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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Embraer is expanding its partnerships with BAE Systems under memoranda of understanding signed on Tuesday during the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow&nbsp;to collaborate on potential markets in the Middle East for the C-390 Millennium and to explore defense and security applications for the Eve eVTOL.
The first MoU paves the way for a strategic partnership that would enable Embraer to build on BAE Systems’ long-standing ties in the Middle East for opportunities for Embraer’s C-390 Millennium multi-role military transport aircraft. The partnership particularly focuses on Saudia Arabia, but the companies are considering possibilities in other markets in the region.&nbsp;BAE supplies the primary flight controls for the twin-engine multi-role military transport.
In service in Brazil and in certain European markets, the C-390 suits a collaboration in the Middle East, which represents a new market for the aircraft&nbsp;and its KC-390 air-to-air refueling variant. A C-390 is on display at the Farnborough Airshow.
While not addressing a specific requirement from Saudi Arabia, Ian Muldowney, COO for the BAE Systems Air sector, said&nbsp;a number of customers have aging C-130 fleets, and “we see that opportunity arising there.” BAE and Embraer particularly see potential in Saudi Arabia, not only as a means of transport but for special mission applications. “We want to be ahead of the game,” he said.
Jackson Schneider, president and CEO of Embraer Defense &amp; Security, added that the MoU draws on the strengths of each partner bringing “a new concept to market, offering a versatile and multi-mission platform with very low operating costs and fast turnaround.”
The partnership follows a demonstration Embraer conducted in several markets in the region a few months ago. The Brazilian airframer earlier flew the C-390 to the Middle East before the pandemic.
As for the possibilities for the Eve eVTOL, the companies are exploring a range of options where such a vehicle could serve military markets in a cost-effective manner. Schneider cited possibilities from special operations to medical evacuation. Use of the vehicles will hold a particular advantage in that they don’t require fuel, he noted.
“Our customers’ operating environment is increasingly complex and eVTOL is just one example of how we’re looking at emerging technologies, including those from the commercial market,” Muldowney said.
As for the timing of such applications, Muldowney cautioned that “we don’t want to get ahead” of the commercial development. The MoU further cements plans revealed in December that the two parties were looking at the Eve&nbsp;eVTOL for a potential defense variant.

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