As of November 2014, Airbus Group has announced that it will be divesting its share in Dassault Aviation, a French aircraft manufacturer of military, regional, and business jets, a move which is expected to raise 794 million euros or $987 million prior to any deal expenses. Airbus Group will be selling its shares back to the French manufacturer Dassault Aviation, with plans to decrease its stake in the company even further by mid-2015.

Headquartered in Torrance, California, LEDtronics, Inc. is a premier provider of light emitting diode (LED) products including lamps, clusters, and arrays. Founded in 1983, LEDtronics is an ISO 9001/2008 certified and ROHS compliant Minority-Owned Small Business employing a 300-strong workforce. Since its establishment, LEDtronics has delivered over 10,000 individual LED lighting products to federal and Fortune 500 clients such as the U.S. Department of Defense, Caterpillar, Siemens, Cisco Systems, Square D, and IBM.

Headquartered in Papendrecht, the Netherlands, Fokker Technologies is a designer and manufacturer of lightweight aero structures, electrical wiring interconnection systems, and landing gear for the global aerospace industry. Founded in 1912, Fokker got its start by developing a number of iconic aircraft for the German Air Service during World War I, including the crimson-hued Fokker Dr.I triplane piloted by the flying ace Red Baron. As of 2008, Fokker Technologies has been operating as an entity of Dutch aerospace and industrial manufacturer Stork B.V. which purchased the fabled company in a USD$2 billion deal. Today, Fokker operates via four business units: Fokker Aerostructures, Fokker Elmo, Fokker Landing Gear, and Fokker Services. Fokker Technologies counts the following industry giants among its clients:

Heico Corporation, a publicly-traded technology company, broke a sales record by exceeding $1 billion in total sales in 2013 for yet another year. This represents a 12% increase in total net sales, bringing the total to $1.008 billion, with a corresponding net income of $102.4 million or a 20% increase. Both third quarter and fourth quarter results exceeded initial expectations, with net sales jumping by about 19% each quarter. The growth comes as a result of a boost in credit to $1 billion through 2018, which allows management to acquire high-quality businesses.

Exelis Inc., an international aerospace and defense company, divested its military and government services business in 2013, a business which had been focused on facilities management, logistics, and network communications. Exelis now joins a list of companies that have recently spun off their services business, due mainly in part to increasing price pressure and competition in services that are resulting in lower and lower profit margins. This trend has been making the services sector unprofitable in companies that have large portfolios. SAIC recently spun off its services business, as did L-3 Communications in 2012. The new, leaner Exelis is now focused more on surveillance and intelligence solutions, which represents approximately $3.4 billion in gross revenue.

I.B. Moore Company, Incorporated was established in 1967 in Lexington, Kentucky. The company produces elastomer products for industrial applications. With both standard and custom products, I.B. Moore offers a varied range of industrial devices. The company offers a line of standard molded O-rings of varying hardness and compound composition. Their products include: nitrile 70 durometer, nitrile 90 durometer, neoprene 70 durometer, silicone 70 durometer, EPDM 80 durometer, and Viton® (a proprietary synthetic fluoroelastometer manufactured by DuPont™) 75 durometer. In addition, the company offers an extensive collection of highly customizable products.

A division of the multibillion dollar, global company Parker Hannifin Corporation, Parker Aerospace specializes in flight control, hydraulic, fuel & inerting, fluid conveyance, thermal management, and engine technologies. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, Parker Aerospace is certified to ISO 9001:2008 and EN/JISQ/AS9100:2009 standards. Used in a wide variety of aircraft (including fixed-wing military planes, commercial and military transports, business and regional planes, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and helicopters), the company has a vast product portfolio of nearly 50 categories.

Based in Santa Ana, California, Deschner Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of industrial motion control devices. The company was founded in 1960 in Los Angeles, California by R.E. Deschner. Now holding nine patents, Deschner innovated a revolutionary design in industrial shock absorbers and speed regulators that prevents leaks and improves stability in a streamlined and simple construction.

Originally Matsushita Avionics Systems Corporation (founded in 1979 by Konosuke Matsushita of Matsushita Electric Industrial Corporation), Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC) is a subsidiary of Panasonic Corporation which focuses on designing and manufacturing in-flight entertainment and communications (IFEC) systems for airlines across the globe. Headquartered in Lake Forest, California, Panasonic Avionics is a privately held company with operations across the United States and in Japan, Dubai, Singapore, France, London, and Germany.

