David Nieuwsma, formerly head of interiors business unit at United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace subsidiary, has been appointed president of the subsidiary's avionics business unit, The Gazette reported Monday.

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has selected United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace unit to provide a rescue hoist technology to be used on a fleet of S-70i Firehawk helicopters. Collins Aerospace said Wednesday it will supply Goodrich 44318 hoists to CAL FIRE and the fire departments of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties.

Ball Corp. announced on Thursday that Todd Penegor, president and CEO of the Wendy“™s Company, has been elected to serve as a director of the corporation.

Textron's Bell subsidiary has partnered with Collins Aerospace as it works to develop a prototype for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

Collins Aerospace, a United Technologies Corp. business, has secured its sixth order for software-defined ground radios in support of the U.S. Army.

United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business has reviewed the safety features of an updated ACES II aircraft ejection seat and is set to begin deliveries to the U.S. Air Force this summer. Collins Aerospace said Tuesday it estimates the new seating technology will help technicians cut the maintenance time for B-2 bomber planes from 720 hours to just two hours.

The Aerospace Corp. plans to take cloud technology to space to demonstrate how it can help artificial intelligence-based satellites eliminate unnecessary data before transmission to ground operators, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday.

Steve Timm, a 22-year veteran of Rockwell Collins, has succeeded Kent Statler as president of the avionics business at Collins Aerospace, Air Transport World reported Friday.

Collins Aerospace will design and demonstrate an architecture as a mission systems integrator for a U.S. Army program that seeks to build a new fleet of U.S. military helicopters.

Collins Aerospace has been selected to manufacture components for the life support platform of the Crew Space Transportation-100 Starliner spacecraft Boeing is building through NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Collins Aerospace, a business unit of United Technologies Corp., will invest $50M to establish a high-voltage facility for design and test work on electric power systems for potential use in commercial and military aircraft platforms.

United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business received an potential five-year, $83.1M contract to provide sustaining engineering and technical support for the avionics systems of U.S. Coast Guard aircraft.