Jerry Lockenour retired as Director of Technology Development for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS) in the Fall of 2009. At NGAS Mr. Lockenour was responsible for the planning and execution of technology programs across the military aircraft business units of Northrop Grumman. He was responsible for the development of technology roadmaps, and coordinating contractual research and development (CRAD) pursuit strategies and proposals, and for conducting assessments of technical capabilities and maturation strategies. The sector's maturation strategies were implemented in full coordination with external agencies, including government laboratories, federally funded research and development centers, suppliers, small R&D businesses and academia to maximize the leverage of the total NGAS investment. Mr. Lockenour also served as the primary interface for cross-sector technology initiatives and working groups to maintain consistent focus across the corporation.

Prior positions at NG include Integrated Product Team Leader for the Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) Center Fuselage, manager of Air Vehicle Engineering for the Tri Service Standoff Attack Missile, division level functional manager of Flight Controls and as manager for Flight Controls R&D.

Mr. Lockenour began his career with North American Aviation as a Staff Engineer in aircraft flight controls and flying qualities from 1967 to 1970. He worked at the USAF Flight Dynamics Laboratory from 1970 to 1975 and was responsible for the Variable Stability Flight Research Programs, and upgrades to the USAF Flying Qualities Specification MIL-F-8785, among other responsibilities. From 1975 to 1977 he was Program Manager of the HiMAT Remotely Piloted Research Program at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. This was a ground-breaking project in the use of unmanned vehicles to conduct fundamental research in aerodynamic, structures and fight controls. Mr. Lockenour holds a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University awarded in 1967 and a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering - Automatic Control Systems, from Ohio State University. He has completed Executive Business Management programs at University of Southern California (USC) and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Mr. Lockenour is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He has taught Engineering Courses in Control Systems Design at both USC and Loyola Marymount and short courses in the USA, in Europe and Taiwan. He has served on the NASA Aeronautics Advisory Committee.
Honors And Affiliations:

Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Tau Engineering Honoraria
AIAA National Committee on Guidance and Control, 1980-1984
Chairman, AIAA National Guidance and Control Conference, 1984
SAE Control and Guidance Committee, 1978-1987
NASA Aeronautics Advisory Committee, 1988-1994
NASA/USAF X-29 Advisory Committee, 1988-1992
Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Industrial Advisory Council
AIAA Associate Fellow, March 1981
AFRL/VA Fixed Wing Vehicle Leadership Team Member, 1997-2001
Purdue University, Outstanding Aerospace Engineer, 2001
Keynote Speaker, NATO RTO, UAV Intelligent Autonomy Symposium, Munich, June 2009
Published 25 technical papers, 4 magazine articles, and 1 journal article