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Triumph Actuation Systems-Valencia designs and produces hydraulic and pneumatic valves, complex actuator systems sequencing manifolds, accumulators and reservoirs. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of hydraulic and hydro-mechanical actuation and control systems for a broad range of applications. It has done projects for customers such as Boeing, Goodrich, Lockheed, Northrop Grumman and Gulfstream. Triumph Actuation Systems is a subsidiary of Triumph Group, a group of strategically aligned organizations serving the engineering and manufacturing requirements of the aerospace industry. Operating in more than 41 locations, Triumph Group designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls aircraft components, subassemblies and systems. Triumph Actuation is located in Valencia, Calif.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, formed by the merger between Integrated Systems and Space Technology sectors of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global security company. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems employs more than 20,000 staff members. It provides manned and unmanned aircraft, missiles, space systems and related advanced technologies for national security. The company develops, integrates, produces and supports spacecraft, high-energy laser systems and microelectronics. Its products are used in the areas of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, communication, battle management, electronic warfare, earth observation and space exploration. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is a business unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation, which provides services in the areas of electronic, information system, shipbuilding and technical support to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Tri-Models, located in Huntington Beach, Calif., and established in 1972, employs professional and certified engineers and technicians. It specializes in precision hardware designing and fabrication of wind tunnel models, research and development in rapid prototyping, contoured tooling and offers instrumentation and propulsion test support services to the aerospace and related industries. The company s engineering department has expertise in utilizing various computer-aided design and manufacturing software applications, such as CATIA, Euclid, Mastercam and CADKEY that help in solid modeling and surface and volumetric analysis. Additionally, it operates a machine shop that is equipped with computerized numerically controlled mill machines. Tri-Models also has prototype machinists that have experience in manufacturing and assembly of various forms of high and low speed wind tunnel models and propulsion test hardware.