Rockwell Collins has been building relationships with customers and suppliers around the globe for generations: In addition to decades in Europe, this year we celebrated 30 years in China, and we're quickly approaching 40 years in Brazil. It's an important investment: We project half of Rockwell Collins' sales will be generated outside the United States by 2020.


  • In June 2013 we celebrated the grand opening of the AVIC Leihua Rockwell Collins Avionics Company, a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and China Leihua Electronic Research Institute, that will develop, manufacture and deliver integrated surveillance system products for the C919 in China.
  • Rockwell Collins’ latest version of our in-flight entertainment system for single-aisle aircraft, PAVES™ On-demand — featuring high-definition, seat-back touch screens — will debut on Sichuan Airlines’ Airbus A319, A320 and A321 aircraft.
  • Korea Aerospace Industries selected Rockwell Collins' HF-9000 high-frequency radio system for the Republic of Korea Marine Helicopter program.
  • Rockwell Collins' HGS™ Flight app for the iPad®, which allows users to experience our Head-up Guidance System (HGS) with synthetic vision, is now available with a Mandarin language option, an important development as China seeks to place head-up displays and enhanced vision systems on all aircraft where offered by 2025.
  • Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. selected Rockwell Collins to provide simulation and training products and systems, including EP®-8000 and EP®-80 image generators and SpectraView™ displays, for customers in Asia and the Middle East.
  • This year, we provided a Middle East customer with next-generation forward air command capabilities via a $40 million contract for our FireStorm™ integrated targeting system.
  • Rockwell Collins completed the first year of a five-year agreement with Emirates Airline to be the exclusive provider of image generation and projection systems for the air carrier’s fleet of full-flight simulators.
  • Data Link Solutions (DLS), Rockwell Collins' joint venture with BAE Systems, is the largest supplier of MIDS-LVT Link 16 terminals in the Middle East region.
  • Rockwell Collins developed and recently delivered the Patrol Persistent Surveillance System to assist the Australian Defence Forces with their constant monitoring of threats against military bases, forward observation posts and other secure facilities.
  • Airbus celebrated the first flight of the A350 XWB over France in June. Rockwell Collins led system integration for the A350, which includes a comprehensive package of our information management, communication, navigation, electromechanical and avionics data network systems.
  • Rockwell Collins unveiled a new simulation and training Center of Excellence in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, U.K., which will design, develop, manufacture and deliver high-fidelity, high-contrast display and projector systems.
  • Since its debut in 2009, Rockwell Collins' Explosion Resistant GPS Receiver has become the standard GPS sensor for vehicles in the German army. It was selected for the German navy and is the standard GPS for all Danish vehicles and ships.
  • Bombardier celebrated the first flight of the CSeries in the skies over Montreal in September, the latest aircraft to feature Rockwell Collins' Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system, along with our Primary Flight Control Computer.
  • In April, Rockwell Collins marked the delivery of its 20,000th MultiScan™ Threat Detection Weather Radar System with a ceremony with United Airlines in Chicago.
  • In an historic test of the next-generation GPS system, Rockwell Collins' M-Code GPS Receiver was used to successfully navigate an unmanned aerial system (UAS) through the skies above Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.
  • Rockwell Collins announced a $35 million award for satellite communication services from the U.S. Army Communications — Electronics Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland in November.
  • The KC-390 program — featuring the first application of Pro Line Fusion® on a military platform — met a significant milestone in February with the completion of a successful Critical Design Review at the Embraer facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil.
  • The Brazilian Army Aviation Command selected Rockwell Collins' Talon™ airborne radio for a variety of its rotary wing aircraft in April.
  • Embraer Executive Jets celebrated its first flight of the Legacy 500 mid-size business jet in November, featuring Rockwell Collins' Pro Line Fusion avionics and MultiScan™ weather radar.