Air Cruisers is the only company that offers a complete line of inflatable safety products: evacuation slides and slide rafts, life vests, life rafts and helicopter floats. All of our products are supported by our worldwide sales and service network with the additional support of our factory based engineering staff and factory trained technicians. Since 1987, AirCruisers has been a subsidiary of the Zodiac Groupe of Paris, France, best known as the leading manufacturer of inflatable boats. The merger provided synergy for both companies that strengthened both companies' positions in their respective markets. Air Cruisers achieved a milestone accomplishment by receiving Boeing's 1997 Presidents Award for excellence. Of all Boeing's suppliers, only six were awarded this honor. This again affirms our dedication to the aviation industry and our customer base.

Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp. distributes a wide range of aerospace components, including bearings, fasteners, fittings, hardware, and installation tooling from an exhaustive list of suppliers. The company can bring components together as kits to speed its customers' production operations. Wesco Aircraft also offers inventory management services. In addition to its headquarters in California, Wesco Aircraft Hardware has operations in France and the UK. The company was founded in 1953. In 2008 it acquired Airtechnics, a California-based aerospace hardware distributor.

A member of the royal family of European airlines, British Airways (BA) serves about 150 destinations in some 75 countries from hubs at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The carrier operates a fleet of more than 240 aircraft, consisting mainly of Airbus and Boeing jets. BA extends its network to more than 500 destinations via code-sharing relationships, chiefly with AMR's American Airlines and other members of the Oneworld global marketing alliance, such as Iberia and Qantas. Among Europe's flag carriers, BA is outranked only by the combined Air France-KLM and by Lufthansa. Since mid-2008, BA has been engaged in merger talks with Iberia, Spain's #1 airline.

Northstar Aerospace Inc. (“Northstar”) is a leading independent manufacturer of components and assemblies to the global aerospace industry. Principal products include gears and transmissions, accessory gearbox assemblies, rotorcraft drive systems and other machined and fabricated parts for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. In addition, Northstar provides maintenance and repair and overhaul (MRO) on these same platforms. Northstar is a publicly traded company (TSX:NAS) with operating subsidiaries in Canada and the United States. The Company’s corporate office is located in Bedford Park, Illinois, near Chicago.

The Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) company is one of six companies that comprise the Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems business area.MFC develops, manufactures, and supports advanced combat, missile, rocket and space systems for military customers that include the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, NASA, and dozens of foreign nations. MFC also offers products and services for the global civil nuclear power industry. MFC has six principle product categories that correspond to the vital capabilities it provides our Warfighters and civilian customers in their defining moments. MFC pursues business in more than 50 countries with more than 40 product lines.

Kaman Corporation, headquarted in Bloomfield, Connecticut conducts business in the aerospace and industrial distribution markets. The company, founded in 1945 by aviation pioneer Charles H. Kaman, with sales in excess of $1.2 billion and over four thousand worldwide employees, operates from over two hundred locations.The company produces and/or markets widely used proprietary aircraft bearings and components; complex metallic and composite aerostructures for commercial, military and general aviation fixed and rotary wing aircraft; safing and arming solutions for missile and bomb systems for the U.S. and allied militaries; subcontract helicopter work; and support for the company’s SH-2G Super Seasprite maritime helicopters and K-MAX medium-to-heavy lift helicopters.Kaman is also one of the nation’s leading industrial distribution companies for power transmission, motion control, material handling and electrical components. The company serves a broad spectrum of industrial markets from nearly 200 branches in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Kaman offers almost two million items as well as value added services to more than 50,000 customers representing a highly diverse cross section of North American industry.

Sperry Marine can trace its roots back to the early 1800s, but the present company was actually formed when three marine brands -- Sperry Marine, Decca, and C. Plath -- were combined in 1997. A business unit of Northrop Grumman since 2001, Sperry Marine makes everything mariners -- ancient or otherwise -- need to navigate the seas. Its products include autopilots and steering controls, communications equipment, fish plotters, gyrocompasses, radars, navigation sensors and GPS systems, ship stabilizing systems, and voyage data recorders. Sperry Marine has engineering centers in New Malden, UK, and Hamburg, Germany; it also has more than 250 authorized service locations.

Australian Air Express is one of the leading cargo carriers for Australia. It offers scheduled and charter cargo services, including next flight, overnight, economy, and off peak, for domestic deliveries. It also offers cargo handling, customs clearance, express delivery, and warehousing as part of its international services, which operate in more than 200 countries. It operates offices and agencies in more than 20 locations in Australia and has a presence in about 50 other countries. Founded in 1992, the company is a joint venture between Qantas and Australia Post, which allows Australian Air Express to use its delivery network.

WestJet Airlines has taken off in Canada -- and beyond -- by following the Southwest Airlines business model. The low-fare carrier serves more than 65 destinations, mainly in Canada but also in the US, the Caribbean, and Mexico. It operates a fleet of about 80 Boeing 737s that feature live seatback satellite TV (from BCE's Bell ExpressVu). The carrier is working to expand its fleet to about 135 aircraft. Most of WestJet's destinations outside Canada are vacation spots, and subsidiary WestJet Vacations allows customers to book hotel accommodations along with their airline tickets. WestJet was founded in 1996.

The company designs and builds combat and amphibian aircraft that have, for over 70 years, been delivered to more than 37 countries. While military aircraft account for about three-quarters of sales, IRKUT also makes unmanned aerial vehicles, combat navigation and targeting systems, aircraft components, and civil airplanes. The company has partnered with EADS for help in adapting operations to global industry standards. As part of the partnership, IRKUT and EADS are collaborating on a contract to make components for Airbus. IRKUT management owns more than half of the company.

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