General Electric’s acquisition of Smiths Aerospace in May 2007 marked an expansion from engine building into aircraft systems. No sooner than the ink had dried on the purchase contract, the Cincinnati-based OEM was busy developing a strategy integrating cyber-based aircraft systems with its engine products.
As a sign of Brazil’s growing importance to business aviation, Jet Aviation, now a General Dynamics subsidiary, is teaming with Tropic Air, a Brazilian charter outfit based in São Paulo and Puerto Seguro.
