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John Burke (U.S. Army, colonel, ret.) was appointed the Light Utility Helicopter program Vice President at EADS North America in September 2007. Burke is located at the company’s Huntsville, Alabama office, which he also will head as part of his managerial duties.
He brings significant program management and operational experience to oversee the engineering, production, delivery, and support for the U.S. Army’s UH-72A Lakota rotary wing aircraft which is being supplied by EADS North America in a program valued at over $2 billion.
Prior to joining EADS, Burke was Deputy Director of Army Aviation, and concurrently, Director of Army Unmanned Systems Integration in the Pentagon. In this capacity, he was strategically responsible for Army Aviation current operations, systems, transformation, and unmanned aircraft systems. As the Unmanned Systems Director, he was the Army Headquarters subject matter expert for the Service’s unmanned aircraft and unmanned ground systems.
Previously, Burke served as the Army’s Project Manager for unmanned aerial vehicle systems including the Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Shadow), Small UAV (Raven), medium altitude/endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (Hunter, I-GNAT, Extended Range/Multi-Purpose System) and Future Combat Systems unmanned aerial vehicles.
His 18 years of program management experience includes the Fire Control Radar for Apache and Comanche helicopters; Radio Frequency Interferometer; Apache simulators and trainers; Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) systems; and the Army Data Management program. He held key leadership positions in the Army Acquisition Executive Office, Program Executive Office Aviation, and the Army Corporate Information Officer/G6 Office in the Pentagon.
Burke is a graduate of the Air War College, and the Defense Systems Management College. His education includes a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State, a Master of Science degree in Systems/Logistics from the Air Force Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies from the Air University, and post-graduate studies in Systems Engineering at George Mason University. He was awarded the Silver Order of Saint Michael by the Army Aviation Association. | 