San Antonio, TX: The College of Aeronautics at Hallmark University was recently chosen by F-35 creator Lockheed Martin, to train Hallmark University graduates to assemble their new fighter planes. Lockheed Martin is increasing production of the F-35 from 66 to 200 planes per year, resulting in their training facilities to reach capacity and the need to hire 1800 new employees over the next 18 months. Lockheed recently formed a partnership with Hallmark University to assist in training new employees to work specifically on the F-35, and successful candidates will be offered employment at Lockheed Martin immediately after completing their training. With dedicated classroom space and new proprietary technology being used, the program has the potential to become a regional site for Lockheed Martin training, setting the precedent for a new partnership between Hallmark University and Lockheed Martin. Hallmark University graduates will be recognized for completing the first round of training on Thursday afternoon at the Aeronautics campus.
On the morning of the program’s unveiling, Dave Byington, of Lockheed Martin, said “sometimes with industry and education partnerships, it turns into … what can I get out of industry? Materials, money, so on. We never got that from Hallmark University. It’s been … we want to help our students, what can we do? It’s basically what can Hallmark do for Lockheed instead of the other way around, and I like that.”
