UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-98,103

AQUILINE DRONES CORPORATION

MANUFACTURING/SALES DIVISION

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Certification Regarding Eligibility

To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Negative
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for

Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("the Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
("Department") herein presents the results of an investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance ("TAA") for workers.

The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:

(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Workers (TAA) and Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) and filed on November 3, 2021 by a
State Workforce Office, on behalf of former workers of Aquiline
Drones Corporation, Manufacturing/Sales division, Hartford,
Connecticut (hereafter referred to as the "worker group").

In accordance with 20 C.F.R. 618.110 a worker group is
defined as, ""¦inclusive of teleworkers and staffed workers."

The worker group is engaged in activities related to the
production of Drones.

The petition alleges that worker separations, or threats
thereof, were due to, "Products are imported from France and China,
business has been lost due to the ability to get materials as
shipping has been put on hold due to COVID regulations."

During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the petitioner(s), the workers' firm,
and other relevant sources.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of drones by Aquiline Drones Corporation have
decreased absolutely.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article produced
by Aquiline Drones Corporation have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Aquiline Drones
Corporation, Manufacturing/Sales division, Hartford, Connecticut.

ALTERNATIVE TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2813, the Department herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
("ATAA") for older workers.

The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied if the
following criteria are met:

(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has not been met because the
workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are easily
transferable.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Aquiline Drones
Corporation, Manufacturing/Sales division, Hartford, Connecticut,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of drones
meet the worker group certification criteria under 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:

"All workers of Aquiline Drones Corporation,
Manufacturing/Sales division, Hartford, Connecticut, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 3, 2020, through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended; and I further determine that all workers of
Aquiline Drones Corporation, Manufacturing/Sales division,
Hartford, Connecticut are denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 29th day of November, 2021.


/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
_______________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance