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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The FAA has released a request for information (RFI) on a common automation platform (CAP) that will replace legacy equipment as it looks to modernize the U.S. air traffic control system. Issued on Thursday, the RFI follows a <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2025-08-29/faa-solicits-integrator-proposals-atc-modernization">request for solutions</a> (RFS) in August for a prime integrator to manage the agency’s ambitions for a “brand new” ATC system.&nbsp;Responses to the RFI are due December 19.
As for the <a href="https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6497e82b4d324d70a3208db9b2580ecb/view">CAP</a>, the FAA is eyeing replacements for systems including En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) and Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (Stars) with a unified, modern platform, the agency said.
“The FAA is open to new ideas, new technologies, new procurement strategies, new implementation structures, and any other considerations that will enhance the common automation platform solution,” according to the agency. It is also open to an “enterprise re-architecture approach” that would extend and re-architect existing systems such as ERAM and Stars, as well as other platforms in use by other air navigation service providers.
“Responses that describe both approaches separately or hybrid solutions that combine elements of both approaches are acceptable,” the FAA said, explaining it “is seeking responses from vendors that can deliver the majority of the operational capability already provided today across its en route, and terminal domains.”

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