lead a sector-wide effort to deliver more reliable, sustainable and affordable products for Northrop Grumman customers. Linsky comes to the position from his role as vice president of communications programs for the company's space systems division. 

"Stuart has an extraordinary and successful history of innovation, combined with systems engineering thinking and deep business acumen," said Tom Vice, corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "He is a true leader who has the passion for and belief in the critical importance of engineering for the success of our business."

Linsky has held numerous leadership positions spanning more than 35 years, leading people, programs and processes to develop technologies and services essential to our warfighters and allies. His experience at Northrop Grumman began in the 1980s with his work on NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System and the U.S. Air Force's Milstar military protected communications satellite program and continued with the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) system. His leadership has been key to the success of Milstar's replacement, the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites, and the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) payload.

Linsky, who has 29 patents related to satellite communications, earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California. He also earned a master's degree in business administration at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California.

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