Robert Klein Quotes

American aerospace engineer

Robert "Bob" Klein is an American aerospace engineer and Northrop Grumman executive. A Princeton aerospace engineering graduate with a master's from MIT, he joined Grumman in 1974 and served as chief engineer of the F-14 Tomcat program from 1990 to 1999, evolving the aircraft from an air-to-air interceptor into a precision-strike fighter. Earlier in his career he was the primary flight-control system lead for the X-29 forward-swept-wing demonstrator through flight test. Klein later held vice-president-of-engineering roles across Northrop Grumman's Aerospace Systems portfolio and leads the Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence in Melbourne, Florida, overseeing more than 2,600 engineers on programs including the E-2 Advanced Hawkeye, Joint STARS, and the Advanced Laser Mine Detection System.

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We implemented the Lightning pod, laser-guided and GPS guided weapons very quickly. We went from turning on the pod to implementing it in the fleet in six months… The best way to do something "lean" is to gather a tight group of people, give them very little money, and very little time.

The best way to do something "lean" is to gather a tight group of people, give them very little money, and very little time.