Northrop Grumman Names Robert Klein Vice President To Lead Maritime System Market Initiatives

Northrop Grumman Names Robert Klein Vice President To Lead Maritime System Market Initiatives

BETHPAGE, N.Y., May 21, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has appointed Robert W. Klein vice president of Maritime and Tactical Systems (M&TS). He manages both the diverse range of current products in the M&TS portfolio and the development of new products for this domestic and international market segment.

Klein leads a team that integrates sensors, systems, platforms, weapons, and networks into unique products. It is developing and producing several systems that detect or destroy mines at sea or on the beachheads; a new, high-speed combat craft with battle management capabilities; and, they are helping the U.S. Navy package some of these and many other systems into roll-on/roll-off packages of weapons and sensors for the distinct missions of the new Littoral Combat Ships.

Klein joined Northrop Grumman in 1974 as an intern upon winning a Northrop Grumman Scholarship. Early in his career, Klein worked on the X-29 Forward Swept Wing demonstrator and various classified programs. Later, he became F-14 program chief engineer and then Engineering director for all programs. Most recently, he was vice president of Engineering, Logistics and Technology for what was the Airborne Early Warning and Electronic Warfare (AEW & EW) Systems business area, overseeing the more than 2,000 engineers who staffed the Advanced Hawkeye, EA-6B Prowler and other programs.

Klein earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University and a master' s degree in aeronautical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also attended the Executive Development Program at Stanford University.