Finmeccanica, a large European industrial group, has seen its aerospace business falter and come to a halt as of late, as it has again reported weak end-of-quarter performance results. For the first nine months of 2014, the company has been stagnant at $10.49 billion in sales while profits are falling to 539 million euros due to drops in the bottom line in almost every sector it is involved in. While revenues from both civil and military Alenia aircraft and structures businesses have gained 16.5%, the profit has declined by 8.1%.

Universal Avionics Systems Corporation was founded in 1981 by Hubert L. Naimer. Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, the company remains a private organization controlled by the Naimer family. Universal Avionics has a manufacturing division and a sales, marketing, and support office in Tucson, Arizona and engineering divisions in Redmond, Washington and Duluth, Georgia. The company developed the world’s first advanced multi-sensor computer Flight Management System (FMS), the UNS-1 in 1982. An integral part of an advanced avionics system, the FMS is responsible for managing the flight plan and reducing the workload on the crew.

It is common knowledge that the commercial aviation industry is dominated by aerospace giants Boeing and Airbus, who essentially control a duopoly on the market. Most major commercial airlines are operating either a Boeing or Airbus commercial airliner. Embraer and Bombardier, however, compete for third place, albeit a distant third, in the aviation market.

Bombardier Aerospace, the aerospace division of Bombardier Inc, has made significant progress as of late in reaching its target of 300 firm orders. Macquarie AirFinance, an airline leasing firm, has committed to purchasing 40 of the CS300 jetliners, which is excellent news to Bombardier, a company that has been struggling to find operators for its new aircraft. Macquarie AirFinance, an Ireland-based company, leases aircraft to 73 different operators in 43 countries. Should the aircraft be a success, Macquarie AirFinance is expected to exercise an option for an additional 10 aircraft.

Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, Dempsey Industries is a custom dip molding and coating business. Founded in 1970, Dempsey Industries now operates as a subsidiary of MDI (Molded Devices Incorporated). ISO 9001:2008 certified to manufacture custom dip molded vinyl parts, Dempsey Industries is an innovator in the PVC dip molding, PVC coating, rubber molding, and custom injection molding industry. Dempsey Industries operates three facilities with 24,000 square feet of production space. One 7,000 square feet facility is dedicated solely to dip molding and coating for medical applications.

Based in Sylmar, California, Janco Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of custom rotary switches, potentiometers, and refined modular control systems for the commercial and military aerospace markets. Founded in 1947, Janco Corporation engineers its products to be as sleek and compact as possible to save weight and space in an aircraft. In the aerospace industry, Janco Corporation is known for its advanced spin-recovery system controls that optimizes safety during flight testing.

Established in 1957 as Heinecke Instruments Company, Heico is a publically traded corporation headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. For fiscal year 2013, the company attained over $1 billion dollars in net sales for the first time. Certified to ISO 9001:2001 and AS9100:2001, Heico is also site survey approved by the US Air Force and the US Navy for Critical Safety Items.

Headquartered in Shaumburg, Illinois, Heidenhain Corporation is a premier designer and manufacturer of numerical controls and drive technology for machine tools. Founded in 1889 as a metal etching factory, Heidenhain’s modern product line includes digital length gauges, linear scales, rotary and angular encoders, digital readouts, CNC controls, and machine inspection equipment. Today, the company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Traunreut, Germany-based Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH—a global producer of precision measurement and control equipment.The company’s extensive product portfolio includes:

Headquartered in Gloucester, England, Helipebs Controls is a leading in-house developer and manufacturer of hydraulic and pneumatic components and sub-assemblies catering to the oil & gas, fatigue testing, pharmaceutical, green energy, and tool making markets. Founded in 1968, Helipebs Controls is proudly entirely British-owned.Notably, Helipebs Controls’ technologies support the Airbus A340-600 and A340-500 super-stretch jetliners.

Headquartered in Hartford, Wisconsin, Helgesen is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom hydraulic reservoir tanks catering to the agriculture, construction, firefighting, forestry, material handling, mining, and railway markets. Founded in 1977, Helgesen produces hydraulic reservoirs ranging from those with a 5-gallon capacity to those able to house well over 730-gallons to meet a wide range of customers’ volume requirements.

Headquartered in Enumclaw, Washington, Helac Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of helical hydraulic rotary actuators and other construction equipment accessories. Since its founding in 1968, Helac Corporation has delivered over 500,000 actuators to satisfied customers all over the world. The company serves those in the agriculture, construction, energy, marine, military, mining, and truck markets.