American Eurocopter is the US-based arm of European helicopter giant Eurocopter, itself a subsidiary of aerospace conglomerate EADS. American Eurocopter's primary offerings include Eurocopter helicopter repair and overhaul services, spares and parts support, technical publications, and maintenance training services. It also provides manufacturing, completion, and final assembly for A-Star AS350 helicopters and provides customization services for Eurocopter EC120, EC135, EC145, and EC155 helicopter models.

China Airlines got its start shuttling supplies to insurgents on the Thai-Burmese border, making parachute drops over Laos, and conducting spy flights over Vietnam. Now the company's fleet of more than 65 aircraft, which includes Boeing and Airbus jets, flies passengers and freight to about 65 cities in Asia, Europe, and North America from its hub in Taipei, Taiwan. Some destinations are served via code-sharing agreements with partners such as Delta Air Lines. (Code-sharing allows carriers to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) China Airlines was founded by retired military pilots in 1959 with a fleet of two seaplanes.

Cirrus Design enables its customers to reach the clouds, be they cirrus, cumulus, or stratus. The company, also known as Cirrus Aircraft, manufactures the SRV, SR20-G2, SR22, SR22-Turbo, and SR22-Turbo GTS single-engine, four-seater, piston-powered aircraft. Cirrus planes are made primarily of composite materials rather than aluminum; the company believes composites allow for an aerodynamically superior design. All Cirrus models come with parachutes that will lower the aircraft to the ground in case of emergency. The company was founded in 1984 by chairman Alan Klapmeier and his brother, Dale. Arcapita, the Bahrain-based investment firm, owns 58% of Cirrus Design.

From Canada to Chile, airline TACA (Transportes A鲥os Centroamericanos) bridges the Americas. The carrier serves about 30 cities throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean, as well as about 10 cities in North America. It operates a fleet of about 40 jets, mostly Airbus models, from hubs in Peru, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. It maintains code-sharing relationships with carriers such as Iberia and United Airlines. (Code-sharing allows airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) Founded as an air cargo carrier in 1931, TACA is owned by the family of CEO Roberto Kriete. In October 2009 TACA announced it would be taken over by Columbia-based carrier Avianca.

For the right price, Ameristar Jet Charter will fly nearly anything nearly anywhere. The charter operator has a fleet of more than 30 aircraft -- mainly Learjet and Falcon models -- that it uses to transport both passengers and freight to destinations in North and South America. The carrier handles cargo of a wide variety of sizes and weights. Ameristar Jet Charter dispatches its fleet from the airport in Addison, Texas, north of Dallas.

Lockheed Martin Corporation engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products, and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Electronic Systems, Information Systems & Global Services, Aeronautics, and Space Systems. The Electronic Systems segment offers air and missile defense; tactical missiles; weapon fire control systems; surface ship and submarine combat systems; anti-submarine and undersea warfare systems; land, sea-based, and airborne radars; surveillance and reconnaissance systems; simulation and training systems; and integrated logistics and sustainment services. The Information Systems & Global Services segment provides federal services; information technology solutions; software and systems engineering support services; logistics, mission operations support, peacekeeping, and nation-building services for the various U.S. defense and civil government agencies.The Aeronautics segment provides military aircraft, air vehicles, and related technologies. This segments products and programs include the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter-multi-role coalition fighter, the F-22 Raptor-air dominance attack and multi-mission stealth fighter, the F-16 Fighting Falcon-multi-role fighter, the C-130J Super Hercules tactical transport aircraft, and the C-5M Super Galaxy strategic airlift aircraft. It also supports P-3 maritime patrol aircraft and U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft; produces components for the F-2 fighter; and serves as a co-developer of the T-50 supersonic jet trainer. The Space Systems segment offers government and commercial satellites; strategic and defensive missile systems, including missile defense technologies and systems, and fleet ballistic missiles; and space transportation systems. The company was founded in 1909 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc. is an independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for major commercial airlines, regional air carriers, aircraft leasing companies, government and military units and air cargo carriers. The Company provides MRO services through its subsidiaries, Triad International Maintenance Corporation (known in the industry as TIMCO) and Brice Manufacturing Company, Inc.Through its four active locations, the company provides aircraft heavy maintenance services and line maintenance services. TIMCO manages heavy maintenance repair and overhaul facilities in three locations: Greensboro, North Carolina; Macon, Georgia; and Lake City, Florida. The engine center facility at Oscoda, Michigan offers full JT8D (including -200 Series) engine teardown, inspection, repair and build up services, complete Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), engine air worthiness directive (AD) compliance, fuel nozzle overhaul, bleed valve overhaul, gearbox overhaul, and High Pressure Compressor (HPC) disk overhaul.Through its TIMCO Aerosystems subsidiary, TIMCO provides complete interior modification services including engineering, design, manufacture, integration and certification. TIMCO also manufactures and repairs aircraft seating and cabin interior components and soft goods at its Brice Manufacturing, Inc. subsidiary in Pacoima, California. TIMCO offers aircraft seating and cabin interior components, modification installation kits and a large inventory of high quality PMA parts well below OEM catalogue pricing.In addition to aircraft maintenance and modification, TIMCO GSO is an FAA Designated Alteration Station (DAS-100214-CE) providing design, engineering and FAA certification services for both in house programs and on a contract basis directly to OEMs and aircraft owners and operators.

Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, an operating unit of Space Systems Company is at the forefront of a space-based telecommunications revolution that is connecting the world through voice, data, fax, television, radio and multimedia. The award winning A2100 modular bus design allows this powerful spacecraft to be configured to customers' specific needs, adding and changing components as required, and avoiding the cost and risk of new design development.

Air Atlantique Group provides travelers with a glimpse of the past, but they do not deal in time travel. Utilizing a fleet of vintage aircraft, the Air Atlantique Group provides a variety of flight services, including charter passenger and charter freight services, aircraft maintenance and repair, and training. It also provides aircraft for specialty reconnaissance flights, such as aerial surveillance and photography and marine-pollution monitoring. Among its charter services is the provision of classic aircraft for nostalgic flights. The company also charters its aircraft for use in television and movie productions.

BAE Systems takes care of business in North America for parent BAE SYSTEMS plc -- the largest foreign player in the US defense market. Operations include the design, manufacture, and maintenance of military aircraft, submarines, surface ships, avionics, radar, electronics, and weapons systems. BAE Systems also provides IT services. Taken alone, BAE Systems employs some 43,000 people in the US (with another 10,000 overseas), has operations in 38 states and five other countries, and is a top five supplier to the US Department of Defense (DoD). The company has a special security agreement with the Pentagon that ensures control of sensitive technology.

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