Private company
Subsidiary of GE Aerospace
GE Aviation Systems (formerly Smiths Aerospace) is an American aerospace engineering, aircraft engine and aircraft parts manufacturer. 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 It is headquartered in Cincinnati.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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GE Aviation Systems (formerly Smiths Aerospace) is an American aerospace engineering, aircraft engine and aircraft parts manufacturer.2
GE Aviation Systems is part of a group headed by GE Aerospace. 318 entities, 65 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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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.
From Wikipedia’s article on GE Aviation Systems, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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 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.
From Wikipedia’s article on GE Aviation Systems, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
From Wikidata.1
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
| Year | Federal grants | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | $123.7M | $123.7M |
| 2025 | – | $135.5M | $135.5M |
| 2024 | – | $126.5M | $126.5M |
| 2023 | – | $142.0M | $142.0M |
| 2022 | – | $122.0M | $122.0M |
| 2021 | – | $201.2M | $201.2M |
| 2020 | – | $239.9M | $239.9M |
| 2019 | – | $227.5M | $227.5M |
| 2018 | – | $254.6M | $254.6M |
| 2017 | – | $178.3M | $178.3M |
| 2016 | $823.1K | $133.1M | $133.9M |
| 2015 | – | $90.8M | $90.8M |
| 2014 | – | $109.7M | $109.7M |
| 2013 | – | $91.4M | $91.4M |
| 2012 | – | $68.7M | $68.7M |
| 2011 | $2.6M | $73.3M | $75.9M |
| 2010 | $2.5M | $48.9M | $51.4M |
| 2009 | $1.7M | $65.9M | $67.6M |
| 2008 | $188.9K | $51.6M | $51.8M |
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for 5 registered units. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
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