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  • Rockwell Collins Gets Additional USAF GPS Receiver Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Gets Additional USAF GPS Receiver Order

    Rockwell Collins will provide additional global positioning system receivers to the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center under a follow-on order. The latest order is for 300 Military-Code GPS receivers and follows the company’s delivery of 700 receivers to USAF SMC as part of the GPS User Equipment program, Rockwell Collins said Thursday. Troy Brunk, vice president and […] More

  • DLA Taps Rockwell Collins for Repairs and Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Taps Rockwell Collins for Repairs and Engineering Services

    Rockwell Collins has received a five-year, $40 million Defense Logistics Agency contract to provide repairs, engineering support and depot-level reparable items. Work under the contract will be done to support the Defense Department and foreign military sales efforts, the DoD said Monday. The DLA is financing the contract through funds intended for fiscal year 2018 through 2023 defense […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Supply Updated Avionics for Coast Guard MH-65 Helicopters - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Supply Updated Avionics for Coast Guard MH-65 Helicopters

    Rockwell Collins has been chosen to supply new avionics to the U.S. Coast Guard for integration with the service branch’s fleet of Airbus-built MH-65 helicopters. The updated avionics will be integrated into MH-65 aircraft beginning late 2019 as part of an effort to extend the helicopters’ service life, Rockwell Collins said Tuesday. The effort will change the fleet’s […] More

  • Reports: UTC, Rockwell Collins Pick Florida for ‘Collins Aerospace’ Exec Office - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: UTC, Rockwell Collins Pick Florida for ‘Collins Aerospace’ Exec Office

    Rockwell Collins has released a proposed organizational structure for a new entity that would be formed once United Technologies Corp. completes its acquisition of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based avionics contractor, The Gazette reported Thursday. Farmington, Connecticut-based UTC agreed to buy Rockwell Collins in September 2017 for approximately $30 billion and will combine the latter company with the […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Develops Airborne Radio Mount for Iridium Satcom Network Access - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Develops Airborne Radio Mount for Iridium Satcom Network Access

    Rockwell Collins has unveiled a mount technology designed to offer satellite communications capacities for tactical airborne radio users through an Iridium-managed satcom network. The “smart” mount works to help ARC-210 radio customers transmit voice, data and location data via Iridium’s 66 satellites currently in low-Earth orbit, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. Ken Flowers, vice president of Iridium’s government solutions unit, […] More

  • Elbit-Rockwell Collins JV to Integrate Helmet Display System for South Korea's F-16 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elbit-Rockwell Collins JV to Integrate Helmet Display System for South Korea’s F-16

    A joint venture between Elbit Systems‘ America business and Rockwell Collins‘ ESA Vision Systems subsidiary has received a task to integrate a helmet-mounted display system to F-16 aircraft within South Korea’s air force. The Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II will be configured to provide situational awareness and identification display on friendly, enemy and unknown targets for day and […] More

  • Rockwell Collins-Built Radio Tech Passes Navy MUOS Satcom Security Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins-Built Radio Tech Passes Navy MUOS Satcom Security Test

    A Rockwell Collins-built airborne radio system has passed military security standards required to operate with the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System satellite. The U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command performed a “do no harm” test on the ARC-210 RT-2036(C) radio that works to communicate with air and ground platforms through MUOS signals, Rockwell Collins said Wednesday. The company completed initial […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Help Mexican Airports Implement Passenger Processing System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Help Mexican Airports Implement Passenger Processing System

    A Mexico-based airline operator has selected a Rockwell Collins-built technology platform to help expedite the check-in process for travelers who arrive at eight airports in the country. Rockwell Collins said Monday it will provide ARINC vMulti-User System Environment Common Use Passenger Processing Systems to Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, also called OMA, for implementation at the Mexican airports. […] More

  • EWS-Ethosgen-Rockwell Collins Team to Develop Waste-to-Energy Convertor for US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EWS-Ethosgen-Rockwell Collins Team to Develop Waste-to-Energy Convertor for US Military

    A team of Eco Waste Solutions, EthosGen and Rockwell Collins has received the green light from the Defense Department to develop a waste-to-energy conversion system for the U.S. military. EWS said Friday the team will proceed with the Deployable Waste-to-Energy Convertor for Expeditionary Bases with Thermal Energy to Electrical Power System development effort under DoD’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program. “Military installations […] More

  • Rockwell Collins, Taiwan-Based Aerospace Firm Enter Radio Production License Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins, Taiwan-Based Aerospace Firm Enter Radio Production License Agreement

    Rockwell Collins has granted Taiwan’s state-owned Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation rights to manufacture AR-1500 networked communications airborne radios through a manufacturing license agreement between the two companies. Taiwan will become the first international customer to procure the Rockwell Collins-developed radio technology, the company said Sunday. AR-1500 is designed to help airborne and ground users transmit and secure data, voice and […] More

  • Cascade Aerospace to Help Modernize Mexico's C-130 Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cascade Aerospace to Help Modernize Mexico’s C-130 Aircraft

    Cascade Aerospace has received a contract to modernize the avionics properties of Mexico’s C-130 Hercules aircraft that has been renamed to the L-100. The company said Thursday it will install Rockwell Collins‘ Flight2 TM avionics suite onto the aircraft, and provide related training services for personnel within Mexico’s air force. Training services will be delivered at Cascade’s […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Gets Navy E-2D Training System Support Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Gets Navy E-2D Training System Support Contract Modification

    Rockwell Collins‘ simulation and training solutions business has received a $21.4 million contract modification to continue support work on the U.S. Navy‘s E-2D Hawkeye Integrated Training Systems III program. The modification exercises options on a previously awarded contract and covers HITS maintenance and flight trainer aircraft concurrency, technical data, aircraft obsolescence and technology refresh services, the Defense Department said […] More