Brian Hershberger Conceptual Design, Senior Manager, Advanced Development Programs Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
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Brian Hershberger is the Conceptual Design (CD), Senior Manager, for Lockheed MartinAeronautics’ Advanced Development Programs (ADP). Mr. Hershberger leads the SkunkWorks ® advanced design organization across Palmdale, Ft. Worth and Marietta sites. He isresponsible for overseeing operations, growing the CD competency, developing multi-disciplinary tools, shaping and capturing new business, managing portfolio investments andprograms, and enforcing technical integrity across the CD organization.
Mr. Hershberger has 24 years of experience extending from operations analysis-basedrequirements derivation, multi-disciplinary design and integration, through system flight test. Hisengineering breadth is complimented by leadership roles as the Competencies andTechnologies Deputy, program manager, chief engineer, proposal capture lead, andconfiguration lead on a wide variety of ADP efforts.
Within the Skunk Works ® , Mr. Hershberger has been a member of the development team onmultiple unmanned flight test and operational programs. These include JASSM (PDRR andEMD), X-44A UAV demonstrator, the Polecat high altitude UAS and multiple classifiedprograms. His responsibilities included aircraft conceptual design, multi-disciplinary integrationand prototype development. He has been awarded 3 patents resulting from his multipleconfiguration development efforts. He is an instructor for the Lockheed Martin Technical Institutefor Aircraft Configuration Development, Structural Design and Systems Design and developedand instructed an Advanced Lofting Skills Course.
A native, of Newton, Kansas, Mr. Hershberger is a 1995 graduate of Wichita State Universitywith a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering and a 2001 graduate of CaliforniaPolytechnic - Pomona with a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering. Brian is an active pilotwho flies a 1972 CITABRIA 7KCAB, maintains his Certified Flight Instructor certificate, and hasInstrument, Commercial and Multi-Engine ratings. He and his wife Amy reside in the southernCalifornia mountain town of Wrightwood.
Mr. Hershberger has 24 years of experience extending from operations analysis-basedrequirements derivation, multi-disciplinary design and integration, through system flight test. Hisengineering breadth is complimented by leadership roles as the Competencies andTechnologies Deputy, program manager, chief engineer, proposal capture lead, andconfiguration lead on a wide variety of ADP efforts.
Within the Skunk Works ® , Mr. Hershberger has been a member of the development team onmultiple unmanned flight test and operational programs. These include JASSM (PDRR andEMD), X-44A UAV demonstrator, the Polecat high altitude UAS and multiple classifiedprograms. His responsibilities included aircraft conceptual design, multi-disciplinary integrationand prototype development. He has been awarded 3 patents resulting from his multipleconfiguration development efforts. He is an instructor for the Lockheed Martin Technical Institutefor Aircraft Configuration Development, Structural Design and Systems Design and developedand instructed an Advanced Lofting Skills Course.
A native, of Newton, Kansas, Mr. Hershberger is a 1995 graduate of Wichita State Universitywith a bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering and a 2001 graduate of CaliforniaPolytechnic - Pomona with a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering. Brian is an active pilotwho flies a 1972 CITABRIA 7KCAB, maintains his Certified Flight Instructor certificate, and hasInstrument, Commercial and Multi-Engine ratings. He and his wife Amy reside in the southernCalifornia mountain town of Wrightwood.