When you look to the sky and see a jet airplane overhead, there is a good chance GE jet engines power that plane. In 20 years, when you see an unmanned aerial vehicle in the skies, it may be powered by a different GE technology— electrical power. It is the electrical power and distribution technology that GE is researching and applying on several types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). GE's history in electrical power GE's presence in the electrical power and distribution business took a stronghold when it acquired Smiths Aerospace in 2007. The acquisition broadened GE Aviation's offerings for customers by adding power generation, conversion, distribution and complete power system integration. In 2010, GE Aviation announced the creation of an Electrical Power Integrated Systems Research and Development Center – the EPISCENTER – in Dayton, Ohio. The EPISCENTER built on the electrical power and distribution foundation that the acquisition of Smiths Aerospace brought on in 2007.