Alliant Techsystems Inc. supplies aerospace and defense products to the U.S. government agencies, and its prime contractors and subcontractors. The company also supplies ammunition and related accessories to law enforcement agencies and commercial customers. Its ATK Armament Systems segment offers military ammunition and gun systems, such as small-caliber training and tactical ammunition rounds; medium-caliber ammunition, including fighting and light armored vehicles, helicopters, A-10 close-combat support aircraft, and AC-130 gunship aircraft; and chain guns. This segment also provides ammunition, gun care products, targets and traps, rifle scopes and mounts, and binoculars to law enforcement agencies and sport shooting enthusiasts; solid extruded propellant for medium caliber and tank ammunition, artillery charge systems, and air and ground launched rockets; and commercial gun powder for sporting ammunition manufacturers, hunters, and sport shooters. The company’s ATK Mission Systems segment offers missile systems, precision-guided munitions, force protection systems, soldier weapon systems, barrier systems, large-caliber ammunition, tactical and hypersonic propulsion systems, warheads, fuzes, missile defense divert and control systems, electronic warfare and aircraft integration products, structural and engine components, radomes, and apertures. Alliant Techsystems’ ATK Space Systems segment manufactures human and cargo launch vehicles, conventional and strategic missiles, missile defense interceptors, and decoy and illuminating flares. This segment also offers solar arrays and solar panel substrates; radio frequency antenna reflectors and antennas; composite bus structures, towers, and subsystems; thermal systems; titanium propellant tanks; and insertion motors, as well as technical services. It operates in the United States, Puerto Rico, and internationally. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Thales Training & Simulation lets pilots fly high while their feet are firmly on the ground. The company, a subsidiary of French aviation company Thales, makes and sells simulation equipment and provides training services for operators of civil and military airplanes and helicopters; it also provides services for heavy trucks and military vehicles and power plant operation centers. Thales estimates that more than 40 airlines and most of the world's major militaries have been customers; sales are about equally split between civil and military markets. Europe accounts for about 70% of sales.

Shultz Steel Company, in South Gate, California, was founded in 1947 by Mr. Gordon W. Shultz, (1916-2004). Mr. Shultz had previously founded and operated two other successful forging companies prior to Shultz Steel Company.The company began with a total of four employees, serving the aerospace industry with an inventory of steel mill products readily available from stock in popular grades and sizes. During the 1950's, flat die and closed die forging hammers were added to the facility which enabled the supply of forgings to customers' specific size and shape requirements – either close tolerance forged bars or configurated shapes.

Island-hopping Aer Arann provides scheduled passenger transportation service to more than 25 destinations, primarily in Ireland and the UK but also in Northern France. Most of its flights originate from Cork, Dublin, or Galway. The carrier operates a fleet of about a dozen ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft, which were chosen in part for their fuel efficiency. Chairman Padraig O'Ceidigh owns a controlling stake in the company, which he acquired in 1994. Aer Arann began operations in 1970 to fly between Galway and the Aran Islands, off Ireland's western coast.

United Airlines (Nasdaq: UAUA) operates approximately 3,300* flights a day on United and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 1,071 destinations in 171 countries worldwide. United's 47,000 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com or follow United on Twitter@UnitedAirlines.

SR Technics UK is part of a triumvirate that makes up one of the world's leading providers of aircraft maintenance and engineering. SR Technics UK, sister companies SR Technics Ireland and SR Technics Switzerland, and parent SR Technics Holding together have a network of facilities that maintain aircraft at airports in the Caribbean, Europe, Ireland, and the UK. The company offers heavy maintenance on aircraft manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. Other services include aircraft painting, line maintenance, training and technical services, and aircraft component repair and overhaul. The company was acquired in 2006 by Mubadala Development Company and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise.

CHC Helicopter hovers near the top of the helicopter heap. The company, which operates more than 150 helicopters in more than 30 countries worldwide, offers transportation services primarily for oil and gas exploration and production companies. CHC does much of its business in the North Sea; it also operates in several other major offshore oil production areas. In addition, the company provides helicopters for emergency medical services and offers helicopter maintenance services, through its Heli-One unit. An affiliate of investment firm First Reserve, which specializes in the energy industry, owns CHC.

ASI’s mission is to provide technically superior and cost effective solutions to our customer’s aviation training device requirements, and to be every customer’s preferred supplier for the products and services we provide. Our customers are those that require support and upgrades to existing simulators, and those that require the manufacture of new full flight and part task simulators and training devices. We will perform for military and commercial aviation customers alike. We will strive to make ASI an interesting and pleasant workplace. In every activity with customers and co-workers, we will each act with the highest level of integrity and honesty.

One of the world’s 30 busiest airports, SFO is committed to setting the standard for our industry. This includes being a leader in safety and security, customer service and satisfaction, community relations, environmental commitment, quality of facilities, and financial and economic vitality. SFO was the first major U.S. airport to achieve 100 percent fully automated and integrated baggage screening. Today, efficient operations ensure our passenger screening wait times are among the shortest in the nation.

Hawker Beechcraft manufactures passenger planes and offers service and support for aircraft. The company's product line takes in business jets (including Hawker 400XP, Hawker 850XP, Hawker 4000, Beechjet Premier IA), turboprops (King Air 350/B200GT/C90GTi), and piston-powered aircraft (Baron G58, Bonanza G36). The company handles maintenance orders through more than 100 authorized and factory-owned service centers. Raytheon sold its Raytheon Aircraft subsidiary in 2007 in order to focus on its military contracting business. The buyers, Goldman Sachs Group and Onex Corporation, changed the name of the company to Hawker Beechcraft. The purchase price for the acquisition was about $3.3 billion.

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