Collins Aerospace – The Defense Post

Apr- 2026 -

14 April

Air

Bell Textron Taps Collins Aerospace for Five Critical FLRAA Systems

Bell Textron has selected RTX’s Collins Aerospace to supply five critical systems for the US Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.

Jan- 2026 -

23 January

Air

Jodesz Gavilan

Collins Aerospace Signs C‑130 Wheels and Brakes Support Deals

RTX’s Collins Aerospace has signed three‑year agreements to strengthen support for C‑130 Hercules wheels and brakes.

8 January

Air

United States Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury of Strategic Communications Wing ONE, Task Group 114.2, based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, high over Colorado Aug. 23, 2019. The E-6B was refueled by a Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, also from Tinker AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)

Rojoef Manuel

Collins Aerospace to Modernize US Navy’s E-6B Doomsday Aircraft

RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace has received a $20.3-million contract to upgrade the US Navy’s E-6B airborne command post and communications relay aircraft.

6 January

Air

The Condor Mk3, Collins Aerospace’s cooperative surveillance radar capable of communicating directly with aircraft transponders.

Rojoef Manuel

Collins Aerospace to Field Surveillance Radars for US National Airspace System

RTX segment Collins Aerospace has received a $438-million contract to deploy surveillance radars for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Dec- 2025 -

23 December

Americas

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Collins Shows Off Anti-Jam Tech Inside Small, Mountable Card

Collins Aerospace has shown that a small card is all it takes to power systems with next-generation anti-jamming capability.

16 December

Americas

1st Lt. Anton King, 75th Fighter Squadron pilot, poses for a photo wearing an HGU-55/P helmet fitted with Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker and day visor Feb. 11, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The helmet provides A-10C Thunderbolt II pilots a central interface for everything they need, from oxygen supply to communications to flight instruments. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Hayden Legg) (This image was manipulated by merging two photos in Adobe Photoshop.)

Inder Singh Bisht

Collins Elbit Vision Systems’ Zero-G Helmet-Mounted Display Reaches Milestone

Collins Elbit Vision Systems has completed the critical design review for the US Navy’s Zero-G Helmet Mounted Display System+.

Nov- 2025 -

25 November

Air

Jodesz Gavilan

Collins Aerospace Launches Dutch F-35 & CH-47F Avionics Center

Collins has partnered with the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force to establish a new military avionics service center.

Apr- 2025 -

22 April

Americas

US Marines and Collins Aerospace team members assemble nodes at dawn during Project Convergence Capstone 5

Giulia Bernacchi

Collins Tests Data Integration Technology for US Marines

Collins Aerospace has tested new data integration technology to improve battlefield awareness for the US Marine Corps.

Mar- 2025 -

18 March

Air

Giulia Bernacchi

Collins Aerospace to Upgrade US Army Black Hawk Avionics System

Collins Aerospace has secured an $80-million contract to upgrade the avionics system of the US Army’s Black Hawk helicopters.

6 March

Americas

Christine Casimiro

US Army Approves Full Production of Navigation System for GPS-Denied Environments

The US Army has greenlighted full-rate production of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System (MAPS) Gen II from Collins Aerospace.

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