Uncharted territory

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Uncharted territory

Volume EIGHTEEN Issue ONE
b
2013
Uncharted
territory
Experimental test flights
show our latest synthetic
vision technology helps
military helicopter pilots
navigate at low altitudes.
www.rockwellcollins.com/horizons
Staying at the forefront of innovation
I N T H I S I SSUE
A magazine for the employees and
friends of Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins has a strong reputation for innovation.
Publisher: David Yeoman
Key to that success has been our unwavering commitment
Editorial director: Cindy Dietz
to investing in the products and technologies that meet
Managing editor: Cindy Adkins
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have consistently dedicated 18-20 percent of our revenue to
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research and development. This fiscal year, we plan to raise
Maximizing space that figure to 22 percent of sales, or about $1 billion, even as
Using Lean principles, employees in Oregon were able to expand
production without expanding the manufacturing floor.
our customers’ needs. In both good years and bad, we
revenue growth remains challenged.
In this issue of Horizons magazine, you’ll learn about
our dedication to innovation – driven by the needs of
customers – and how it is producing results. You’ll also read
about how we’re asking the right questions in order to solve
the right problems.
For example, this issue’s cover story talks about our
research and development work to integrate synthetic
vision into a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. Synthetic
vision is an important feature offered on our Pro Line Fusion®
integrated avionics system for business and regional aircraft
and, in this case, we were able to leverage technology from
our commercial business for military customers.
Yet, as you can imagine, military helicopter pilots’
operational needs are very different from those of
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Solving the integration challenge Uncharted territory 8
Small details, big difference With the Rockwell Collins Skybox™, business jet passengers can
now enjoy digitally-protected Apple® content.
Innovation in engineering 16
Rockwell Collins wants to work with trusted suppliers that
share our passion to win.
and at low altitudes.
Staying on top technical and operational issues is an important part of
research and development. Too often, companies try to
Six rules for building better business relationships worldwide solve a challenge before really understanding the problem.
Ye “Grace” Du from China gives advice on how to build better
relationships with customers, partners and colleagues globally.
Service anniversaries environment where every dollar must deliver value, we must
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
relationships with customers in new market segments,
it’s more critical than ever for us to ask the right questions
to ensure we’re solving the right problems. This level of
diligence and clarity will help us stay at the forefront of
innovation and realize continued success.
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Why the Rockwell Collins Airshow® moving map continues
to be a passenger favorite.
On the cover
On the back cover
A formation of three U.S. Army Black Hawk
helicopters arrive at an airfield. Military helicopter
pilots often encounter brownout landings, where
visibility disappears in rotor-blown sand and dust.
Rockwell Collins is working to combat this danger
by combining synthetic vision technology with
sensors to improve situational awareness.
This ad — which can be
found in the early March
issue of Aviation Week —
highlights our company’s
commercial solutions that
offer smart, new ways to
deliver information faster,
easier and more reliably.
Laurel Hungerford, Costa Mesa, Calif., pages 15,
19, 23
David Jackson, Wilsonville, Ore., page 19
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to better understand real-life challenges in poor visibility
As Rockwell Collins expands globally and develops
Jim Hinnant, U.S. Department of Defense, cover
Why Rockwell Collins’ synthetic vision technology can help
military helicopter pilots.
Streaming with Skybox Annette Busbee, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, page 3
Klaus Hecke, Mannheim, Germany, page 19
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engineers have worked closely with Army helicopter pilots
Clay Jones
Staff writers:
Jill Wojciechowski
Annette Busbee
Kelly Scott
Experimental test flights show our latest synthetic vision
technology helps military helicopter pilots navigate at low altitudes.
Creating the ultimate supplier relationship avoid that waste.
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Photography:
Airbus S.A.S., pages 4,7
right problems and providing the right features, our
products that aren’t aligned with customer needs. And in an
Copy editors:
Ruth Anne Denker
Karen Steggall
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commercial pilots. To ensure our company is solving the
This can lead to wasted resources, missed opportunities and
Creative direction: Rick Kaufman
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Rockwell Collins has a greater, more integrated development role
on the Airbus A350 XWB than on previous Airbus aircraft.
Rockwell Collins’ annual Engineer of the Year Program celebrates
the accomplishments of our company’s top engineers.
