Peter Arment joined AmTech in September 2007. Peter has been a top-rated aerospace and defense equity analyst for the past several years. Peter worked for over thirteen years, starting in 1994, at JSA Research, Inc, a leading independent aerospace/defense research boutique. At JSA, Peter was consistently among the top-rated analysts in Wall Street Journal All-Star Analyst and StarMine surveys. Peter has been selected five-times in the Wall Street Journal All Star Analyst survey, four for stock picking and once for earnings estimate accuracy. Peter was named in the top four of aerospace stock pickers in the Wall Street Journal's All-Star Analysts' Survey in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005--second place in 2005 out of 26 analysts. He placed first in 2001 with his picks annual rate of return exceeding 55%. Peter was named the top aerospace stock picker in 2001 and 2005 StarMine survey, with a 2005 performance of more than double the industry average at 32%. Peter has been selected twice as a top analyst surveyed by aerospace corporations in the 1998 and 2000 Reuters Survey. In addition to covering publicly traded aerospace/defense companies at JSA, Peter has also participated in several consulting assignments ranging from market forecasts for major aerospace/defense corporations and the Department of Defense to evaluating M&A candidates for several private equity clients. Peter is widely quoted by all the major news wires, newspapers and industry trade publications on aerospace and defense issues. Peter was graduated with a B.A. in economics from the University of Rhode Island.