Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Aerion Supersonic has selected Collins Aerospace to design the flight control actuation system for its AS2 supersonic business jet. Collins Aerospace's Actuation&nbsp;Systems centers in Wolverhampton, UK, and Vernon, France, will design and develop the systems for the AS2's leading edge, elevons, horizontal stabilizer, and rudder.

 


“The very nature of supersonic travel presents some unique challenges when it comes to designing reliable and precise systems to guide the aircraft—and we are eager to address them head-on as a part of the Aerion team,” said Ed Dryden, v-p of Actuation Systems for Collins Aerospace. “Collins Aerospace has a long history in advancing complex actuation systems for both commercial and military platforms, and we look forward to continuing this legacy with the AS2.”

 


Collins Aerospace joins a supplier team for the AS2 that includes GE Aviation, Honeywell, Safran, GKN Aerospace, Aernnova, and Potez Aeronautique. In addition, Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems have collaborated on the program. Aerion anticipates&nbsp;beginning production in 2023, with&nbsp;first flight in 2025 and entry-into-service in the 2027 timeframe. The company expects to manufacture 300 of the Mach 1.4 business jet in the first decade of production.

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