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.”

Anixter Pentacon isn't deploying any troops, just scads of military fasteners. A subsidiary of Anixter International, Anixter Pentacon distributes many types of fasteners and related components. In addition to distribution services, Pentacon also offers testing, supply chain management, inventory management, kitting, assembly, and related services. The company draws its customers primarily from aerospace and military manufacturers. Anixter Pentacon uses its parent company's extensive network of distribution locations and operates its own service centers in California, Texas, and Quebec.

Qantas Airways, Australia's #1 airline, flies to about 60 destinations at home and another 85-plus (including some served by code-sharing partners) in about 35 countries. (Code-sharing enables carriers to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) Its airline operations include regional carrier QantasLink, as well as low-fare carrier Jetstar, both of which operate in Australia and elsewhere in the Asia/Pacific region. Overall, the Qantas fleet includes about 230 aircraft. Qantas is part of the Oneworld global airline alliance, which is led by British Airways (BA) and American Airlines. In late 2008 Qantas and BA began merger talks, but an agreement could not be reached.

VT Group is a leading defence and support services company, providing engineering and other support services to governments and large organisations around the world. Primarily based in the UK and US, we employ over 12,000 people. Over the past five years we have doubled in size, and now have a turnover of £1.05 billion. VT is involved in a wide range of market sectors, including aviation, broadcast, defence, energy, education and training. We provide services from designing, acquiring and then operating and maintaining facilities and assets, through to providing support and training – to everyone from schoolchildren to teachers, apprentices and pilots.

MBDA, a world leader in missiles and missile systems, is a multi-national group with over 10,000 employees in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany. MBDA has three major aeronautical and defence shareholders - BAE Systems (37.5%), EADS (37.5%) and Finmeccanica (25%), and is the first truly integrated European defence company. In 2008, the Group recorded a turnover of 2.7 billion euros, produced over 3,000 missiles and achieved an order book of 11.9 billion euros. MBDA works with over 90 armed forces worldwide.MBDA was created in December 2001, after the merger of the main missile producers in France, Italy and Great Britain. Each of these companies contributed the experience gained from fifty years of technological and operational success. The restructuring of the industry in Europe was completed with the acquisition of the German subsidiary EADS/LFK in March 2006. This further enriched MDBA’s range of technologies and products, consolidating the Group’s world-leading position in the industry.MBDA has demonstrated its ability to bring together the best skills across the whole of Europe, and has succeeded in becoming the prime contractor for a series of strategic multi-national programmes. These include the six-nation Meteor air superiority weapon, the Franco-British conventionally armed cruise missile, Storm Shadow/SCALP, and a family of air defence systems based on the Aster missile for France and Italy (for ground and naval based air defence) and for the UK (naval air defence for the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers).

Synchronous Aerospace Group has built its reputation by supplying quality precision-machined parts, sheet metal parts, and integrated kits and assemblies to both the commercial and defense markets. With unique and complementary capabilities at facilities strategically located throughout the U.S., Compass employs an integrated supply chain structure that provides customers with a wide range of fabricated products and the reliability and accountability of a single source.

Universal Avionics' products, used worldwide on helicopters, corporate turbine aircraft, and large commercial airliners, include cabin information and entertainment systems, cockpit instrument displays and voice recorders, radio control units, cockpit-to-ground communications data links, flight management systems, navigation position sensors, satellite communications, and terrain awareness and warning systems. The company also offers technical support, customer training, rental equipment, and repairs.

NAV CANADA is the private sector, non-share capital corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS). NAV CANADA co-ordinates the safe and efficient movement of aircraft in Canadian domestic airspace and international airspace assigned to Canadian control. Through its coast-to-coast operations, NAV CANADA provides air traffic control, flight information, weather briefings, aeronautical information, airport advisory services, and electronic aids to navigation. ANS facilities include seven area control centres and 41 control towers. The Company also operates 58 flight service stations and eight flight information centres. These facilities are supported by a network of over 1,000 ground-based aids to navigation located across the country.

First Aviation Services Inc. ("First Aviation") was established in June 1995 by First Equity Group ("First Equity") to acquire National Airmotive Corporation (“NAC”) from Triton Group Ltd.In March 1997, First Aviation acquired the assets of Aerospace Products International, Inc. ("API" - formerly Aircraft Parts International Combs, Inc.) from AMR Combs, Inc., a subsidiary of AMR. API is located in Memphis, Tennessee. In November 1999, NAC was sold to Rolls-Royce North America, Inc. for an adjusted sales price of approximately $71 million. In 1999, API expanded into Canada, forming Aircraft Products International Ltd. In 2000, API expanded again, into the Asia Pacific market, forming API Asia Pacific Inc., in the Philippines. More recently API established operations in Shanghai, China. First Aviation, together with its subsidiaries (collectively "FAvS"), is one of the leading suppliers of aircraft parts and components to the aviation industry worldwide, and is a provider of third party logistics and inventory management services to the aerospace industry. API distributes the products of over 150 parts and component manufacturers and suppliers. In addition, API offers brake and starter/generator overhaul services, and is a Federal Aviation Administration authorized hose assembly facility. Customers of FAvS include passenger and cargo airlines, fleet operators, corporate aircraft operators, fixed base operators, certified repair facilities, governments and military services.

International Launch Services is the U.S. based company with exclusive rights for worldwide commercial sales and mission management of satellite launches on Russia's premier vehicle, the Proton. ILS is an American company, headquartered in Reston, Va., a suburb of Washington, D.C. The majority shareholder is Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center of Moscow. The Proton vehicle launches both commercial ILS missions and Russian government payloads from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is operated by the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) under lease from the Republic of Kazakhstan. We are a complete launch service organization, committed to nurturing partnerships with our customers, not just marketing and fulfilling launch contracts. We're at the customer's side from contract signing through mission completion. With ILS customers get a single source of comprehensive knowledge, from business management to technical interface to licensing support. We have a staff of about 60 people with decades of combined expertise in the international launch and satellite business. The International Launch Services team has accumulated an extensive experience base. In our 15 years of existence, we have launched most commercial satellite platforms and worked with all major satellite operators. This experience helps us keep integration times and launch campaigns short and maintain a steady launch pace. It's the kind of professionalism that has helped International Launch Services become the provider of choice for customers worldwide.

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