This process of clearly defining and articulating
Editor: Crystal Hardinger
Frederic Lancelot, Toulouse, France, pages 5, 6
Mark Tade, Iowa City, Iowa, pages 3, 9, 11, 12, 13,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20 , 21
John Thomas, Hiawatha, Iowa, pages 8, 10
Design:
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THENEWS
LEANELECTRONICS
Maximizing space
Rockwell Collins donates flight-test aircraft to museum
With efficient planning and proven Lean principles, employees in Oregon were able to expand
production without expanding the manufacturing floor.
North American Sabreliner 50 flight-test aircraft to
Manufacturing Floor Before
Manufacturing Floor After
Rockwell Collins recently donated and delivered its
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore.
The 1964 Sabreliner Model 50 (tail number N50CR) was
acquired by our company in 1976 and was used for significant
flight-test projects that helped shape modern commercial and
military avionics. The aircraft was flown approximately 8,000
hours with more than 5,000 landings.
“For any pilot, the process of grounding an aircraft is
emotional, especially knowing, in this case, what Rockwell
Collins’ Sabre contributed to the aviation industry,” said Ivan
McBride, director, Flight Operations for Rockwell Collins.
Rockwell Collins’ 1964 Sabreliner, now at the Evergreen Aviation
& Space Museum, logged more than 5,000 landings,
The radar technology developed for Rockwell Collins’ market-leading MultiScan™ Threat Detection System, including
forward-looking wind shear and turbulence detection, was proven on N50CR. Other notable flight-test projects completed
using the aircraft include the development of Rockwell Collins’ Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS II) technology, which
When the new Rockwell Collins facility in Wilsonville, Ore., opened in 2009, employees never imagined that their 17,000
square-foot manufacturing area would be maxed out in less than four years. Yet, during that time, the team experienced two
significant changes – demand for Head-up Guidance Systems increased and production for multiple product lines was moved
to Wilsonville. Craig Olson, senior director of Head-up Guidance Systems, explains how Lean principles not only helped his
team optimize the manufacturing floor, but also improved overall customer satisfaction.
Q What drove your Lean transformation?
A The first time a Helmet Mounted Displays customer
came through our facility, they were disappointed in how
our manufacturing floor was set up. Granted, we were in an
initial stage of low-rate production, but in evaluating our
facility, they wanted to see us ready for full-rate production.
Space was maxed out, and given the economic environment
we’re in, we knew we couldn’t buy more real estate.
Q What was the first step?
A We started with an intense planning activity. We
considered the size of all of the products that we’re building,
the volume produced, the set of activities for each product,
and the equipment needed to support production. Then,
we performed a series of mock layout exercises and used
computer-aided design software to make sure everything
fit and flowed continuously. We discovered that almost 50
percent of our floor space was consumed by the storage of
small equipment and carts.
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enhanced vision systems were developed for aiding flight crews in low-visibility conditions near the ground.
Experience head-up and eyes-forward
flying with the HGS Flight app
Q What other activities helped
your team?
A We went through a super 5S (a Lean
tool that creates a more effective work
environment) where we freed up more
than 1,000 square feet of manufacturing
space. We also held an event similar to a
Craig Olson
Pre-Execution Program Planning (PEPP)
Lean event with the electricians, movers and other contractors
involved. Everyone wanted to know how long the move was
going to take. Initially, I thought it might take a couple of
weeks, but we all knew we couldn’t interrupt production flow.
Q So, how long did it take?
A We accomplished the entire move in 4.5 hours over a
weekend. There wasn’t one thing left in its original place, and
there was no impact to flow or deliveries. The changes also
made our work more modular, so it’s easier for us to move
and adjust in the future. Our customer who was initially
disappointed in our facility has come back and is thrilled with
what we’ve done.
Lean helps us become more efficient through the elimination of non-value added activities. Employees can learn more
about the Five Principles of Lean, which identify focus areas to achieve operational excellence, on the Lean Electronics
page on Rockwell Collins Online.
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is required on most commercial and business aircraft today for alerting pilots of potential collisions with other aircraft. Also,
Inspiring engineers and innovators of tomorrow
In February, nearly 5,000 students from around the world participated in hands-on
engineering events facilitated by Rockwell Collins during Engineers Week. As part of our
“Introduce a Girl to Engineering” program, employees at six facilities – Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Melbourne, Fla., Portland, Ore., Richardson, Texas, São José dos Campos, Brazil, and Sterling,
Va. – provided middle school girls with an inside look at what it’s like to be an engineer
through tours and activities. Girls visiting our Cedar Rapids facility learned more about
engineering processes from female engineers while building prosthetic hands. The
prosthetics will be distributed to people in need around the world.
