Clinton L. Gardiner

Kidde Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets fire protection and safety systems for civilian and military aircrafts, and commercial and military ground vehicle applications. It provides automatic fire detection and suppression (thermal and optical) and gas leak detection (LNG / CNG / propane / hydrogen / diesel / gasoline / hybrid) for the transit industry to include motor coaches, school buses, transit/city buses, paratransit buses, and trains. The company was founded on July 26, 1993 and is headquartered in Wilson, NC.

Crowell & Moring LLP provides legal services. It offers litigation and arbitration, regulatory, and transactional matters. The firm serves the aerospace and defense, automotive and trucking, aviation, chemicals, education, energy, financial institutions, and government contracting industries. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

United Technologies Corp. engages in the provision of products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. It operates through the following business segments: Otis; Carrier; Pratt and Whitney; and Collins Aerospace Systems. The Otis segment designs, manufactures, sells, and installs elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and service. The Carrier segment provides heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration solutions. The Pratt and Whitney segment includes aircraft engines for the commercial, military, business jet, and general aviation markets. The Collins Aerospace Systems segment offers technologically advanced aerospace products and aftermarket service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, regional, business and general aviation markets, military, space and undersea operations. The company was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Farmington, CT.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. designs, manufactures and services of military and commercial helicopters. It offers light turbine, piston helicopters, fixed-wing and twin turboprop aircraft and spare parts. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Stratford, CT.

Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. designs, manufactures and supplies aerospace and industrial products. The firm offers fuel and special fluid pumps, engine control systems, primary and secondary flight controls and actuation systems, ram air turbine emergency systems, and other related products. The company was founded on June 1999 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.