Finmeccanica is the main Italian industrial group operating globally in the aerospace, defence and security sectors, and is one of the world's leading groups in the fields of helicopters and defence electronics. It is also the European leader for satellite and space services as well as having considerable know-how and production capacity in the energy and transport fields. Headquartered in Italy and with a vast industrial base in the UK as well as important production facilities in the rest of Europe and in the USA, Finmeccanica has a workforce of more than 73,000 people, and a revenues volume of euro mil. 15,037. Technology and innovation are the keystones of Finmeccanica's success and competitive edge. For this reason, the Group invests 1,809 billion euros a year in R&D activities (representing 14% of revenues), making Finmeccanica the leading Italian investor in hi-tech sectors. As far as the core business is concerned, investments amount to 20% of turnover - a percentage that is higher than some of its main competitors.A large part of R&D investment is channelled into dual technology projects, leading to significant advantages in civil applications of considerable strategic importance. To maintain its leadership in hi-tech sectors, Finmeccanica focuses on the value of its human resources, and the laboratories of its subsidiaries are staffed by around 3,000 highly specialized researchers.

Grand Aire is a classic example of the American dream being realized. The company started in 1985 like many small businesses do, built on the dreams of an entrepreneur with the intelligence and determination to overcome all obstacles. Founder Tahir Cheema arrived in the United States eleven years earlier to attend the University of Alabama. That day in 1974, he had $40 in his pocket, but his drive to succeed was as big as America itself.T.C. achieved another goal after his college days where he got his degree in Engineering. While working at Ford as a design engineer, he earned a private pilot’s certificate in 1980 and purchased his first aircraft a few years later. Armed with his pilot’s certificate and his first aircraft, a Piper Arrow, Tahir began flying freight for the ‘Big 3’ automakers. His reputation for hard work grew along with the demand for his services. When Cheema expanded the operation and started the company, customers were promised “30 minutes wheels up”, a previously unheard of guarantee in the charter freight industry.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company (NYSE:UTX), is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, industrial gas turbines and space propulsion systems. Pratt & Whitney reported an operating profit of $2.12 billion in 2008 on revenues of $12.97 billion. The company’s 38,577 employees support more than 9,000 customers in 180 countries around the world.Pratt & Whitney was founded in Hartford, Conn., in 1925 by Frederick Rentschler. Pratt & Whitney’s first aircraft engine was the 410-horsepower, air­cooled Wasp, which delivered unprecedented performance and reliability for the time and transformed the aviation industry. Pratt & Whitney has been leading change ever since.Pratt & Whitney builds engines for front line fighters, like the F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, as well as the C-17 Globemaster III military transport.Pratt & Whitney Canada has produced more than 60,000 engines which power corporate jets, regional aircraft and helicopters around the globe.Pratt & Whitney’s large commercial engines power more than 30 percent of the world’s passenger aircraft fleet. The company continues to develop new engines and work with its partners in International Aero Engines and the Engine Alliance to meet airline customers’ future needs. Pratt & Whitney’s broad portfolio of businesses includes industrial gas turbines that light cities and power ships. Our PureCycle power system converts heat from geothermal resources, oil and gas wells and other sources into clean electricity.Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has been the power behind over 1,600 launches and has been a key engine provider to the U. S. space program since its inception. That service continues today with the Space Shuttle Main Engines and the engines for the current Delta and Atlas launch vehicles. The U.S. return to the moon and innovative missile defense products will also be powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne engines.Pratt & Whitney is developing game changing technologies for the future, such as the PurePowerTM PW1000G engine, with patented Geared TurbofanTM technology, for next generation of passenger aircraft and hypersonic propulsion systems for aircraft that will travel more than six times the speed of sound. Through Global Service Partners, Pratt & Whitney is also developing innovative new services that will delight customers around the globe. Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solutions is the first OEM to re-engineer, certify and manufacture both gas-path and life-limited parts for the CFM56-3 engine.

