Midwest Air Group aims to run a champagne airline in beer country. From hubs in Milwaukee and Kansas City, the company's Midwest Airlines serves major US business centers and leisure destinations. It operates a fleet of about 10 Boeing 717s and promotes such perks as wide leather seats and fresh-baked, chocolate chip cookies. With regional affiliate Midwest Connect, Midwest Airlines serves about 30 destinations, largely in the upper Midwest. Midwest also hauls cargo, offers charter flights, and provides ground-based airport services. Founded in 1984, Midwest was acquired by Republic Airways Holdings in July 2009.

Air Methods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides air medical emergency transport services and systems in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Community-Based Model, Hospital-Based Model, and Products. The Community-Based Model segment provides air medical transportation services, which include medical care, aircraft operation and maintenance, communications and dispatch, and medical billing and collection services. As of December 31, 2008, this segment operated 131 helicopters and 4 fixed wing aircraft. The Hospital-Based Model segment offers air medical transportation services and medically-equipped helicopters and airplanes for hospitals. As of December 31, 2008, this segment operated 191 helicopters and 12 fixed wing aircraft. The Products segment involves in the design, manufacture, and installation of aircraft medical interiors and other aerospace and medical transport products for domestic and international customers. Air Methods Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

For people in Singapore, traveling very far means traveling by air, and that means Singapore Airlines (SIA). The carrier flies to about 65 cities in about 35 countries, primarily in the Asia/Pacific region but also in Europe and North America. It boasts a fleet of about 100 aircraft. SIA extends its network via code-sharing with fellow members of the Star Alliance marketing partnership, such as Lufthansa. (Code-sharing allows airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus offer service to additional destinations.) The government of Singapore, through Temasek Holdings, owns 55% of SIA.

Minnesota weather can be gloomy, so MN Airlines aims to be a ray of sunshine. The carrier, which does business as Sun Country Airlines, provides flights to about 30 popular tourist destinations in North America and the Caribbean from its hub in Minneapolis/St. Paul. US cities served by the carrier include Las Vegas; Los Angeles; New York; Orlando, Florida; Phoenix and San Francisco. Sun Country also offers flights to selected destinations in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The carrier operates a fleet of about a dozen Boeing 737-800s. Diversified consumer products company Petters Group Worldwide owns Sun Country, which is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Hub Group, Inc., an asset-light freight transportation management company, provides intermodal, truck brokerage, and logistics services in North America. Its intermodal services consist of arranging for the movement of customers' freight in containers and trailers over long distances. The company contracts with railroads to provide transportation for the long-haul portion of the shipment, and with local trucking companies for pickup and delivery. Its truck brokerage operations provide customers with specialized programs, including the Dedicated Trucking program, where certain carriers informally move freight for its customers on a continuous basis.The company offers various transportation management services and technology solutions, including shipment optimization, load consolidation, mode selection, carrier management, load planning and execution, and Web-based shipment visibility. It also provides rail and international drayage services for the intermodal sector. Hub Group primarily serves consumer products, retail, and durable goods industries. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a major operating unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, comprises two primary business units: Space Systems and Michoud Operations; and two joint ventures, United Space Alliance and United Launch Alliance. Space Systems comprises several core lines of business with major facilities in Denver, Colo., Sunnyvale, Calif., and other locations. Space Systems Company designs, develops, tests, manufactures and operates a full spectrum of advanced-technology systems for national security, civil and commercial customers. Chief products include human space flight systems; a full range of remote sensing, navigation, meteorological and communications satellites and instruments; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft; laser radar; fleet ballistic missiles; and missile defense systems. Space Systems, with major operations in Denver, Colo., and Sunnyvale, Calif., is focused on several core lines of business: Human Space Flight, Global Communications Systems, Commercial Space, Sensing & Exploration Systems, Missile Defense Systems, Strategic Missiles, Commercial Launch Systems, Surveillance & Navigation Systems and Special Programs.

Western Aircraft began as the corporate flight department for the Morrison Knudsen Corporation (MK), headquartered in Boise, Idaho, over 60 years ago. In 1957, MK responded to an overwhelming need for aircraft repair services by applying for and receiving its first FAA Certified Repair Station Certificate. During the 1980's, three more hangars were added, and the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Morrison Knudsen Corporation incorporated under the name of Western Aircraft Inc.

Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics subsidiary, is the largest maker of private jets in the world, ahead of Bombardier. The company's smallest plane, the G150, seats up to eight and has a range of 2,950 nautical miles (nm); its largest, the G550, seats up to 19, cruises at Mach 0.885, and has a range of up to 6,750nm. To help market its new aircraft, the company's Gulfstream Financial Services unit helps arrange financing. Gulfstream also provides aftermarket maintenance services and sells used Gulfstream aircraft.

Lockheed Martin UK Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT], has acquired HMT Vehicles Limited, a United Kingdom-based developer of designs for military vehicles. HMT Vehicles Limited (HMT) is a privately owned company that has funded the development for innovative designs that have been incorporated into light to medium high mobility wheeled military vehicles in the U.S. and U.K. HMT owns and licenses the intellectual property associated with these designs. Vehicles incorporating HMT’s designs are used as platforms for weapons programs such as the Lightweight Mobile Artillery Weapons System and the Soothsayer electronic warfare programs in the UK. Lockheed Martin plans on incorporating HMT’s designs into its vehicles for U.S. programs such as the Lightweight Prime Mover program and the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Truck System (FTTS). Lockheed Martin UK Holdings Limited, located in London, will manage the HMT Vehicle business in coordination with Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, based in Owego, NY. “The HMT acquisition aligns with the Corporation’s cash deployment strategy of acquiring companies that enhance our core focus areas and position us for future growth,” said Bob Stevens, Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “HMT’s highly innovative vehicle designs will enhance the functionality of Lockheed Martin’s vehicle products, which will benefit our customers and the critical missions they support worldwide.”

L-3 Vertex provides aviation and aerospace technical services, primarily for U.S. Government customers. The company has more than 11,000 employees at 300 locations worldwide (36 states and 33 countries) supporting 3,500 military and government aircraft and systems (89 distinct aircraft types.)L-3 Vertex began as Beech Aerospace Services, Inc. (BASI) in 1977, with name changes to Raytheon Aerospace in 1995, Vertex Aerospace in 2001 and finally to L-3 Vertex Aerospace in December, 2003. The company is a subsidiary of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) and is part of the L-3 Integrated Systems group.

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