Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 146,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion. Lockheed Martin's operating units are organized into broad business areas. 1) Aeronautics, with approximately $11.5 billion in 2008 sales, includes tactical aircraft, airlift, and aeronautical research and development lines of business. 2) Electronic Systems, with approximately $11.6 billion in 2008 sales, includes missiles and fire control, naval systems, platform integration, simulation and training and energy programs lines of business. 3) Information Systems & Global Services (IS&GS), with approximately $11.6 billion in 2008 sales, includes C4I, federal services, government and commercial IT solutions. 4)Space Systems, with approximately $8 billion in 2008 sales, includes space launch, commercial satellites, government satellites, and strategic missiles lines of business.

Chemring has several subsidiaries, but none of them has much to do with chemicals or rings. Go figure. The company is largely about aerospace and defense countermeasures and marine and military electronics and pyrotechnics. Primary products include air, land, and naval countermeasures that defeat incoming missiles; marine safety electronics and pyrotechnics, including emergency beacons, radios, and emergency flares; and military pyrotechnics used for training purposes. The company acquired Titan Dynamics Systems (pyrotechnics used in warfare training) from Allied Defense Group in 2008 for a reported $4.7 million. Chemring's international group of subsidiaries are based in Australia, Spain, and the US.

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.

LIAT would like for you to take a Dash through tropical paradise. With a fleet of about 20 Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop aircraft, the carrier transports passengers to more than 20 destinations in the Caribbean. The company expanded by buying key operating assets of former rival Caribbean Star, including additional Dash 8s. Before the acquisition was completed in 2007, LIAT and Caribbean Star had formed a commercial alliance that integrated many of their operations. Among LIAT's major shareholders are the governments of several Caribbean nations, including Antigua, Barbados, the Grenadines, and St. Vincent. LIAT took to the skies in 1956.

The #2 airline in Korea, behind Korean Air Lines, Asiana Airlines transports passengers and cargo to about a dozen destinations in its home country and more than 60 markets around the world. It operates a fleet of about 65 jets, including about 10 freighters. Asiana Airlines extends its network as a member of the Star Alliance, a global marketing and code-sharing group that includes carriers such as ANA, Lufthansa, and United . (Code-sharing enables airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus offer potential passenger service to more places.) The company is part of the Kumho Asiana Group, which also includes businesses engaged in tire and chemical manufacturing, construction, and insurance.

Astronautics Corporation of America was established in 1959 and is a global leader in the design, development, manufacture, and integration of state-of-the-art equipment, electronics and systems for air, space, land, and sea applications. More than 150,000 aircraft use Astronautics products and equipment. Throughout the aerospace industry, Astronautics has become synonymous with quality products and reliability. Astronautics’ main product lines include integrated avionics systems, navigation systems, electronic flight bags, flight instruments, high resolution flat panel displays, mission and display computers, network server systems, flight directors, air data computers, airborne server units, and flap control systems. Astronautics Technology Center designs and develops cutting-edge magnetic refrigeration systems. Astronautics’ subsidiary, Kearfott Corporation, was founded in 1917 and acquired by Astronautics in 1988. Kearfott is a leading designer and manufacturer of inertial navigation systems and motion and control components for platforms used in air, space, land and sea. Kearfott Corporation’s products literally encompass the universe. In space, its products guide and navigate satellites, the space shuttle and strategic missiles. At sea, Kearfott products function on submarines, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and surface ships. Kearfott products navigate and point for the armies of the world, in hostile environments, on wheeled and tracked vehicles and provide technical fire control for the most modern tanks and howitzers. Kearfott products are on both manned and unmanned, fixed and rotary wing aircraft.

