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The Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program within the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder was initiated in 1987 with an endowment from Lockheed Martin to meet the needs of the high-tech industry in Colorado.
The school's mission is to produce experimental test pilots, flight test engineers, and flight test navigators to lead and conduct test and evaluation of aerospace weapon systems. [1] The school was established on September 9, 1944, as the Flight Test Training Unit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB) in Dayton, Ohio. [2]
The company's training and logistics division provides US Military and Foreign military training and logistics throughout the World. TLS employees span the globe working at military, Lockheed Martin, and other defense sites. The company is a provider of modeling, simulation, and mission rehearsal tools for military and civilian applications.
6512th Test Pilot Training Squadron, 1 September 1952 – 1 March 1961; USAF Test Pilot School, 1 January 1953 – Present; 6510th Test Group, 1 July 1959 – 25 October 1963; 6512th Test Group, 1 July 1959; Re-Designated: 6512th Test Wing, 1 October 1969 – 1 January 1973. Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, 25 October 1963 – Present
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) is a department of Lockheed Martin headquartered in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, that specializes in applied research and development. Additional facilities are located in Eagan, Minnesota , Kennesaw, Georgia , and Arlington, Virginia , employing approximately 250 people in total.
The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS) is the Air Force's advanced flight training school that trains experimental test pilots, flight test engineers, and flight test navigators to carry out tests and evaluations of new aerospace weapon systems [1] and also other aircraft of the U.S. Air Force.
In July 2011, Brown was promoted to Chief Test Pilot of the F-22 Raptor program for Lockheed Martin. In 2012, he became the first test pilot to reach 1,000 flight hours in the F-22. Including his hours in the F-117, Brown had more flight time in stealth jets than any other pilot in the world.
The flight test engineer generally has overall responsibility for the planning of a specific flight test phase, which includes preparing the test plans in conjunction with other analytical and/or systems engineers, overseeing the buildup of the aircraft to the proper configuration, working with the flight test instrumentation engineer to ensure the sensors and recording systems are installed ...