[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.
[3] 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.
In 2000, they acquired the former electronics and avionics division of Fairchild Defense from Orbital Sciences corporation.