ATLANTA, Nov. 9, 2006 – Delta Air Lines today announced plans to recall an additional 1,000 flight attendants in 2007. This latest recall is scheduled to begin in January with as many as 500 previously furloughed flight attendants scheduled for training in the first few months of the year. “Our recalls will help ensure a smoother operation for our customers and our people as we build a more competitive network during what is the largest and most exciting international expansion in Delta’s history,” said Jim Whitehurst, Delta’s chief operating officer. Delta has added or announced more than 70 new international routes since fall 2005, with many of the routes beginning later this year and during 2007.

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Zilina, Slovakia, November 1, 2006: The University of Zilina, Air Transport Department, National Civil Aviation Security Training Center presents a workshop for Students, Security Administrators and those personnel tasked charged with developing airport or airline security budget. This workshop combines short PowerPoint presentations with individual and small group hands-on practicum to provide delegates with the practical skills necessary to research, format, complete and present a realistic Security Department Budget for funding.

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ZILINA, SLOVAKIA, NOVEMBER 1, 2006: Spranza Incorporated, a US Civil Aviation Security Training & Consulting firm with more than a quarter century of field instructional experience, has teamed with the Air Transport Department, University of Zilina Slovakia, to create the National Civil Aviation Security Training Center. Located on the Zilina campus, the Center will commence operation with the spring 2007 academic quarter.

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As part of Finmeccanica’s drive to attract talented staff and train them to work in the world of business and high technology, while at the same time instilling in them the group’s managerial culture, Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, Chairman and Chief Executive of Finmeccanica, today officially launched the company’s first master’s programme in international business engineering (Fhink). The programme, presented by Mr Guarguaglini at the “Technology and talent: towards the future” exhibition, is an advanced training course created by Finmeccanica, the Italian leader in aerospace, defence and security, and aimed at the most brilliant students at international level.

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Lufthansa is continuing to invest in Frankfurt and the surrounding Rhine-Main region. At today’s ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the A380 maintenance hangar, which was attended by the Minister of Economics, Transport and Regional Development of the State of Hesse, Dr. Alois Riehl, and the Mayor of Frankfurt, Petra Roth, the company underscored its role as the biggest employer in Hesse. “With the new runway and the stationing of our A380 fleet here in Frankfurt, we will create several thousand new jobs,” said Stefan Lauer, Lufthansa Executive Board member and Chief Officer Aviation Services and Human Resources. “Innovations form the foundation for our future and also for this location. The new maintenance hangar for the A380 is the visible proof,” he added. Professor Manfred Schölch, Vice Chairman of Fraport AG, the company that owns and operates the airport, commented: “We are delighted that this hangar for the A380 fleet has found its home here in Frankfurt.”

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First-of-its-Kind Training Program Helps Midwest Educators Inspire Students to Pursue Technical, Scientific Careers Related to Space Exploration. CLEVELAND, Sept. 9, 2006 — For more than 40 distinguished elementary and secondary school teachers from the Cleveland area and six Midwestern states who participated in Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Weightless Flights of Discovery program this weekend, the concept of “floating” new ideas past their students will never be the same.

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Jamail LarkinsDaytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2006 — This fall, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University aviation business student and celebrated aerobatic pilot Jamail Larkins kicks off his third annual national DreamLaunch Tour. Larkins launched the tour to raise awareness about careers in aviation among young people across America. His itinerary includes visits to middle schools and high schools in at least 15 cities.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2006 - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced a major expansion and restructuring of its global educational activities through its Worldwide Campus, formerly known as the Extended Campus. The Worldwide Campus will continue to be headquartered in Daytona Beach in what will become the first building in a research park the university is developing adjacent to the Daytona Beach campus. The proposed $11 million, 50,000 sq. ft. building is scheduled for completion by January 2009.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2006 - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students, faculty, and staff are on standby to cheer one of their own, NASA astronaut Daniel C. Burbank, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off in early September. Burbank is a 1990 graduate of Embry-Riddle, with a Master of Aeronautical Science degree from the university’s Langley Center in Virginia.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 18, 2006 – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has once again earned the top ranking in the annual “America’s Best Colleges” guide published by U.S. News & World Report magazine. In the specialty category of “Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering Programs” at schools where the highest degree is a master’s, Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach campus took first place, followed by the U.S. Air Force Academy in second, and Embry-Riddle’s Prescott, Ariz., campus in third.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 9, 2006 — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has sold its non-degree Commercial Airline Pilot Training (CAPT) program to Flight Training Services International (FTSI), a company whose president and CEO, Shawn Raker, is an alumnus of the university. Raker, who earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical studies from the university in 1990, has 16 years of experience as a pilot and proficiency check airman for a major airline in Atlanta.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 8, 2006 – Dr. John P. Johnson has been selected by the Board of Trustees of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as the school’s fifth president, effective immediately. Dr. Johnson has served as the interim president of the university since November 2005 while also serving as the provost and chief academic officer, a position he held since joining Embry-Riddle in December 2003.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., Aug. 4, 2006 – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University was named one of Central Florida’s Top 100 Companies for Working Families at the Top 100 Awards Luncheon held Aug. 4, 2006, at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando. Compiled annually by the Orlando Sentinel and published in the Aug. 6 edition of the newspaper’s Florida magazine special section, the Top 100 list honors the local companies most committed to family-friendly policies. Applicants are judged on their family-related benefits, work environment, communication network, and training opportunities.

