The National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining Board of Directors
Edward A. Morris

Director, Hardware and Manufacturing – Corporate Engineering and Technology
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Ed Morris is currently the Director of Hardware and Manufacturing on the Lockheed Martin Corporate Engineering & Technology team. Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, Ed works with the Lockheed Martin Business Areas to develop technical excellence, as well as a sound strategy for the hardware design and manufacturing communities across the Corporation. His focus is on improving the effectiveness of hardware design processes and methods as they influence the affordability, producibility, and testability of Lockheed Martin's portfolio of products and program execution. Additionally, Ed is responsible for developing a proactive Lockheed Martin approach for Pb (lead)-Free Electronics.

Ed has a B.S. Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. He has 36 years of defense, commercial and international aerospace industry experience with emphasis on program management, engineering, procurement, and manufacturing. Ed is a nationally recognized leader in advanced manufacturing technology.

Ed is the Chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association - Manufacturing Division, and is an active member on the Technology Advisory Panel for the Next Generation Manufacturing Technology Initiative, the Penn State Electro-Optics Alliance, the joint industry/government Executive Lead-Free Integrated Process Team, the AIA-AMC-GEIA Lead-free Electronics in Aerospace Project (LEAP) Working Group, and the Missile Defense Agency's Transforming Defense Supply Chains Technical Advisory Board. He also serves as a member of the Industrial Advisory Boards for the Navy Electronics Manufacturing Productivity Facility, the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Lasers and Plasmas, and the Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE) Electronic Products and Systems Consortium at the University of Maryland. Ed is a member of the Aerospace Industries Association's (AIA) Engineering Management Committee and the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association's (GEIA) Quality Committee. He is also an Industry Fellow for the University of Texas at Arlington Automation & Robotics Research Institute and a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.