A&D Finance Leaders to Gather for AVIATION WEEK and Credit Suisse’s Annual Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference, December 5-6, 2006 in New York

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ — Top global executives, military leaders, investors and industry analysts will convene during AVIATION WEEK and Credit Suisse’s 12th annual Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference, to be held December 5-6 at Credit Suisse Americas headquarters in New York. The event’s agenda will include first-hand accounts from top aerospace/defense and multi- industry C-level leaders as they detail their strategic agendas for the coming years. Additional presentations will focus on the programs and technologies affected by the FY2007 and FY2008 defense budgets, as well as the consequences for lower-tier suppliers as large systems integrators ramp up for increased demand from commercial and military customers.

The Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference program includes keynote speeches by Kenneth J. Krieg, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; and Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force. Other prominent speakers include top executives from the following organizations:

   AAR                              HEICO   AeroStrategy                     Hexcel Corporation   Airbus North America             L-1 Identity Solutions   ATK                              L-3 Communications   Allegheny Technologies           Lockheed Martin   Armor Holdings                   ManTech International   BAE Systems NA                   McAleese & Associates   Barnes Group                     Northrop Grumman   B/E Aerospace                    Orbital Sciences   Boeing                           Precision Castparts   Carpenter Technology             QinetiQ   DRS Technologies                 Rockwell Collins   DynCorp International, LLC       Rolls Royce   EDO                              RTI International Metals   Finmeccanica                     SI International   Goodrich                         Triumph Group   Harris Corporation               U.S. Department of Defense   

“A&D Finance brings together a broad spectrum of leaders representing major defense and commercial aircraft concerns, suppliers of components and specialty materials, and Federal IT and homeland security firms,” said Tom Henricks, President, AVIATION WEEK. “Our event’s attendees are all working towards the same goals: safety, productivity, and ultimately, profitability.”

Additional information and online registration for the Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference is available at http://www.aviationweek.com/conferences, or by calling +1 212-904-3225.

The Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference is produced by AVIATION WEEK and Credit Suisse. Media sponsors include AVIATION WEEK’s Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, Aviation Week & Space Technology, and Defense Technology International. The event is produced in cooperation with McAleese & Associates, P.C.

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