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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Collins Aerospace opened an additive manufacturing center at its MRO campus in Monroe, North Carolina. Celebrating the dedication of the new center today, Collins said the addition&nbsp;will expand its global maintenance, repair, and overhaul capabilities, beginning with two 3D printers and with plans to add more in the future.&nbsp;The center joins Collins’s network of other additive production facilities in Iowa, Minnesota, and Singapore, and research centers in Connecticut and Poland.

 


“Through a process of joining materials layer upon layer to make parts from 3D model data, additive manufacturing offers several key benefits compared to traditional manufacturing,” said Collins Aerospace operations v-p&nbsp;Kevin Myers. “By using additive manufacturing to produce aircraft parts and components, we can help reduce weight, cost, and time to market, and provide more sustainable solutions for our customers.”

 


The addition of the additive manufacturing capabilities in Monroe comes on the heels of a $30 million expansion Collins completed in Monroe in 2021. Collins has since invested another $15 million as part of a Monroe City Council and Union County board of commissioners MAGNET100 economic development incentive program. The investments have enabled Collins to streamline operations, as well as improve quality control and employee safety.

 


Part of Collins’s network of 75 MRO facilities worldwide, the 160,000-sq-ft Monroe MRO opened in 2004 and is one of Collins’s largest MRO facilities, serving more than 300 aerospace and defense customers. The site repairs some 6,500 components such as actuation systems, helicopter rescue hoists, and air management systems. Collins said it has brought more than 70 new employees to the Monroe facility over the past year and is continuing to hire.

Collins Brings 3D Printing Capability to its NC MRO

The new additive manufacturing center opened in Monroe, North Carolina with two 3D printers and plans to add more in the future.

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