More than 40,000 people have downloaded HGS™ Flight, an app that lets
users experience our company’s Head-up
Guidance (HGS) System with synthetic
vision on an iPad®.
“Eyes-up, out-the-window flying with
head-up guidance is the future, and we’re
allowing anyone with an iPad to see firsthand the precision, increased situational
awareness and efficiency that HGS brings,”
said Joel Otto, senior director of Commercial
Systems Marketing.
Anyone with an iPad can download the
free app in English in the Apple® iTunes®
App Store. A version in Mandarin Chinese
will soon be available.
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Solving the integration challenge
This fully integrated package enables all communications
systems for the aircraft using next-generation VHF/HF and
According to Delbary, there’s always at least one
headquarters in Toulouse, France. All 16 avionics rigs in
Rockwell Collins employee present in the lab, and often
this particular lab are in use as engineers carefully test
there are multiple team members present to support Airbus
applications for the new Airbus A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-
employees during test simulations as part of the technical
Body) aircraft family.
integration process.
You can tell François Delbary, a senior systems engineer
“The technical integration we are doing for this
for Rockwell Collins in Toulouse, is familiar with the people
IMO platform used to be done by Airbus,” he said.
and the electronics in the room. His team is currently
“Now, Airbus is relying on us to lead the integration
working side by side with Airbus employees to test the
of this complex solution.”
final levels of application integration for the Fly Smart
of several A350 XWB labs at our company’s facility in
system that monitors and provides detailed information
Toulouse, Stéphane Sevestre, also a senior systems
about all of the systems on the aircraft.
engineer for Rockwell Collins, is focusing on integration
For the last four years, most of the Fly Smart IMO
team has already provided the fully integrated system to
with close collaboration with Airbus. And now, with the first
Airbus for first flight, employees are now working to meet
flight of the A350 XWB just months away, final integration
a June deadline for additional equipment verification.
is a Tier 1 supplier
provider for
to Airbus, and
communication,
so the system
navigation and
integration work
surveillance
on this package
solutions,”
was completed in
explained
identical Rockwell
Christophe Blanc,
Collins labs – one
senior director of
in Toulouse and one
Airbus programs
in Melbourne, Fla. –
at Rockwell Collins.
before delivery
“Airbus now knows
to Airbus.
that the breadth
large project,”
said Sevestre,
who started on
the A350 XWB
for the Communication Global Work Package. While his
integration work has taken place at Rockwell Collins facilities
“We have been known as the state-of-the-art
“It’s a very
A short walk from Airbus headquarters, in one
Information Management Onboard (IMO) solution, a
suppliers like Rockwell Collins.
satellite communications. For the first time, Rockwell Collins
The first flight of the Airbus A350 XWB is just months away, and Rockwell Collins has a greater,
more integrated development role on this jetliner than on previous Airbus aircraft.
It’s a typical day in one of many validation labs at Airbus
time gave certain system-level responsibilities to high-tech
Communication
Global Work
of our capabilities
Rockwell Collins employees Marina Arnaud and Guillaume Rebeyrotte perform tests on the
A350 XWB Communication Global Work Package System Integration Facility rig at our
company in Toulouse, France. With the A350 XWB, Airbus gave certain companies like
Rockwell Collins stronger and more integrated involvement in the aircraft’s development,
production and support. For the first time, Rockwell Collins is a Tier 1 system provider for
the Communication Global Work Package.
Package in May of 2008. “We are responsible for activities
is taking place at Airbus.
is much wider,
including our
integration
capabilities,
and trusts us
to deliver.”
Airbus selected Rockwell Collins to provide the
that were previously done by Airbus, so we had to make sure
communication, information management, navigation,
our processes align with Airbus’ requirements. We also are
data network and landing systems, along with the Trimmable
managing more risk than on previous Airbus programs.”
