Collins Aerospace is a global leader when it comes to high-tech solutions for military and civilian helicopters. It offers services and solutions to improve the flying experience for world leaders and military personnel by creating more advanced and reliable aircraft. Meet the top Collins Aerospace executives and leaders who are driving innovation in services for […] More

Collins Aerospace has opened a new facility at the Houston Spaceport in Texas to expand its footprint in the area and accommodate several future space exploration activities. The Raytheon Technologies business said Wednesday it invested $30 million in the 120,000-square-foot facility meant to support the development of key space systems such as the next generation spacesuit, […] More

Collins Aerospace demonstrated flight readiness and system performance of its multispectral sensor technology for an unnamed international client during a recent test that involved an F-16 jet. The event marked the initial flight trial of MS-110 reconnaissance pod, which is designed to collect imagery and facilitate target detection, Collins Aerospace said Monday. The Raytheon Technologies business […] More

Collins Aerospace has kicked off a project to add 9,000 square feet of space and new metal 3D printing equipment to its additive manufacturing center in West Des Moines, Ohio. The Raytheon Technologies unit said Friday its $14 million investment to expand the 41,000-square-foot facility seeks to increase production capacity for aircraft engine parts. Renee […] More

Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon Technologies‘ Collins Aerospace business to supply airborne communications hardware for foreign military sales of the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. Collins said Tuesday its HF-9500 system consists of a receiver-transmitter, an antenna coupler and a radio control technology. The product will replace the ARC-190 radio that Lockheed previously offered to […] More

Collins Aerospace has expanded the capabilities of its Monroe, North Carolina campus with a new additive manufacturing center built to support the Raytheon Technologies subsidiary’s aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul work. The center was from a series of investments Collins has made, including the most recent $15 million as part of an economic development incentive […] More

Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, program executive officer for weapons, said the U.S. Air Force is preparing to select a contractor to develop a hypersonic cruise missile by the end of September, Breaking Defense reported Friday. “Later this summer or later fall, given all this data coming together, will be when we would be looking to […] More

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies subsidiary, will deliver open architecture air combat training equipment to the U.S. Navy as part of the second low-rate production order worth $24 million. The recent award for Tactical Combat Training System – Increment II provides for airborne and ground subsystems as well as fielding requirement support at Navy training […] More

As the Department of the Air Force embarks on its digital transformation journey, the service is looking at how digital twins and other digital engineering tools can simultaneously bolster its high-end weapons systems while rapidly delivering weapons to warfighters in theater. Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, program executive officer for weapons and director of the armament directorate […] More

The U.S. Army has selected Raytheon Technologies‘ Collins Aerospace business to manufacture a small form factor platform capable of enabling secure, real-time data transfers between platforms from different domains. The company said Sunday it will deliver to Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office a cross-domain technology meant to disseminate data across different classification levels. […] More

Patrick Collins, chief growth officer of Ayeon, was featured in the latest Executive Spotlight on GovCon Wire, the sister publication of ExecutiveBiz. In the Q&A session, Collins gave an overview of the complementary capabilities from the Artlin-Sehlke Consulting merger that formed Ayeon and his perspective on the combined company’s acquisitions of Manufacturing Technical Solutions and […] More

Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, program executive officer for weapons at the Air Force, will keynote an ExecutiveBiz forum on April 14 to give his perspective on how digital engineering methods and technologies can help the service branch develop warfighting platforms. Collins has concurrently served as PEO for Weapons and director of the Armament Directorate at […] More