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Press Release |
13th December 2001 |
| Aerosystems plays Father Christmas. |
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Scott Roy, managing director of Aerosystems
International (AeI), recently attended an assembly at Preston
Primary School to present winners Sara Angus, age ten and
George Mitchell, age seven, with copies of Christmas cards
of their design produced as a result of AeI's Christmas Card
Competition. The company also gave the school a cheque for
£1000. Aerosystems International (AeI) is a world-class company specialising in the design, development and delivery of software intensive systems for the aerospace, transport and process industries. It also develops cutting edge systems and smart technology for various industrial applications. The company's customers include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Goodrich, BP, MoD, BAE SYSTEMS, GKN, SHELL and NASA. In 1985, AeI had 15 staff in Yeovil, Somerset - today it has 540 staff around the country and AeI offices can be found in Yeovil, Malvern, Camberley, Warton and York. Note to Editors: Aerosystems International, jointly owned by GKN Aerospace and BAE SYSTEMS, was formed in 1985 for the sole purpose of developing aerospace systems and software, combining the avionics and systems expertise of GKN Westland with the software and project management skills of BAeSEMA. For further information please contact: Emma
Taylor |
The
competition was open to primary schools located close to
AeI's offices throughout the UK. It resulted in over 500
designs being submitted from which six winning entries were
selected from three schools across the country. 
