Thomas E. Breen

Headwall Photonics, Inc. designs and manufactures diamond-turned and original diffraction gratings including original planar, aberration-corrected concave and convex, and Rowland circle gratings in standard and custom formats. It specializes in the alignment and packaging of these gratings to deliver ruggedized spectral modules for OEM applications. The firm provides services for the analytical, life sciences and medical, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by David Bannon and Larry Barstow in May 2003 and is headquartered in Fitchburg, MA.

Goodrich Corp. engages in the supply of systems and services to the aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. The company was founded by Benjamin Franklin Goodrich in 1870 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.

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.

UTC Aerospace Systems supplies aerospace and defense products. It offers acoustic materials, active thermal control systems, advanced composite products, aerospace composite structures, air data products and systems, brake control systems, cabin controls, cargo systems, cockpit controls, electric braking system, engine fuel controls, inflatable systems, precision optics, propeller systems, ram air turbine and wheels. The firm serves the commercial, military, business, regional, rotorcraft and space and defense industries. It has offices in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. The company was founded by Hamilton Sundstrand and Goodrich in August 2012 and is headquartered in Charlotte, NC.