We are pleased to invite you to Wharton Aerospace 2006 - our third annual event being held on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia.

Date/Time/Location: Friday February 10th 2006; 8:30AM - 5PM; Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Walk (Penn Campus).

Registration/breakfast starts at 7:30AM.

Pre-event Reception, sponsored by EDO Corp: Thursday February 09th, 2006; 7:00pm until close; The Library, Inn @ Penn, 3600 Sansom St.

Conference Cost: $75/person

Suggested Accommodations and E-Booking: http://www.onebigcampus.com/hotels_all.htm

Directions: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/visitUs/

Dress: business casual

This Event is our continuing initiative to bring together alumni from the aerospace & defense industries, to foster business and social connections, and to build a foundation for future networking.

Our 2005 event was attended by approximately 150 Wharton aerospace alumni (including a large contingent of aerospace colleagues from a handful of other top-ranked business schools), and over one dozen speakers and panelists. Our two keynote speakers were Frank Lanza, Chairman & CEO of L-3 Communications, and Mark Ronald, President & CEO of BAE Systems Inc. Our event also included two functional panels (one on growth strategies in cyclical defense markets and one on emerging defense technologies) and breakout sessions with the aerospace practice leadership of retained search firms Russell Reynolds, Heidrick & Struggles, Korn Ferry, Spencer Stuart and DHR International.

UPDATE ON OUR 2006 EVENT (posted 16 December 2005)

Our confirmed keynote speakers are:

- Clayton Jones, Chairman, President & CEO, Rockwell Collins Inc.

- Mark Newman, President, Chairman & CEO, DRS Technologies Inc.

- Fred Strader, President & CEO, AAI Corporation

Our panel will be on "Network Centric Operations" with these confirmed panelists:

- John Garstka: Assistant Director for Concepts and Operations, Office of Force Transformation, Office of the Secretary of Defense

- Michael Krieger: Director of Information Management, Office of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer

- Nan Mattai: Senior Vice President of Engineering & Technology, Rockwell Collins Inc.

- Neil Siegel: Vice President of Technology and Chief Engineer, Command, Control and Communications Programs, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems

- Brigadier General Joseph Votel, Director, Army Improvised Explosive Device Task Force/ Deputy Director, Information Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, US Army

Our Careers Development session consists of five concurrent breakouts by the heads of the aerospace & defense practices of these retained executive search firms: DHR International, Heidrick & Struggles, Korn Ferry, Russell Reynolds Associates, and Spencer Stewart.

We thank our sponsors for their sustained support: Russell Reynolds Associates, Heidrick & Struggles, L-3 Communications and EDO Corporation.

Please contact Michael Langman or Ellen Chang should you have any questions.

See you in February!

Michael Langman, WG98 (Rockwell Collins) michael.langman.wg98@wharton.upenn.edu

Ellen Chang, WG98 (Northrop Grumman) ellen.chang.wg98@wharton.upenn.edu