Rockwell Collins

Kelly Ortberg, who recently served as president and CEO of Rockwell Collins, will take the reins August 8.

With the $63 million Lot 2 order , the Army will now have six of the heavy-lift helicopters under contract.

Rockwell Collins has launched a web-based business jet passenger portal with Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). IPTV is an application that allows viewers to stream live TV through the internet right into the cabin without the need for installing additional antennae on the aircraft. The IPTV application will be the first of multiple apps in the […]

Owners of Cessna Citation CJ1+ and CJ2+ light business jets who are looking to update their instrument panels now have a new option with Rockwell Collins’ touchscreen Pro Line Fusion system. But the owners will have to wait for about a year. Rockwell Collins announced the upgrade program this week and expects the FAA to […]

European King Air B200 and B300-series operators can now take advantage of Rockwell Collins’ latest touch screen avionics suite – Pro Line Fusion. The Pro Line Fusion retrofit was FAA certified in 2016 and represents the panel delivered with new Beechcraft King Airs coming out of Textron Aviation’s factory in Wichita, Kansas. Installed in the […]

The month-long suspense that’s been building over about a possible United Technologies/Rockwell Collins deal finally ended Tuesday morning with an announcement Bloomberg called “one of the biggest in aviation history.” United Technologies chairman and CEO Greg Hayes confirmed his company will purchase Rockwell Collins for $30 billion. Rockwell shareholders will receive $140 per share of […]

A decade ago, some people scoffed when Embraer announced its intention to create a complete line of business airplanes, from entry-level jets to behemoth bizliners, especially when the sum total of the company’s bizav experience to that point had been creating the Legacy 600 from the ERJ-135 regional jet. But once the Phenom series of […]

Bombardier and Rockwell Collins jointly announced at last week’s EBACE in Geneva that the Venue cabin management system will be available in the Global 5000 and 6000 bizjets, providing passengers with a full range of options for entertainment and business solutions in the cabin. The ultra-long-range business airplanes will have a dedicated media bay near […]

Rockwell Collins announced at NBAA’s Business Aircraft Convention and Exposition the addition of the Cessna Citation CJ series of light business jets to the growing list of platforms to be retrofitted with its Pro Line Fusion touch screen avionics suite. Rockwell Collins partnered with Duncan Aviation, which will initially start with an STC retrofit for […]

Changes in the software for Gulfstream’s G280 is highlighting how advanced technology has become in the bizjet world. Gulfstream and Rockwell Collins have updated the PlaneView280 software installed in the G280, a change that has resulted in performance improvements for the luxury 10-passenger jet. The change has reduced the approach speed by as much as […]