Rockwell Collins to provide support for NextGen definition and implementation

(Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 8, 2010) -- Rockwell Collins announced that it will play a key role on a team led by ITT Corporation to help develop advanced concepts for the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) initiative to modernize the U.S. national airspace system.

Rockwell Collins joins a number of other world-class members of the aviation industry on the team who will work together to help meet the obligations of the FAA contract, titled System Engineering 2020 (SE2020).

Under SE2020, the team will conduct concept development work across all dimensions of air traffic control, including ground systems, avionics, aircraft, air traffic control rules and procedures, human factors, safety and security, environmental and standards.

"Rockwell Collins is aiming to help bring forth practical implementations of technology that will help facilitate the much needed change to NextGen," said Kent Statler, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Commercial Systems for Rockwell Collins.

Source : Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL)