One of Nektar's earliest hires was Adrian Smith, a mechanical engineer who had designed ink-jet printers for Hewlett-Packard and medical devices at venerable design firm IDEO.
One of Nektar's earliest hires was Adrian Smith, a mechanical engineer who had designed ink-jet printers for Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) and medical devices at venerable design firm IDEO.
The aircraft experienced a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" during takeoff from Naval Air Station Oceana on Friday, raining jet fuel over Virginia Beach before plunging to the ground, according to residents and Navy officials.