Diehl Stiftung & Co., a diverse industrial company that makes everything from missiles to washing machine controls, prefers the former. The company's four corporate divisions include Defense (ammunition, missiles, surveillance systems); Aerospace (vehicle and display systems, avionics, flight and engine controls, cabin and utility systems); Metall (metal rods, tubes, strips, wire, key blanks, cable, and forged parts); and Controls (industrial and appliance controls, timers, sensors, regulators, and electronic control systems). Its affiliate companies make electronic components and assemblies for Diehl Metering (flow meters). Diehl Stiftung has been family-owned since it was founded in 1902.

Reinhold Industries, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer of advanced custom composite components and sheet molding compounds for a variety of applications in the United States and Europe. Reinhold derives revenues from the defense, aerospace and other commercial industries. Reinhold has been producing high-quality ablative (heat resistant) composite components for the rocket-propulsion industry for over four decades. Reinhold is also recognized as a leader in the compression molding business with the largest press capacity on the West Coast.

Kalitta Air is a Michigan Limited Liability Company owned 100% by Conrad Kalitta. Kalitta Air began service in November 2000 with three Boeing 747 aircraft and the fleet has grown to a present total of eighteen B747 freighters. Capable of air express delivery of virtually any type of freight, the company provides scheduled or on-demand charter service for customers in the United States and around the world.Kalitta Air is committed to providing our customers with the most cost effective and complete on-demand air cargo services available in the industry. We will operate our flights safely, efficiently, economically and in accordance with all applicable regulations. Our customers will be treated fairly and respectfully; we understand the importance of satisfying a customer. Our team is dedicated to attaining this mission using the skills, knowledge and commitment of all team members.

The company exited its former lines of business, which consisted of title insurance, venture capital investments, and real estate. In 1999 Firstmark sold flagship subsidiary Southern Title Insurance and related operations to Old Guard Group. Seeking to buy or merge with unaffiliated businesses, it purchased Tecstar ElectroSystems (now Firstmark Aerospace), a maker of flight control parts and equipment used by military and commercial aircraft, and in 2006 Aircraft Belts, which makes and repairs safety belts, hardware, and systems for aircraft and medical applications.

Northrop Grumman Information Systems is a leading global provider of advanced solutions that deliver timely, enabling information to where its needed most for its military, intelligence, civilian, state and local and commercial customers. We are a $10 billion business employing approximately 35,000 employees with offices in 50 states and 18 countries.

Astronics Corporation is an innovative developer and manufacturer of high performance power management systems and lighting systems for the global aerospace industry and a leading designer and manufacturer of automated test, training and simulation systems for the global defense industry. Astronics' strategy is to develop and maintain positions of technical leadership in its chosen aerospace and defense markets, to leverage those positions to grow the amount of content and volume of product it sells to these markets and to selectively acquire businesses with similar technical capabilities that could benefit from our leadership position and strategic direction. Astronics Corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems Corp., Luminescent Systems Inc., and DME Corporation have developed reputations for high quality designs, exceptional responsiveness, strong brand recognition and best-in-class manufacturing processes.

SAFRAN USA (formerly Snecma USA) operates on the fly. It acts as a holding company for a series of aircraft and industrial parts makers in the US and Mexico. Manufacturers include Labinal (wiring and electrical systems), Messier-Dowty (landing gear systems), and Aerotec de Mexico (wiring harnesses for military aircraft). The lineup features gas turbine engines; subfractional horsepower electrical motors; and aircraft brakes, wheel, and landing gear. Formed in 2009, subsidiary MorphoTrak offers biometric and identification management products and services to Federal, state and local governments, and commercial markets. When SAFRAN USA's former parent Snecma was acquired by SAFRAN, Snecma USA was renamed SAFRAN USA.

Air Atlanta Icelandic is a service company driven to meet the goals of its customers. The company has nearly 30 aircraft in its fleet and employs nearly 1.000 people.Since its foundation, 20 years ago, the main focus has always been on delivering superior services and assisting its customers with their ever changing needs. The company is driven by highly competent personnel.Air Atlanta Icelandic holds the JAR-OPS1 and EASA PART-145 operators certificates issued by the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration to the standards of the pan-European Joint Aviation Authorities.

Honda Aero helps jet-setters to fly away. A subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., the company specializes in developing a variety of aircraft engines. Honda Aero, founded in 2004, holds a 50% stake in GE Honda Aero Engines, a joint venture with General Electric that produces jet engines in the 1,000 to 3,500 pound thrust class. Honda Aero plans to establish a new corporate headquarters in 2008 and a manufacturing plant in Burlington, North Carolina, that will begin production in 2010. The new facility will make jet engines developed by GE Honda Aero Engines.

Spain's #2 airline (after Iberia), Spanair provides scheduled and charter passenger services within its home country and throughout Europe, as well as to selected destinations in the Americas. It operates a fleet of 60 aircraft, including MD-80 jets as well as newer models from Airbus and Boeing. Spanair offers service to additional destinations via its partners in the Star Alliance, a global airline marketing and code-sharing alliance. (Code-sharing enables carriers to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) Spanair was a subsidiary of Scandinavian carrier (and Star Alliance member) SAS until early 2009 when SAS sold the company to a group of Spanish investors.

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