Lockheed Martin announced that Robert Lightfoot will be the new executive vice president of the company's Space business area. The appointment is effective January 1, 2022. Lightfoot, currently the vice president of Operations for Lockheed Martin Space, spent 29 years at NASA in several critical leadership roles to support space operations, exploration and science missions, including as the agency's acting administrator; director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in?Huntsville, Alabama; and director of Propulsion Test at Stennis Space Center in?Mississippi.?He succeeds Rick Ambrose, who will retire March 1, 2022 after more than 20 years of service to the company.?Ambrose will serve as a strategic advisor as part of a smooth and disciplined transition process.