The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has agreed to cooperate with the Digital Twin Consortium in efforts to drive sector adoption of computer technology used to create virtual representations of a physical system in the pre-production process. Both parties intend to collaborate on shaping standards, requirements and interoperability approaches to help companies implement the […] More

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies business, has opened its first in-region facility for preparing F-35 aircraft pilots outside the U.S. to support the Royal Netherlands Air Force and international clients. The F-35 Pilot Readiness Center at RNLAF’s Center for Man in Aviation in Soesterberg, The Netherlands, will provide Dutch airmen with helmet fitting, calibration, training […] More

Kelly Romano, a 27-year veteran of United Technologies Corp, has been named an operating partner of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners. She has led consulting firm BlueRipple Capital as CEO since 2016.

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Jerry DeMuro, CEO of BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary and a three-time Wash100 award winner, and Tom Arseneault, company president and chief operating officer and a 2020 Wash100 awardee, told C4ISRNET in an interview published Monday about the opportunities they see in the company’s proposed acquisition of two businesses from Raytheon and United Technologies Corp.

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Collins Aerospace Systems, a United Technologies Corp. business, has announced plans to expand presence in Colorado, Texas and Washington under a $225M investment.

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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.

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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.

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Tom Arseneault, president and chief operating officer of BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the two business units the company agreed to acquire from Raytheon and United Technologies Corp. will "bolt into existing businesses" within BAE Systems Inc.’s electronic systems sector, Inside Defense reported Monday.

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Collins Aerospace has cleared a critical design review for its updated version of an airborne training platform designed to secure tactics and provide realism during flight exercises.

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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.

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Collins Aerospace has partnered with special engineering firm ILC Dover to develop a prototype space suit designed to support missions to the moon and other planetary bodies.

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

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