Whittaker Controls is a market leader in the design and manufacture of a broad range of fluid control devices and systems for both commercial and military aircraft, as well as various industrial applications. Controls has been a leading supplier of these products since its formation in 1942. Controls' products regulate pneumatic (air), hydraulic(fluid) and fuel flows in aircraft systems and are used in virtually all Boeing (including former McDonnell Douglas) and Airbus manufactured commercial aircraft, many regional jet, general aviation and business aircraft, and a wide range of U.S. and foreign military aircraft. In addition, Whittaker valves are used in aircraft turbine engines built by General Electric, Rolls Royce and Pratt & Whitney. The division also manufactures industrial control applications, which include ground fueling devices for airports, valving systems, heat exchangers, and fuel skids for land-based gas turbines, off-shore oil platforms, and petrochemical complexes.Controls is recognized by its customers for its ability to respond to tight turnaround schedules. Turnaround time is enhanced by strong in-house engineering skills and proprietary in-house testing facilities, discussed further below. In both the aerospace and industrial product areas, individual products are customized to suit specific applications, providing optimum capability and performance at a very competitive cost. Controls also provides full system integration support. All products (i.e. each individual unit) are fully tested on-site, in customized facilities which have been developed by Whittaker, to demonstrate performance and guarantee compliance with all certification requirements. Controls maintains a close working relationship with key customers such as General Electric, Boeing and various major airlines. These longstanding relationships, combined with a global marketing effort and a distinguished 63-year history in the aerospace valves market, provide strong support for Controls' continuing success.

BAE Submarine Solutions is a business unit of BAE SYSTEMS' naval systems program. BAE Systems Submarines is the prime contractor for the Astute class of nuclear-powered attack submarines being built for the UK Ministry of Defence. Touted as being more flexible, mobile, and stealthy than previous submarines, the Astute is also powered by an onboard nuclear power plant that requires no refueling. Submarine Solutions is also providing initial in-service support. In addition to building submarines, the unit has reactivated four Upholder-class submarines for the Canadian Navy and built the HMS Bulwark assault ship for the Royal Navy.

MS Instruments PLC is a high technology Company whose major activities are in design and manufacture of Ballistics Instrumentation. In this specialist field the Company is one of the major suppliers in the world.In recent years, the company has diversified into Automatic training systems for Army and Police forces as well as Air and Sea Forces The Acoustic Target 530 was selected to instrument the NATO 1980 Weapons Trials, as was our Projectile Velocity Measuring System Type 758.Well over 1000 Velocity Measuring Systems have been produced to date.All the standard Product Range has been developed under Private Venture and as Design Authority the Company maintains logistic support and an after sales service.MS Instruments PLC have designed and supplied special instrumentation for the light gas gun located at DRA Fort Halstead. The instrumentation comprises hypervelocity velocity measuring equipment, including X-ray detectors, special trigger units and advanced Image Measurement equipment for damage assessment studies. Similar equipment has been furnished to AWRE Foulness. MS Instruments PLC has also been responsible for a number of large and successful "turn key" projects in the ballistic field. In the UK., Royal Ordnance, Nottingham, has been using a complete weapons testing facility for over 9 years that was specially designed for them. The quality control software for this project was also supplied by MS Instruments PLC. Similar systems have been supplied to Royal Ordnance, Radway Green, Eley Ltd., and to P&EE Pendine and Shoeburyness.

AgustaWestland, the Anglo-Italian helicopter company owned by Italy’s Finmeccanica, is a total capability provider in the vertical lift market. Through its rotorcraft systems design, development, production and integration capabilities, its experience in the training business and its customer focused Integrated Operational Support solutions, the Company delivers unrivalled mission capability to military and commercial operators around the world. This expertise, backed by technological excellence and innovation, makes the Company a leader in a number of the world’s most important helicopter markets offering the widest range of advanced rotorcraft available for both commercial and military applications. AgustaWestland operates globally in the vertical lift market through a number of joint ventures and collaborative programmes with major European and American helicopter primes where the company has leading or primary roles. There are also partnerships with a number of other leading aerospace and defence companies to deliver mutually beneficial programmes. This network of alliances strengthens the Company’s product range, increases its global reach, and enhances business opportunities. AgustaWestland is more than just a helicopter manufacturer: it is a total rotorcraft capability provider.

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