Horizontal Stabilizer Actuator, for the A350 XWB. More
recently, Airbus awarded Rockwell Collins the contract for
Technology transfer
For more than two decades, Rockwell Collins has worked
with Airbus, providing content for the A300, A310, A320,
A330, A340 and A380. Yet the A350 XWB win in 2008
introduced a new level of trust.
To deliver on the A350 XWB’s promise of shaping future
airline travel, Airbus looked at ways to incorporate the very
latest in advanced technologies into the aircraft. One way to
do this was by implementing a new policy that for the first
the rudder/brake pedal assembly, which is part of the pilot
control system. The overall win means that the A350 XWB
will contain more Rockwell Collins content than any previous
Airbus platform.
The program also is changing the way Airbus and
Rockwell Collins engineering teams – from Toulouse, France;
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Melbourne, Fla.; Tustin, Calif.; Hyderabad,
India; and Moscow, Russia – work together.
Rockwell Collins solutions on the A350 XWB
The Airbus A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body) is an all-new mid-size long-range aircraft.
In preparation for entry into service, Airbus has implemented a “pyramid” approach for
testing, starting with computer validations during design, followed by component-level
demonstrators and the full-scale build-up of certain major subassemblies in the
development phase. The pyramid’s next level is airframe testing in ground-based
installations, and it is topped off with the flight test/certification program.
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Communication Global Work Package
© Airbus S.A.S.
The communication package, which
includes fully integrated radios with the
audio and datalink systems, enables all
communications systems for the aircraft
using next-generation VHF/HF and satellite
communications that lower operating cost
and improve performance, especially during
intercontinental and oceanic flights, with
ground sources and other aircraft.
Fly Smart Information
Management Onboard
Trimmable Horizontal Stabilizer
Actuator (THSA)
This system serves as a hosting platform
for flight operations, aircraft maintenance
and airline applications. In addition, an
intelligent, Internet protocol (IP)-based
communication system optimizes the
voice and data connection, which is based
on the customer’s desired quality of service.
Rockwell Collins is providing the hardware,
system software and system integration.
Rockwell Collins brings decades of
experience designing, certifying and
manufacturing its THSA to the A350 XWB.
The flight-critical control system is built
to withstand no-command-motion and
load-path failures, and utilizes multiple
electric drive motors for redundancy
and maximum availability.
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get to the root cause at a product level, and then provide
solutions to that problem at a system level, we’re able
to identify issues sooner and give Airbus a more mature
product when we deliver.”
The other advantage is the expertise Rockwell Collins
is able to provide Airbus. For example, on other Airbus
aircraft, there are typically three VHF units. Rockwell Collins
engineers proposed a better architecture with two physical
units with two VHF channels inside each one.
François Delbary, Dominique
Roques and Pamela Bertin,
all Rockwell Collins
employees from Toulouse,
France, prepare a test
scenario on the technical
integration rig for the Fly
Smart Information
Management Onboard
platform verification.
“Airbus respects the innovation and creativity of
© Airbus S.A.S.
Rockwell Collins because it provides them better value,”
said Guzak.
Many players, shared outcomes
To achieve integration success, a working partnership
Airbus’ A350 XWB family consists of three versions — the A350-800,
-900 and -1000. In a typical three-class configuration, the A350-800
will accommodate 270 passengers, while the A350-900 and the
A350-1000 will seat 314 and 350 passengers, respectively.
built on trust is absolutely essential, according to Mark
Fejfar, principal systems engineer at Rockwell Collins and
“With Fly Smart IMO, this is the first time Rockwell
technical project manager for Fly Smart applications on
Collins has integrated an Airbus system with so many
the A350 XWB.
different companies, and such a variety of applications,”
Specifically, with the Fly Smart IMO, Rockwell Collins
explained Fejfar. “It’s been really intense and multifaceted,
Collaborative relationship
Melbourne, Fla. “Airbus will then finish the system
and Airbus engineers worked together on the front end of
A defining element of this new level of trust is an Airbus
integration effort in the aircraft environment. It’s a very
but the role has demonstrated our ability to productively
the program to define the system hardware modules and
specification called ABD-0200, which is the development
collaborative relationship between Rockwell Collins and
work through integration issues that naturally come up
the operating software that hosts the applications that
process and validation and verification processes Tier 1
Airbus for the system activities.”
during development and collaboratively sort through
control functions like circuit breakers, maintenance reports
them with many companies.”
suppliers follow for Airbus aircraft systems.
