Vice Admiral Mat Winter
United states navy vice admiral mathias w.
Vice admiral mat winter. Mat winter is now set to replace air force lt. Mat winter says the crucial operating costs of the f 35 dropped significantly in 2017. Winter program executive officer f 35 lightning ii vice adm. Marc sasseville for a third star and assignment as commander of us north american aerospace defense command region and 1st air force air forces northern.
As the quarterback for the joint force the f 35 provides new transformational capabilities that. Mat winter is the program executive officer for the u s led f 35 joint program office. If the senate approves his nomination winter will be promoted to vice admiral. Fick currently serves as the office s deputy director and if confirmed he will replace vice adm.
Winters told a group of defense reporters. He replaces air force lt. Mat winter who has led the jpo since may 2017. Mat winter a 1984 graduate of the university of notre dame with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering received his commission through the naval reserve officers training corps and was designated a naval flight officer in 1985.
Christopher bogdan as director of the joint strike fighter program office of the secretary of defense arlington va according to the announcement. The head of the joint strike fighter program vice adm. Retired navy vice admiral david buss the former head of naval air forces noted that both the outgoing and incoming peo jsf commanders were graduates of the university of notre dame and as he introduced winter he joked mat you are the most obnoxious notre dame football fan i ve ever met. Trump also nominated usaf maj.
F 35 lightning ii program office f 35a f 35b f 35c f a 18e f super hornet rear adm. Vice admiral mat winter usn ret veteran ceo president of winter strategic solutions llc a service disabled veteran owned small business sdvosb. Christopher bogdan as program.