avia.wikisort.org - ManufacturerGE Aviation Systems (formerly Smiths Aerospace) is an American aerospace engineering, aircraft engine and aircraft parts manufacturer.
GE Aviation SystemsType | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Engineering |
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Founded | January 3, 1963; 59 years ago (1963-01-03) |
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Headquarters | Cincinnati, Ohio , United States |
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Number of employees | 37,800 (2007)[1] |
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Parent | GE Aviation |
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Website | www.geaviationsystems.com |
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Smiths Aerospace was formerly one of four business units of Smiths Group plc., an engineering company and constituent of the FTSE 100 share index. However, it was announced on January 15, 2007 that Smiths Group was divesting Smiths Aerospace to General Electric for US $4.8 billion.[2] Smiths Aerospace, which was an important supplier, became an operating subsidiary of GE Aviation. This acquisition reportedly gives the combined unit the clout to resist pricing pressures from its two largest customers, Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Airbus.[2] Analysts further assert that it will enable General Electric to acquire assets similar to those it desired in its failed bid for Honeywell in 2000.[2] GE Aviation completed the transaction on May 4, 2007.[3]
Products
- Its electronic and mechanical systems businesses include integrated modular avionics, flight management and stores management systems, recording and analyzing of voice, video and data. Crew information and mission planning. Other products include power generation and distribution, fuel gauging, management and aerial refueling systems and environmental conditioning. Systems essential to aircraft performance includes flight controls, thrust reversers, landing gear and hydraulic systems.
- The engine component capabilities include engine ring technology, supplying complex gas turbine engine components to every major engine program worldwide.
- The company also operates a global customer services organization that supports 1,500 customers in 140 countries through a network of local centers.
The company is involved with Boeing's KC-767[4] and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II, F-22 Raptor, and C-130J Hercules, and the Eurofighter Typhoon. Smiths engine components equip many major military and civil gas turbine engines, providing critical technologies from intake to exhaust.
History
Smiths Aerospace was initially formed from the takeover of TI Group's aerospace activities, including firms such as Dowty Rotol. In 2000, they acquired the former electronics and avionics division of Fairchild Defense from Orbital Sciences corporation.[5]
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Subsidiaries and divisions | Current |
- GE Additive
- GE Aviation
- GE Capital
- GE Digital
- GE Healthcare
- GE Power
- GE Renewable Energy
- GE Research
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Former and defunct |
- Australian Guarantee Corporation1
- Canadian General Electric1
- Compagnia Generale di Elettricità2
- Current, powered by GE2
- Electric Bond and Share Company2
- GE Aerospace2
- GE Americom2
- GE Appliances2
- GE Automation & Controls2
- GE Betz2
- GE Capital Aviation Services2
- GE Capital IT Solutions2
- GE Capital Rail Services2
- GE Commercial Finance1
- GE Energy1
- GE Equipment Services2
- GE Home & Business Solutions2
- GE Industrial2
- GE Infrastructure1
- GE Jenbacher2
- GE Lighting2
- GE Measurement & Control1
- GE Oil & Gas1
- GEnPact2
- GE Security2
- GE Transportation2
- GE Waukesha2
- GE Wind Energy1
- GECIS2
- GEIS2
- Genesis Lease2
- Genworth Financial2
- Montgomery Ward2
- Synchrony Financial2
- Tungsram1
- United Nuclear Corporation1
- Utah Construction Company2
- Whatman1
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Joint ventures / shareholdings | Current | |
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Former |
- Alco-GE (1940–53)
- NBC (1926–30, 1986–2004)
- NBCUniversal (2004–13)
- Penske Truck Leasing (15.5%)
- Wabtec
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People | Founders |
- Charles A. Coffin
- Thomas Edison
- Edwin Houston
- J. P. Morgan
- Elihu Thomson
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Executives |
- Jeff Immelt
- Jack Welch
- Bob Wright
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Outside Directors |
- James Cash Jr.
- John L. Flannery
- Ann Fudge
- Susan Hockfield
- Andrea Jung
- Rochelle Lazarus
- Sam Nunn
- Roger Penske
- Vera Silva
- Douglas A. Warner III
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Places and facilities |
- GE Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza)
- GE Building (570 Lexington Avenue)
- Nela Park
- Realty Plot
- Research Laboratory
- River Works
- Specialty Control Plant
- Switchgear Plant
- Welch Technology Centre
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Sponsorship |
- Carousel of Progress (1964-65, 1967-73, 1975-85)
- Horizons at Epcot (1983-93)
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Other |
- GE True
- The General Electric Concert
- General Electric EdgeLab
- General Electric Theater
- General Imaging
- Thomson-Houston Electric Company
- Timeline
- United States v. General Electric Co.
- Diamond v. Chakrabarty
- Phoebus cartel
- KGEI
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- 1Now integrated into other GE divisions or business groupings
- 2Sold or spun off
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