Don’t kid yourself, Burt has been thru this type of corporate marriage before and it did not work out. I’ll wage some Mesquite smoked baby back ribs that Burt will be sick of it once again and be gone either voluntarily or otherwise.
Burt’s type of creativity and corporate America do not mesh well, never has, never will.
Composite materials are the future, and Grumman needs to keep up with the other big boys, such as ATK which recently acquired a small aerospace firm specializing in composites/space engineering, as well. Nothing nefarious about this at all.