Lockheed Martin
Names New President Continental Europe
19 September 2002
BRUSSELS, Belgium,
September 19, 2002 - Lockheed Martin Global Inc. has named Scott
A. Harris as President, Continental Europe.
 In
this new position, Harris will be responsible for Lockheed
Martin's business development activities in continental Europe.
The Corporation is actively engaged in a number of European
industrial alliances such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter,
Atlas V rocket, MEADS (Medium Extended Air Defence System) and
F-100 class frigates.
"Lockheed Martin
is committed to continuing to help governments and businesses in
Europe meet their goals – enhancing security, building advanced
air, shipping and rail traffic control systems and integrating
complex information and data systems," said Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer Vance D. Coffman. "With Scott as president of
our continental European operations, we plan to continue to be
actively engaged in dialogue concerning the evolving
transatlantic defence relationship and we look forward to
enhancing collaboration with our European partners and
customers."
Harris joined
Lockheed Martin in 1997 as Vice President, Plans and Analysis,
in the Business Development organisation at Lockheed Martin
Corporate Headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. Prior to that,
Harris worked at the Department of Defence, where he served as
Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of
Defence and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary. From 1991 to
1995, he was a Senior Analyst in International Policy and
Associate Director of the Washington Research Department of RAND
where he regularly conducted analyses of NATO and European
security issues. He has also served on Capitol Hill as the
National Security Advisor to Senate Majority Leaders Robert C.
Byrd and George J. Mitchell. Harris received a Ph.D. in
Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Headquartered in
Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin employs about 125,000 people
worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology
systems, products and services. The Corporation reported 2001
sales of $24 billion. Harris will be based in Brussels, Belgium
with immediate effect, following the retirement of his
predecessor Robert R. Clifford.
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