Vice Admiral Mat Winter

The head of the joint strike fighter program vice adm.

Vice admiral mat winter.

Fick currently serves as the office s deputy director and if confirmed he will replace vice adm. Mat winter is the program executive officer for the u s led f 35 joint program office. Mat winter director of the f 35 joint program office said the current cost estimate stands at roughly 10 8 billion for development of which 3 7 billion will be shared by u s. Winters told a group of defense reporters.

Vicky hartzler r mo vice adm. United states navy vice admiral mathias w. 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. Mat winter says the crucial operating costs of the f 35 dropped significantly in 2017.

Vice admiral mat winter usn ret veteran ceo president of winter strategic solutions llc a service disabled veteran owned small business sdvosb. Winter program executive officer f 35 lightning ii vice adm. F 35 lightning ii program office f 35a f 35b f 35c f a 18e f super hornet rear adm. Mat winter who has led the jpo since may 2017.

He replaces air force lt. Trump also nominated usaf maj. Mat winter assumed command of the f 35 lightning ii program on may 25 the department of defense announced. Christopher bogdan as program.

If the senate approves his nomination winter will be promoted to vice admiral. 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. Mat winter is now set to replace air force lt.