Stork Fokker delivers the goods that help airplanes get off the ground. With competencies in manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain management, Stork Fokker designs and builds structural components, such as tail and fuselage panels, doors for landing gear systems, electrical systems, and other aircraft parts for aerospace and defense companies. Its clients include commercial aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, business jet companies Cessna and Gulfstream, and military contractor Lockheed Martin. Stork Fokker represents the aerospace division of conglomerate Stork B.V., which is ultimately owned by UK-based private equity firm Candover.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is one of Japan's leading carriers, along with Japan Airlines. With a fleet of more than 210 aircraft, ANA flies on about 130 routes in Japan and about 40 to destinations overseas. It extends its network through code-sharing, primarily with fellow members of the Star Alliance, an airline marketing partnership that includes such carriers as United Airlines and Lufthansa. (Code-sharing enables airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus serve more destinations.) Besides passenger service, ANA's air transportation operations include cargo and mail hauling and aircraft maintenance and ground support. The company also sells travel packages and operates hotels.

Lockheed Martin UK INSYS (formerly INSYS) is a defense contractor with four divisions. The company's communications and information systems unit provides network assisted, secure communications and information for portable weapons and equipment in land vehicles and craft. Its precision strike and maneuver division works with other contractors to provide tactical vehicles and weapons systems. The future concepts division focuses on special projects, weapon performance evaluation, and modeling and simulation. The company's manufacturing arm assembles and machines components for use by other defense contractors.

Evergreen International Aviation, Evergreen Holdings soars over green lands. Evergreen International Aviation itself operates through several units, including Evergreen International Airlines, which transports cargo for government and commercial customers with a fleet of Boeing 747 freighters. Evergreen Aviation Ground Logistics Enterprise provides ground handling services at US airports. Other Evergreen units offer helicopter transportation services; maintain, repair, and overhaul aircraft; sell and lease aircraft; and engage in farming. Del Smith, a former Air Force pilot and crop duster, owns a controlling stake in the company, which he founded in 1960.

Keystone Helicopter provides helicopter maintenance and engineering services such as airframe maintenance, avionics integration, component repair, engine maintenance and overhaul, fabrication and machining, interior cabin finishing, and painting. The subsidiary of helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft, has begun making Sikorsky's legendary S-76 commercial helicopters. Besides its parent, other customers include AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter Textron. Keystone Helicopter, which does all of its manufacturing from a 250,000 sq. ft. facility in Pennsylvania, was founded by former Navy pilot Peter Wright in 1953.

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.

Gulf Air helps travelers from around the world find their way to the Persian Gulf, or, more precisely, to Bahrain. From its hub at Bahrain International Airport in Manama, the carrier serves more than 40 cities in more than 30 countries worldwide with a fleet of about 30 jet aircraft, mostly Airbus A320s and A330s. It serves additional destinations via code-sharing, a common industry practice in which carriers sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks. An affiliate provides air cargo transportation services. Gulf Air, which is owned by the government of Bahrain, began operations in 1950.

BBA Aviation serves two primary markets - Flight Support and Aftermarket Services and Systems. Our Flight Support services include refuelling, cargo handling, ground handling and other services to the business and commercial aviation markets. Our Aftermarket Services and Systems activities include overhaul of jet engines, supply of aircraft parts, design, manufacture and overhaul of landing gear, aircraft hydraulics and other aircraft equipment. BBA Aviation's major markets include the USA, Asia, the UK and Europe, with company headquarters in London, England.

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.

L-3 Storm Control Systems Ltd. is L-3 Communications' satellite telemetry, tracking, and control operations subsidiary. L-3 Storm's offerings include InControl-NextGeneration (InControl-NG), a software suite for operating multiple satellites; and the Automated Remote Tracking Stations (ARTS) Interface Module (AIM), that connects satellites with the US Air Force Satellite. Control Network. L-3 Communications acquired Storm Control Systems in 1998.

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