Parker Hannifin Corporation was founded in 1918 and is the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs approximately 58,000 people in 49 countries around the world. Parker started off as Parker Appliance Company and over the years it grew into becoming the legacy of innovation and is Parker Hannifin Corporation. Read more >>

Rockwell Collins, founded in 1933, is a large US-based company with around $4.47 billion in annual revenue. It specializes in avionics and information technology systems to primarily government agencies and other aircraft manufacturers, although it does supply small businesses. The company, formerly Collins Radio Company, was founded by Arthur Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The initial business model revolves around the design and production of shortwave radio equipment. The company eventually entered the market for military and scientific consumers. After World War II and especially during the Cold War, Rockwell Collins developed flight control instruments and satellite voice transmissions in addition to its radio communication devices. It played a major role in the Space Race as its equipment was used by satellites to communicate with stations on earth. Read more >>

Eaton is a global leading company that provides energy-efficient solutions that help customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power. Their revenue for 2012 was 21.8 billion, which included revenue of two combined companies. In 2012 Eaton acquires Cooper Industries on November 2012. Eaton has approximately 102,000 employees worldwide. Read more >>

Pratt & Whitney is a subsidiary of United Technologies Company (UTC) along with UTC Propulsion and Aerospace Systems and Sikorsky Aircraft. United Technologies, founded in 1925, is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. Its headquarters is in East Hartford, Connecticut and its current president is David Hess. Pratt & Whitney in particular, is a global aerospace manufacturer of aircraft engines that are used for air forces all over the world, as well as in civil aviation. It is considered to be one of the three biggest aviation engine manufacturers in the world along with General Electric and Rolls-Royce. Read more >>

General Electric (GE) is a multinational corporation that is ranked on the list of Fortune 500 companies and rated 6^th overall in terms of gross revenue and 14^th overall in terms of profit. In addition, GE is ranked 3^rd largest in the Forbes Global 2000, 5^th for best global brand, 7^th for leaders, 19^th for most innovative, and even 63^rd on the list of environmentally friendly companies. Read more >>

Everywhere people travel by land and in the air, a Bombardier product is ready to move them. As the world’s only manufacturer of planes and trains, they have built an extensive and diverse portfolio of winning mobility solutions. A bombardier Aerospace design manufactures and supports innovative aviation products for the business, commercial, specialized and amphibious aircraft markets. Read more >>

The name Mooney has earned its place in the pantheon of aviation legends. Founded in 1929, the Mooney Airplane Company has delivered more than 11,000 aircraft worldwide. Headquartered in Kerrville, Texas, Mooney is the first pressurized single-engine, piston-powered aircraft (M22 Mustang).  Mooney was the First production aircraft to achieve 200 mph on 200ho (M20J 201), the first single-engine power-control certified (FADEC) in the United States (M20L Porsche), the  first single-engine aircraft  certified for flight into known icing conditions, and the fastest single-engine aircraft produced (Mooney Acclaim). Read more >>

The aviation and aerospace industry is one of the most highly regulated industries, with a demand for quality products that are matched by very few industries. Every part must be tested and approved as air-worthy as well as meet certain requirements before being put into an airplane. There are many different types of standards that regulate commercial aviation as well as military equipment. Many are industry-wide standards and followed by hundreds of companies, whereas some are company-specific standards. Read more >>

NAS Standards, or National Aerospace Standards, include part standards for high strength, precision fasteners. It also defines high-pressure hose, electrical connectors, splices and terminations, rod end bearings, and other types of hardware and components. The Aerospace Industries Association has coordinated with the U.S. Department of Defense to convert over 500 MIL-SPECs to NAS. All parts that satisfy the National Aerospace Standard carry either the prefix “NASM” or “NAM,” signifying inch based and metric based measurements, respectively. The National Aerospace Standards Committee (NASC), a component of AIA, is responsible for regulating all NAS parts and updating NAS standards for all operations and issues that affect aviation and aerospace systems. This deals with policy, requirements, and standards for all technical and operations issues. Read more >>

Just as commercial aviation has certain standards that it must follow, so do government organizations and the military, mainly the U.S. Department of Defense. Parts that qualify as MS standard are referred to as “MIL-SPEC” or “MIL-STD.” Military specifications describe the physical and operational characteristics of a product while military standards detail the processes and materials to be used to make the product. Military and commercial standards can be overlapping, as some parts can have dual purposes, whereas some are reserved only for military use and vice versa. In general, military standards are much more rigorous than commercial aviation standards. Read more >>