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 continues to fill out the supply team for its Mach 1.4 AS2 business jet, expanding the role of Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems to cover design and production of the forward fuselage. Under a memorandum of understanding, Spirit will further invest in the AS2 and increase engineering.

 


This builds on the existing relationship between Aerion and Spirit that began in 2019, initially involving preliminary design work. Aerion said that by joining the project in the early stages, Spirit’s technical expertise has “significantly advanced the design evolution” of the supersonic jet as it prepares to kick off production in 2023.

 


Aerion anticipates Spirit will build 36 forward fuselage assemblies annually at full rate. The company further anticipates building 300 AS2s in the first decade of production at its final assembly facility in Melbourne, Florida.

 


“Spirit AeroSystems has been an outstanding partner in the design and development of the AS2, and their considerable aerostructures expertise has proven a core enabler in the evolution of our program,” said Aerion chairman, president, and CEO Tom Vice.

 


The announced agreement follows last week’s naming of Collins Aerospace to develop the flight control actuation system for the AS2. Other suppliers include GE Aviation, Honeywell, Safran, GKN Aerospace, Aernnova, and Potez Aeronautique. In addition, Boeing has collaborated on the program.

 


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