Lombardo covers business aviation maintenance-related issues. He is also a writer and on-air reporter for AINtv. He has over 3000 articles published and is the author of several books on aircraft systems for pilots and on the topic of flight simulation.
He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from the University of Illinois, has taught aviation for over 35 years in industry and as a university professor and academic dean at three different universities. He is also a frequent seminar and after-dinner motivational speaker.&nbsp;
Lombardo holds an A&amp;P Certificate, ATP, CFI and Ground Instructor ratings. He was a corporate pilot and was a research pilot and flight instructor at the University of Illinois. An FAA Safety Counselor for over 25 years, he was one of the original 13 Counselors appointed to the FAA’s Airworthiness Safety Program for maintenance technicians.&nbsp;

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David A. Lombardo

Mubadala Development Co. PJSC, a strategic investment and development company owned by the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing to explore aerospace opportunities. 
Until now the region has been a very large purchaser of aircraft, but has not played a significant role in aerospace investment. The MoU with Boeing is the first relationship Mubadala has established as part of a new aerospace industry implementation strategy. The company expects to spend between $4 and $6 billion dollars over the next two to three years. 
Waleed Ahmed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi, Mubadala’s COO, told Aviation International News, “We already have assets on the ground like MRO facilities, education centers and other great capabilities currently housed with our UAE air force. We’d like to put all that together so we can create a center of excellence that will result in the right kind of employment for Abu Dhabi to diversify the economy and help us develop heavy manufacturing that’s essentially knowledge intensive.” 
AIN learned that yesterday Mubadala signed another similar MoU with Lockheed Martin.

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