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AVIATION WEEK to Present MRO Military Conference April 15-16 in Ft. Lauderdale

A fully interactive conference with access to the top strategists and decision-makers in the industry, MRO Military gives attendees the opportunity to get shoulder-to-shoulder with experts to create real action plans. Sessions are structured to maximize collaborative idea sharing, with high-powered working groups for fighter, rotor wing, airlift/tankers, and electronically complex aircraft professionals. Working group participants will identify implications, enablers, lessons learned and data relative to improving availability, readiness, cycle time and cost, and will contribute to driving improvement, building public/private partnerships and delivering an action plan for the next 12 months that addresses obsolete commodities, rapid response manufacturing, aging fleets, and more.

"In our current economic situation, ongoing budgetary constraints and restrictions demand strategic, actionable, and cost-effective planning," said Tom Henricks, president, AVIATION WEEK. "MRO Military participants will play a major role in planning for tomorrow's war-fighting success, and get high-level access to the experts responsible for defining key best practices aligned with the DoD's continuous improvement goals."

The keynote address on the "Roots of Islamic Radicalism" will be delivered by lauded presenter Col. (Ret.) James D. Graham. Other speakers and working group leaders include:

    -- William Begert, SVP, Pratt & Whitney
    -- William Belgard, Partner-Aviation, Aerospace and Defense, OliverWyman
    -- John E. Boyington, President, Vertex Aerospace/L-3 Communications
    -- BG Arthur B. Cameron III, Commander - 309th Maintenance Wing, Hill AFB
    -- Gen. Bruce Carlson, Commander, U.S. Air Force Materiel Command
    -- Hal Chrisman, Principal, AeroStrategy LLC
    -- Shane Eddy, VP Customer Support, Bell Helicopter Textron
    -- BG Judy Fedder, Commander, 76th Maintenance Wing, Oklahoma City Air
       Logistics Center, Tinker AFB
    -- Col. Steven Franklin, Director Aviation Logistics-HQ, USMC
    -- Marilyn A. Hewson, EVP Global Sustainment, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
       Co.
    -- MG Carl Jensen, USMC Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Command
    -- VADM (Ret.) Walter Massesnburg, former Commander, Naval Air Systems
       Command and COO, Naval Aviation Enterprise
    -- VADM (Ret.) Charles W. (Willy) Moore, Jr., VP Global Sustainment ,
       Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
    -- MG Arthur Morrill III, Deputy Director, Defense Logistics Agency
    -- Dennis Muilenburg, President Boeing Support Systems, Boeing Integrated
       Defense Systems
    -- Gary Nenninger, US Army Aviation & Missile Command
    -- Ken Percell, SES, Warner Robins AFB
    -- Charles T. (Tony) Robertson, VP Air Force Support, Boeing Integrated
       Defense Systems
    -- RADM Michael Roesner, Commander, U.S. Navy Inventory Control Point
    -- Tom Somers, U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command
    -- Joe Siniscalchi, VP ISR, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems

MRO Military is produced by AVIATION WEEK Conferences & Exhibitions and Overhaul & Maintenance. The Rotor Wing Working Group sponsor is Hitachi Consulting, and the general conference sponsor is AAI Textron Systems. Defense Technology International is the media sponsor. Additional information and online registration are available at http://aviationweek.com/conferences/milmain.htm, or by calling +1-212-904-6344.

About AVIATION WEEK

AVIATION WEEK, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, is the largest multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries, and includes the publications Aviation Week & Space Technology, Defense Technology International, Business & Commercial Aviation, Overhaul & Maintenance, ShowNews, Aviation Daily, The Weekly of Business Aviation, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report and the World Aerospace Database. The group's website, http://www.aviationweek.com, offers the industry's most reliable news, information, search and online community tools. Premium content services include the Aviation Week Intelligence Network, an integrated business tool for managers, business developers, buyers and technical professionals, and MRO Prospector, a unique web-based suite of data and tools for business development and benchmarking in maintenance, repair and overhaul. The group also produces prominent conferences, exhibitions and management forums around the world.

About The McGraw-Hill Companies

Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands including Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2007 were $6.8 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.

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