The region’s supply base is diverse, with work in sectors such as satellites, launch vehicles and drones, as well as commercial aerospace, Adams said. While the number of aerospace jobs in Southern California has declined from its last peak in the late 1980s, the industry still has a significant presence in the region, particularly in research, design and engineering, said Robert Kleinhenz, economist at Beacon Economics and the UC Riverside School of Business. The combined unit could use its size and heft to exert pricing pressure on Southern California suppliers, said Jim Adams, an industry advisor to the Southern California Aerospace Council and a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers who leads the aerospace and defense strategy practice. “At a time of record industry production, their first priority should be delivering on existing cost, schedule and quality commitments for their customers and ours,” Boeing said. “Should we determine that this deal is inconsistent with those interests, we would intend to exercise our contractual rights and pursue the appropriate regulatory options to protect our interests.”īoeing’s statement noted that both companies were “significant” suppliers to Boeing and other aircraft manufacturers. “Our interests and those of our customers, employees, other suppliers and shareholders are in ensuring the long-term health and competitiveness of the aerospace industry supply chain,” the company said. In a sharply worded statement, Boeing said it intended to take a “hard look” at the proposed acquisition. This summer, Boeing also said it would create an internal avionics unit to develop electronics.
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The Chicago aerospace giant has said it would venture into the aftermarket - the maintenance, repair and overhaul segment of the aviation business that is the bread and butter of the supplier community. The new unit’s size could help it defend against Boeing’s ventures into sectors traditionally serviced by suppliers. The deal comes at a time of increased competition - and lucrative opportunity - in the global commercial aerospace market. Rockwell Collins has about 1,000 employees in the state, almost all of whom are based in Southern California. UTC employs more than 5,600 people in California. Rockwell Collins is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and UTC is based in Farmington, Conn. The new business unit would be called Collins Aerospace Systems and be headed by Rockwell Collins’ current chief executive, Kelly Ortberg. It would unite UTC’s business in aerostructures, landing systems, propellers and engines with Rockwell Collins’ capabilities in flight control, cockpit displays, seating and aircraft interior systems.
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The acquisition, announced Monday, would combine two companies that had total 2016 revenue of $62 billion and have a hand in nearly every facet of building a modern aircraft. for $23 billion in cash and stock would create an aerospace behemoth able to exert pricing pressure on the industry’s supply chain.
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In addition to high-integrity processors for increased reliability, iForce features Rockwell Collins' modular open systems architecture that enables the incorporation of additional capabilities in the future.United Technologies Corp.’s deal to buy aviation communications and electronics supplier Rockwell Collins Inc.
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In addition to high-integrity processors for increased reliability, iForce features Rockwell Collins' signature modular open systems architecture which enables the incorporation of additional capabilities into the iForce system in the future. The solution also provides a P25 radio vehicle repeater system to repeat communications from the officer's hand-held radio through the vehicle's radios when the officer is outside the vehicle. The iForce system features a 13.3-inch touch screen display, voice activation and hand controller that allows control of multiple systems such as radios, sirens, public address, gunlocks and radar.Īt the heart of the system is the Rockwell Collins computing module, an integrated vehicle and computer information management system that can be stowed in a trunk's space-saving rollout drawer, providing officers integrated real-time communications, electronics and computing in a cost, space and weight efficient package.