GE Aviation is planning an additional $15 million investment for machinery and equipment at its new engine assembly facility in Lafayette, Indiana.

Heico Corp. has acquired Harter Aerospace, which operates a MRO facility for Airbus and Boeing jets in the Phoenix area and employs about 75 people.

Airbus’s announcement it will release new variants, FAA’s focus on the large widebody, and airlines’ call for modifications are shaping 2015 into the year of the A380.