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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) generates more than 71,000 jobs and more than $7.6 billion in total economic impact across Michigan according to a study released today by the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the Wayne County Airport Authority.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., July 31, 2006 — More than 100 employers in aviation/aerospace, business, engineering, and high-tech fields will be on hand to talk with jobseekers at the 2006 Industry/Career Expos at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s two residential campuses. The first Expo is Thursday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Activity Center at the Prescott, Ariz., campus, 3700 Willow Creek Road. It will be held during OctoberWest Homecoming.

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Oshkosh,Wis., July 27, 2006 – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University today announced an order for 29 new Garmin G1000-equipped 172 Skyhawks from Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company. “Cessnas are the most reliable platforms for teaching young people to fly because they are forgiving during flight training, easy to maintain and economical to operate,” said Chancellor of Embry-Riddle Thomas Connolly. “Now, since the technology exists to have Skyhawks with the Garmin G1000 avionics, training has become even more advanced. The Skyhawks with glass cockpits give our future airline and military pilots the experience they need to easily transition to flying jets with glass cockpits.”

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Daytona Beach, Fla., July 12, 2006 — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has created two new divisions in its effort to reorganize functions and seek savings across the university. They are University Relations, headed by Ken Stackpoole, and Global Planning and Program Development, headed by John Metzner. Stackpoole, who was vice president of Government Relations for the past three years, has been named vice president of the University Relations division, which encompasses university-level public relations, brand and image marketing, government relations, and corporate relations.

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From 13 to 17 May, the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany, conducted a training mission the Air Defence School in Réghaia, Algeria.

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Construction has begun in Germany of a new jet engine overhaul facility, N3 Engine Overhaul Services, a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik AG and Rolls-Royce plc. The ultra-modern facility, at Arnstadt in the Federal state of Thuringia, will have the country’s biggest engine test stand. At a ceremony today, Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Thuringia’s Prime Minister Dieter Althaus emphasised the importance of this high-tech installation with 500 new jobs for the industrial future of Thuringia and Germany.

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Geneva, 28 April 2006. At the end of April, 18 trainees successfully completed their three and a half year course of instruction and the new air traffic controllers were handed their licences at an award ceremony held on Castle Hünigen in Konolfingen. Interest in a career in air traffic control remains as high ever, with hundreds of applications being received every year. The Skyguide Training Center (STC) is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructures; it is now located at Zurich airport but will move this autumn to Wangen bei Dübendorf.

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Sikorsky Aircraft today announced a nationwide campaign to recruit more than 300 engineers to meet growing demand for the company’s military and civil helicopter product lines and related services. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. Over the next few months, Sikorsky plans job fairs in several states to fill engineering positions at company and subsidiary facilities in Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Alabama, and New York. Sikorsky is on a path to double revenue between 2003-2008 and significantly increase aircraft deliveries across the company product lines over the same time period.

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HUNTSVILLE and COURTLAND, Ala., April 27, 2006 — Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today opened its doors in Huntsville and Courtland, Ala., to students, aged six to 18 years, for the company’s annual Young Minds at Work Day. Approximately 150 students in Huntsville and approximately 30 students in Courtland participated. Each student was sponsored by a Lockheed Martin employee, contractor or customer. Each student “shadowed” his or her sponsor during part of the day and participated in hands-on activities and tours of the company.

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SAN DIEGO (April 21, 2006) – Sally Ride Science™, Northrop Grumman Foundation, Southwest Airlines and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society announced today that the TOYchallenge™ 2006 Nationals will be held at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, Balboa Park on April 29 and at the Sigma Xi Center in Research Triangle Park, N.C. on May 6. The fun-fueled toy- and game-design competition is intended to motivate middle school-age kids, especially girls, to pursue science engineering education and careers.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., April 12, 2006 – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will hold three commencement ceremonies in May on its Daytona Beach Campus, with 534 students from that campus graduating in two ceremonies and 273 students from the Extended Campus graduating in another ceremony. All three events will be held in the school’s ICI Center at 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Graduates of the Daytona Beach Campus will attend commencement exercises on Saturday, May 6. Students in the College of Aviation will graduate at 9 a.m. The guest speaker is Barbara Barrett, president of Triple Creek Guest Ranch and chair of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. She will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) for her contributions to humanity and human welfare.

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Daytona Beach, Fla., April 12, 2006 — A team of 20 Computer and Software Engineering students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently took first place in the Junior/Senior design category of the ASEE-SE conference competition with an autonomous national airspace system that controls aircraft movement between airports. Embry-Riddle’s team of undergraduate students and 20 other teams representing 13 other colleges competed in four categories at the American Society of Engineering Education Southeastern Section annual meeting and conference held April 2-4 at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa.

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