[Staff] Fwd: AIAA Distinguished Lecture: Inventing the Joint Strike Fighter by Dr. Bevilaqua, Friday, 4/8/22, 2:00–3:00 pm, Little Theater 161, SDSU

[Ollin Balderas]

* Hello College of Engineering Faculty & Staff,*

*Please see Dr. Xiaofeng Liu's invitation to the Aerospace Department's
event below. Flyer is also attached for your convenience.*

*The SDSU Department of Aerospace Engineering,*

*the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SDSU Student Branch
and*

*the SDSU Aztec Council on Systems Engineering*

*jointly present *

*AIAA Distinguished Lecture:*

*Inventing the Joint Strike Fighter*

*by*

*Dr. Paul Bevilaqua*

Chief Aeronautical Scientist, Lockheed Martin and Chief Engineer of the
Skunk Works (Retired)

*Date & Time*: Friday, *April 8, 2022, 2:00 – 3:00 pm* PT

*Location*: *Little Theater 161*, SDSU

*[Abstract] The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was developed to meet the
multirole fighter requirements of the US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and
our allies. The Air Force variant is a supersonic, single engine stealth
fighter.  The Navy variant has a larger wing and more robust structure in
order to operate from aircraft carriers, while the Marine Corps variant
incorporates an innovative propulsion system that can be switched from a
turbofan cycle to a turbo shaft cycle for vertical takeoff and landing.
Lockheed Martin won the Joint Strike Fighter competition when the X-35
demonstrator aircraft made a short takeoff, went supersonic, and then
landed vertically, the first time any aircraft had accomplished this feat.
This presentation will describe the technical and program challenges
involved in developing the Joint Strike Fighter and show how an innovative
idea became an international program with engineers from half a dozen
countries developing a single replacement aircraft for multiple aircraft
types.*

*[Biography of the Speaker] Dr. Paul Bevilaqua joined Lockheed Martin as
the Chief Aeronautical Scientist and became Chief Engineer of the Skunk
Works, where he played a leading role in creating the F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter.  He invented the dual cycle propulsion system that made it
possible to build a stealthy supersonic VSTOL Strike Fighter, and suggested
that conventional and Naval variants of this aircraft could be developed to
create a common, affordable aircraft for all three services.  He
subsequently led the engineering team that demonstrated the feasibility of
building this aircraft.*

*Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, he was Manager of Advanced Programs at
Rockwell International’s Navy aircraft plant, where he led the design of
VSTOL interceptor and transport aircraft. He began his career as an Air
Force officer at Wright Patterson AFB, where he developed an ejector lift
system for an Air Force Search and Rescue Aircraft.*

*He is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was voted Engineer
of the Year by the readers of Design News Magazine.  He was also awarded
the Guggenheim Medal, a USAF Scientific Achievement Award, AIAA and SAE
Aircraft Design Awards, AIAA and VFS VSTOL Awards, and Lockheed Martin
AeroStar and Nova Awards.*

*He earned a BSc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame
and a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University. He was
also awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Cranfield in
Britain.*

Best,
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