Collins Aerospace

Satair and Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, sign a four-year extension of their cabin-interior parts distribution agreement, continuing a relationship that has spanned more than 50 years. The agreement continues to ensure products can be delivered quickly and efficiently, with distribution rights of Collins’ line of oxygen systems, Goodrich® lighting solutions, and beverage makers for Airbus, Boeing and many other platforms.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, announces Republic Airways as the first airline to implement Ascentia® Repeaters, the latest application as part of the Ascentia predictive health maintenance (PHM) platform, with nearly 1,300 tails utilizing the solution today. Signed during a ceremony at MRO Americas, the five-year agreement deploys the Repeaters application across Republic's fleet of more than 200 Embraer E-Jet 170 and 175 aircraft.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, is expanding its executive aircraft seating facility in Medley, FL. The $2 million investment doubles the facility’s upholstery production floor space to 30,000 square feet and adds state-of-the-art machining equipment that improves production efficiencies, enhances capabilities and reduces material waste.

Embraer and Collins Aerospace collaborate on the development and testing of an innovative carbon nanotube electrothermal heating technology (CNT) for ice-protection systems, seeking to create more efficient and sustainable aircraft. The project recently achieved a major milestone by initiating a flight-test campaign at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto unit in Brazil.

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) partner, Collins Aerospace, makes substantial progress during two years developing its new active low-gain (ALGA) and high-gain antennas (HGA) for Iridium Certus and successfully transmits the highest data rates possible to the Iridium® constellation using its bi-directional antennas, making Collins Aerospace the first aviation value-added manufacturer (VAM) to receive a developmental over-the-air Iridium Certus license.

AAR (NYSE: AIR), a provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs and OEMs, signs an exclusive distribution agreement with Collins Aerospace’s Goodrich de-icing and specialty heating-systems business. Through this agreement, AAR will globally provide airlines, aircraft operators, and MROs with de-icers and supporting products.

Satair, an Airbus Services company in the commercial aerospace aftermarket, and Collins Aerospace sign a long-term agreement for the distribution of Collins’ engine mounts, including detail parts and sub-assemblies for the CFM LEAP series on the Airbus A320neo aircraft family. Satair will provide distribution to its worldwide network of airline customers, repair organizations, and aftermarket spare-parts providers.

West Star Aviation announces its partnership with Collins Aerospace in completing a CJ 1+ STC for a Pro Line Fusion® upgrade including all of the Fusion optional items. The partnership now enables Collins Fusion as an upgrade option for CJ 1+, 2+ and 3 aircraft. The Fusion upgrade and first certification on this Citation model was completed on an aircraft owned by Astronaut Hall of Fame member, Charlie Precourt.