Airways management considered it crucial to be part of an air traffic management alliance. So they forged a partnership with Lockheed, 'a company with enough critical mass to be noticed globally and the strength to be recognised at the top of the industry. The alliance was subsequently referred to as a marriage of American technological grunt and Kiwi ingenuity, with Lockheed identifying similar value in the partnership. Don Antonucci, president of Lockheed's air traffic management company, observed