Space Exploration Technologies Corporation wants to be the go-to company of the future. Also known as SpaceX, the company is developing satellite launch vehicles that it claims will cut satellite launch costs by more than 50%. Its Falcon family of vehicles includes the light lift Falcon 1, the medium-lift Falcon 9, and the Falcon 9 heavy-lift. To keep costs down, the first stage of the Falcon 1 and both stages of the Falcon 9 series are reusable; for greater reliability, the Falcon 9 can complete missions after sustaining an engine failure. SpaceX is headed by Elon Musk, co-founder of PayPal.

SAIC, Inc. provides scientific, engineering, systems integration, and technical services and solutions to various branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. government civil agencies, state and local government agencies, foreign governments, and customers in select commercial markets. The company's Government segment provides a range of technical services and solutions in the areas of defense, intelligence, homeland security, logistics and product support, systems engineering and integration, and research and development of technologies with applications in areas, such as national security, intelligence, and life sciences.SAIC’s Commercial segment provides various information technology (IT) systems integration and technical services, including applications and IT infrastructure management, data lifecycle management, and business transformation services to industries, such as oil and gas, utilities, and life sciences worldwide. It has a strategic alliance with BPL Global, Ltd. to pursue business development opportunities in the smart grid sector. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), formerly Israel Aircraft Industries, is flying high as one of Israel's largest companies. IAI makes components, parts, and systems for military and commercial operations worldwide. The state-owned company consists of BEDEK Aviation Group (commercial and military aircraft support), ELTA Systems (defense electronics), Military Aircraft Group (maintenance and manufacture), Commercial Aircraft Group (executive jets, engineering and hydraulics), and Systems Missile and Space Group. Its defense-related products are sold to about 70 countries, while commercial sales include such diverse customers as British Airways, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and United Parcel Service.

Air Mauritius is the official link between its home island off the east coast of Africa and the rest of the world. The national carrier flies passengers and cargo to about 30 destinations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East, including some served by code-sharing partners including Air France. (Code-sharing enables airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus expand their networks.) The Air Mauritius fleet of about a dozen aircraft is made up primarily of Airbus jets. Through an alliance with Air Madagascar, the company operates a cargo-distribution network in about 10 African countries. Air Mauritius was founded in 1967.

The company keeps commercial and military aircraft aloft with its high-performance fuel-flow devices. It builds main engine fuel pumps and systems, airframe fuel pumps, and various ground fuel distribution products. Through its Carter Ground Fueling division, Argo-Tech also makes ground refueling equipment. Customers have included the US Army and Air Force, engine and airframe makers such as Airbus, Boeing, GE Aircraft Engines, and Lockheed Martin, and aerospace distributor Upsilon International. In 2007, investment concerns Greenbriar Equity Group and Vestar Capital Partners sold AT Holdings Corp., the parent of Argo-Tech, to Eaton.

The SUN-AIR rises over the skies of Scandinavia and so do its passengers. The company provides scheduled and charter flights to select destinations in northwestern Europe as a franchise partner of British Airways, using the British Airways brand and livery. SUN-AIR operates a fleet of Dornier 328 turboprop and jet aircraft. It also leases aircraft and provides individual charter flights for companies. In addition, SUN-AIR provides technical support and maintenance for commuter and general aircraft at three service centers in Denmark. President and CEO Niels Sundberg owns the company, which he founded the company in 1978.

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. provides logistics services in the United States and internationally. The company's services include consolidating or forwarding air and ocean freight; distribution management; vendor consolidating; providing cargo insurance; purchase order managing; and offering customized logistics information. Its airfreight services comprise the procurement of shipments from its customers; determination of the routing; consolidation of shipments bound for a particular airport distribution point; and selection of the airlines for transportation to the distribution point.The company also offers breakbulk services that include receiving and breaking down consolidated airfreight lots and arranging for distribution of the individual shipments. Its ocean freight and ocean services include freight consolidation from Asia to the United States; and handling full container loads.The company also acts as a customs broker, who assists importers to clear shipments through customs by preparing required documentation and calculations, as well as provides other value added services at destination, such as warehousing and product distribution, time definite transportation, and inventory management. In addition, it offers custom clearances for goods moving by rail and truck. The company's customers primarily include computer retailers, distributors of consumer electronics, department store chains, clothing and shoe wholesalers, manufacturers, and catalogue stores. Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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.

Regional carrier Horizon Air Industries brings together the earth and sky in more than 45 cities in the western US, Canada, and Mexico. A subsidiary of Alaska Air Group since 1986, Horizon does much of its flying from airports in Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; Seattle; and Spokane, Washington. The carrier operates a fleet of more than 60 aircraft, including more than 40 turboprops and about 20 regional jets. Horizon provides connecting service under its own brand for sister company Alaska Airlines, and the carriers share several code-sharing partners, including American Airlines, Continental, and KLM. (Such partnerships allow airlines to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.)

Orbital Sciences Corporation develops and manufactures small and medium-class rockets and space systems for commercial, military, and civil government customers. The company's Launch Vehicles segment develops and produces interceptor launch vehicles for missile defense systems; target launch vehicles for the development and testing of missile defense systems; and space launch vehicles for placing satellites into low-Earth orbit. Its Satellites and Space Systems segment offers communications satellites that provide cable and direct-to-home television distribution, business data network connectivity, regional mobile telephony, and other space-based communications services; and science and technology satellites that are used to conduct space-related scientific research, to carry out interplanetary and other deep-space exploration missions, to demonstrate new space technologies, to collect imagery and other remotely-sensed data, and to enable national security applications.This segment also provides various space technical services, including satellite command and data handling; attitude control and structural subsystems; and analytical, engineering, and production services for space-related science and defense programs. The company's Advanced Space Programs segment provides advanced human-rated systems that are used in Earth orbit, lunar, and other space missions; advanced launch vehicle systems, including launchers used to boost research test vehicles and platforms used to test new space technologies; and national security space systems used for national security space missions and related technology demonstration programs. It offers its products and services in the United States, Europe, Australia, and East Asia. Orbital Sciences Corporation was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Dulles, Virginia.

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