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In July 2023, Collins agreed to sell its actuation and flight controls business unit to French multinational Safran in an all-cash deal worth $1.8 billion. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] On 24 January 2024, Collins Aerospace, announced an investment of over £16 million at its Kilkeel site in Co Down for developing advanced passenger seating for wide-body and ...
The updated flight control system will use both flight control computers and compare their outputs. This switch to a fail-safe two-channel redundant system, with each computer using an independent set of sensors, is a radical change from the architecture used on 737s since the introduction on the older model 737-300 in the 1980s.
Collins became the principal supplier of radio and navigation equipment used in the military. [citation needed] In the postwar years, the Collins Radio Company expanded its work in the communications field, while broadening its technology into flight-control instruments, radio-communication devices, and satellite voice transmissions.
NTSB investigators tested one of the rudder control components from the incident airplane, a rollout guidance actuator, at the component’s manufacturer, Collins Aerospace.
Bombardier CSeries Aircraft Takes Flight with Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion ® Avionics, Primary Flight Control Computer CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rockwell Collins' Pro Line Fusion ...
Rockwell Collins Next Generation Avionics Help Guide Successful First Flight of Airbus A350 XWB TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A comprehensive package of Rockwell Collins' information ...
Abstract representation of a Fly-By-Wire flight system. A flight control computer (FCC) is a primary component of the avionics system found in fly-by-wire aircraft. It is a specialized computer system that can create artificial flight characteristics and improve handling characteristics by automating a variety of in-flight tasks which reduce the workload on the cockpit flight crew.
UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) was one of the world’s largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.The company was formed in August 2012 when parent United Technologies Corporation merged their existing subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand with the newly-acquired Goodrich Corporation.