Don A. Kinard Senior Fellow, Production Operations Lockheed Martin

Dr. Don Kinard is a Senior Fellow for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Production
Operations and has been with LM for 36 years. Don supports Digital Transformation
as well as programs such as F-35. Prior to his current assignment he was lead for
the F-35 production rate transition program and earlier the Director of F-35
Production Engineering responsible for Joint Strike Fighter Tooling, Planning,
Manufacturing Engineering, and Aircraft Systems Testing. Before joining F-35 in
2004 Dr. Kinard held various positions in both Engineering and Manufacturing during
his 18 years on the F-22.

Don is also the lead for the LM Corporate Fellow’s Manufacturing Team whose
objective is to develop and share engineering, manufacturing, and sustainment
technologies throughout all of the LM business units. His technical interests include
materials and structures, digital thread integration, Industry 4.0, manufacturing
technology, manufacturing system design, and production management.