General Dynamics Aviation Services Company Profile General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS) keeps Gulfstream -- and other corporate jets -- flying high. A subsidiary of General Dynamics (maker of Gulfstream, the world's most popular corporate jet), GDAS provides a wide variety of aerospace maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. Primary offerings include engineering support, avionics installation, interior refurbishment, airframe and engine maintenance, landing gear and auxiliary power unit overhaul services, and painting services. Despite its Gulfstream family ties, GDAS also works on Bombardier, Cessna, Dassault, and Hawker Beechcraft aircraft. GDAS operates locations in Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Ultra Electronics is a group of specialist businesses designing, manufacturing and supporting electronic and electromechanical systems, sub-systems and products for defence, security and aerospace applications worldwide.Ultra, which employs 3,000 people in the UK and North America, focuses on high integrity sensing, control, communication and display systems with an emphasis on integrated Information Technology solutions. The Group concentrates on obtaining a technological edge in niche markets, with many of its products and technologies being market leaders in their field.Ultra’s products and services are used on aircraft, ships, submarines, armoured vehicles, surveillance and communication systems, airports and transport systems around the world. Ultra plays an important role in supporting prime contractors by undertaking specialist system and sub-system integration using the combined expertise of the Group businesses.Ultra is a world-leading aerospace and defence electronics company providing specialist products to customers across the globe. Ultra’s status is demonstrated by the Group’s involvement in so many of the major defence programmes in the UK, USA and around the world. Ultra is winning contracts for integrated systems of ever increasing size, often involving a number of different Group businesses. The heart of the Group’s success continues to be its ability to expand its order book coupled with successful programme implementation culminating in the delivery to our customers of niche products and solutions using Ultra’s differentiated technologies. Growth has been achieved through continued investment in new products, teaming arrangements to gain access to technologies and markets and through carefully selected strategic acquisitions. The equivalent of twenty per cent of Group turnover is expended in research and development activities to develop advanced technology solutions to customers’ problems. Ultra strives to maintain strategic supplier’ status with its customers by providing ‘best value for money’ solutions.

PHI, Inc. is one of the world’s leading helicopter services companies. Known industry wide for the relentless pursuit of safe, reliable helicopter transportation, PHI offers services to the offshore Oil and Gas, onshore mining, International, Air Medical, and Technical Services industries. The Company's core business consists of offshore operations in the energy basins around the world. The highly skilled staff of pilots and maintenance technicians gives the company great depth in all areas of operation. The PHI team is composed of highly skilled, dedicated, hardworking and loyal employees.PHI has a long history of operating in the Global Marketplace. In addition to operations in the United States, the company has operated in 43 foreign countries and continues to operate for customers across the globe. PHI helicopters fly 250 miles into the Gulf of Mexico and to locations 200 miles offshore in international waters. PHI's Headquarters are in Lafayette, Louisiana USA, where daily operations are conducted in conjunction with 45 other PHI heliports nationwide. PHI provides service to the Healthcare industry through its Air Medical Group. Since its inception in 1981, PHI Air Medical Group has grown from one medically equipped helicopter to over 60 helicopters with state of the art medical interiors designed. The current customer list spans the United States and includes many premier health care organizations.

Rockwell Collins UK Ltd. has been established for over 50 years, offering a comprehensive range of aviation electronics and communications solutions to both commercial and government customers. The main UK facility is strategically located in Reading, with other locations at the main airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester in the UK and also at Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Rockwell Collins UK Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rockwell Collins, Inc.Rockwell Collins UK brings a legacy of innovation and experience directly to European countries.In each specialised area, Rockwell Collins UK provides best practice, innovative technology and value for money solutions with proven experience and support to both military and commercial customers. Our engineering capabilities include software and hardware design, system integration and test.

Martinair Holland provides scheduled and charter cargo services worldwide with a fleet of five Boeing 747s and seven MD-11 freighters. In addition, the company offers scheduled passenger service to about 20 vacation spots, mainly in the Caribbean and in North America but also in the Middle East and the Asia/Pacific region. Its passenger fleet consists of about six Boeing 767 jets; in addition, several of the company's freighters can be converted to haul passengers. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, part of leading European airline operator Air France-KLM, owns all the shares of Martinair Holland.

Flying passengers back and forth, back and forth, Shuttle America provides regional service for Delta Air Lines as a Delta Connection carrier and for United Airlines under the United Express name. It also flies for Mokulele Airlines. As a regional carrier, Shuttle America connects smaller markets with its clients' major hubs. It operates mainly in the eastern half of the US with a fleet of about 40 Embraer 170 regional jets, which can carry about 70 passengers. The company was acquired in 2005 by Republic Airways Holdings, which also operates regional carriers Chautauqua Airlines and Republic Airlines. Shuttle America began operations in 1998.

ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. owns strategic investments in the air transportation industry, and operates various divisions to leverage the assets of its subsidiaries, including ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. and ExpressJet Services, LLC. ExpressJet Airlines serves 128 scheduled destinations in North America and the Caribbean with approximately 1,050 departures per day. The companys operations include a capacity purchase agreement for Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental); providing clients with customized 41-seat and 50-seat charter options (www.expressjet.com/charter); and supplying third-party aviation and ground handling services. As of March 31, 2009, it operated 244 aircraft comprising 214 aircraft for Continental under the capacity purchase agreement, and 30 aircraft for corporate aviation under long-term charter agreements and ad-hoc charter arrangements. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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