NATS provides air traffic control services at 15 of the UK's biggest airports, and "en-route" air traffic services for aircraft flying through UK airspace. This year NATS will handle more than two million flights carrying over 220 million passengers. NATS compete for our business at the airports and have won all 15 of our contracts by being extremely good at what NATS do and the service NATS can offer. In 2005 NATS won first overseas contract, for RAF Gibraltar.NATS "en route" business is regulated, and NATS operate under licence from the Civil Aviation Authority. The terms of NATS licence, available in full on the CAA website, require NATS to be capable of meeting on a continuous basis any reasonable level of overall demand. NATS are charged with permitting access to airspace on the part of all users, whilst making the most efficient overall use of airspace. NATS is leading the industry in terms of technological and business development and sells a range of product and consultancy services.

Northrop Grumman's electronic solutions span the spectrum. The company is a leading developer, manufacturer, integrator and supporter of a variety of advanced electronic and maritime systems for U.S. and international customers for national security and non-defense applications. Systems include high performance sensors and intelligence processing and navigation systems operating in all environments from undersea to outer space. Applications include airborne surveillance, space sensing, biochemical detection, intelligence fusing and analysis, aircraft fire control, precision weapon engagement, electronic countermeasures, inertial navigation, air and missile defense, air traffic control, ship bridge control, communications, and mail processing. Maritime systems include propulsion and power-generation systems for ships and submarines, control systems, shipboard launch systems and unmanned semi-autonomous systems.

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.

Wyman-Gordon company is one of the largest producers of forgings and castings -- the metal and composite material parts used in aerospace turbine engines, land-based gas turbines, and power plants. Its aerospace turbine products include seals, shafts, and hubs used in jet engines; aerospace structural products include bulkheads, tail flaps, and similar components for major manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Wyman-Gordon's land-based products include seamless steel pipe, shafts, and valves used by commercial power plant builders.

Limco Airepair, Inc. is a world leader in the Aerospace Industry, serving our customers as both an After Market repair station and OEM Manufacturer. Our repair services extend to components of other manufactures, providing a full range of capabilities for the Commercial, Military, Regional and General Aviation markets. Limco Airepair, Inc. was formed in January 1995 with the merger of three aerospace industry leaders; Limco Manufacturing Corp., Airepair International and Aeroduct International. Each came with the expertise that together formed a corporation capable of supporting Heat Transfer Equipment, Pneumatic Ducting, Demineralizer water/water glycol purification systems and Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) gas reclaiming technology.

For now, you can still fly Northwest -- at least until the logos on the planes change to "Delta." Northwest Airlines, which was acquired by Delta Air Lines for $2.8 billion in late 2008, transports passengers and cargo to about 240 cities in North America, the Asia/Pacific region, and Europe. Its US network includes locations served by regional carriers flying as Northwest Airlink. Northwest's fleet includes about 320 jets; regional partners operate another 200 aircraft. The acquisition by Delta created the largest airline in the world by traffic. Once the integration of the two carriers is complete, Delta will operate a fleet of about 775 aircraft and serve more than 375 destinations worldwide.

Park Air Systems is the Europe based global supplier of combined communication, navigation and surveillance systems to provide integrated Air Traffic Solutions for airspace management. Located in the UK, Peterborough and in Norway, in Oslo and Horten, Park Air Systems delivers a safety critical portfolio of equipments and integration for civil and military aviation customers. Each location hosts R & D production and systems engineering expertise. The UK is primarily focused on ground to air communications and associated integration activities and Norway hosts the design manufacture integration of Voice Communication Control Systems (VCCS), Navigation systems and Surveillance technologies.

Electric Boat is not a float in the Disney Electric Light Parade. Electric Boat designs, builds, and maintains nuclear attack and ballistic-missile submarines for the US Navy. A subsidiary of defense giant General Dynamics, Electric Boat was established in 1899 and won its first US Navy contract the next year. It has delivered the lead ship of the Virginia class (USS Virginia-SSN774) and its third and final Seawolf-class submarine (Jimmy Carter-SSN23) to the US Navy, and is working on several Virginia-class submarines with Northrop Grumman. Electric Boat continues to provide support and maintenance for Seawolf-, Ohio-, and Los Angeles-class submarines. Electric Boat operates in Connecticut and Rhode Island.

GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics fabricates components (such as doors, ducts, enclosures, exhaust nozzles, keels, and bulkheads) for commercial, military aircraft, and spacecraft. The company, a subsidiary of GKN, specializes in lightweight chemically-milled titanium and aluminum alloy parts for engines, airframe structures, and launch vehicles. GKN Aerospace Chem-tronics makes components for Aerojet, Allison, Boeing, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, Rocketdyne, Rolls-Royce, and other aerospace companies. Additional products include complex welds, cases, modules, pressure vessels, and rings. The company was founded in 1953.

Aviation Concepts is a company established in 1990 to support primarily end user interior completion and refurbish requirements on Corporate Aircraft. The Company also assists clients in the evaluation and acquisition of selected aircraft. Since its inception the company has been involved in the successful completion, refurbishment and management of over seventy six (76) Aircraft including 49 Gulfstream, 14 Hawker, 16 Falcon, 5 B-727, and 5 B-737, 1 B-757, 3 B-767. The Company has also completed a new Boeing 777, 5 Boeing Business Jet Aircraft (Including a BBJII), a Falcon 2000EX, Global XRS and two Piaggios. The Company has established an international reputation for professional management and design in all areas of the corporate aircraft industry. Aviation Concepts has the unique ability to assess and offer its clients extremely high quality aircraft interiors in the most cost-effective manner. The Company is comprised of individuals with over seventy (70) years of experience in each and every facet of the aircraft completion process as well as experience in technical evaluation, import, export, registration, operational setup, new aircraft manufacturing supervision and acquisitions assistance. Resumes of company personnel and their qualifications are available for review.

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