Burt gets credit from the people who know.
We had him down to give a talk at the main Northrop Grumman plant at El Segundo (near LAX). Wonderful talk, nice sense of humor.
I knew him when I was at Edwards AFB. I visited Scaled just last Tuesday. He has a great corporate culture.
Have you seen the young people he has in his company? It amazes me to see the smarts these young people have. I loved how Bert tested the Spaceship 1 on top of a pickup to perfect the rotating wing they were having some issue with. Amazing.
I don’t know what Northrop Grumman is going to do to the culture you admire. Best hopes, but hard to predict whether NGC will strike a balance between being sufficiently supportive and sufficiently hands off.