One reason why Rockwell Collins’ Tier 1 system
and flight deck communications. Rockwell Collins then built
Luc Signargout, a Rockwell Collins employee who was
In the past, Rockwell Collins has always followed
responsibility is beneficial for Airbus is the fact that the
and integrated the system and delivered it to Airbus for
ABD-0100, the Airbus specification for products. With the
engineering team can integrate hardware and software
part of the strong trans-Atlantic team that proved our
further levels of integration.
Communication Global Work Package – a system that
earlier and fix problems sooner. With previous platforms,
capabilities to Airbus during the A350 XWB pursuit, and
includes VHF and HF systems, satellite communications,
if Airbus employees found a problem in their lab during
as the results at the finish line,” he explained. “Everyone had
avionics communications router, radio and audio
integration, they would diagnose it down to the equipment
IMO in Toulouse, believes Rockwell Collins has entered
to be aligned – ensuring we’re achieving the results we need
management systems, and airline operational control
level and then relay that information to our company.
a new domain when it comes to system integration.
at the right time and with the right quality.”
software – Rockwell Collins has more system responsibility
With the A350 XWB Communication Global Work Package,
than on previous Airbus platforms and is following
any system integration issues are not only identified by
and the operating software, the software applications were
ABD-0200 for the first time.
Rockwell Collins, but also fixed before delivery to Airbus.
technological and system-level expertise to develop state-
being designed and built by other suppliers. So as part of the
of-the-art solutions at a higher level,” said Signargout.
technical integration, Rockwell Collins hosted joint reviews
“In many ways, Airbus is now looking to us to provide
“As a Tier 1 supplier, we are in charge of integrating
“You can imagine that issues identified later in the
“The journey to get there has been just as important
As Rockwell Collins developed the hardware modules
now director of program management for the Fly Smart
“A major reason why Airbus selected us is our
innovation, and we continue to prove that we have the
everything within the communication package,” said
development program are more costly to fix,” said Guzak.
where those suppliers were invited to our company’s lab
Programs Manager Nancy Guzak, who is based in
“Since Rockwell Collins is taking the lead to diagnose and
functions instead of just boxes. That makes our work much
facilities to validate the software.
more collaborative and interactive during development.” b
By Crystal Hardinger
Rockwell Collins solutions on the A350 XWB
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Avionics Data Network
Landing Systems
Rockwell Collins’ Avionics Full Duplex
Switched Ethernet (AFDX) network is the
backbone of the flight avionics data
communications and connects the aircraft’s
systems and applications together, such as
displays and Integrated Modular Avionicsbased applications.
This flight landing avionics package includes
Rockwell Collins’ Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR)
and Digital Low Range Altimeter (DLRA). The
MMR enables precision departures and
approaches by combining Instrument
Landing System (ILS), GPS Landing System
(GLS) and Space Based Augmentation
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System (SBAS). The DLRA provides precise
height measurements above terrain during
aircraft climb-out, approach and landing
phases of flight. This information is provided
to the automatic flight control system,
instrument system and terrain awareness
and warning system.
Navigation Systems
Rudder/Brake Pedal Assembly
Rockwell Collins provides navigation system
components including the Automatic
Direction Finder (ADF-900), Distance
Measuring Equipment (DME-2100) and
the VHF Omnidirectional Range receiver
(VOR-900).
In 2013, Airbus chose Rockwell Collins to
supply the rudder/brake pedal assembly,
which is part of the pilot control system.
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Uncharted territory
A surprise storm led to the first true operational test of Rockwell Collins’ Synthetic Vision System in military helicopter
displays. Now, our engineers are combining synthetic imagery with sensors on an experimental U.S. Army Black Hawk
helicopter to improve situational awareness not only in bad weather, but also during brownout landings.
Experimental Test Pilot Bob Nagel isn’t often surprised.
Extensive planning was certainly involved last May
His job, after all, is to ensure nothing dangerous or
during an early test of Rockwell Collins’ Synthetic Vision
unexpected happens on test flights for the Aviation
System on a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter – however,
Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), an organization
within the United States Department of Defense
the flight was anything but boring.
Synthetic vision provides a computer-generated 3D
and lower into an area that had numerous obstacles in terms
of towers, wires and antenna farms.
Along with the crew, Rockwell Collins Senior Flight Test
Engineer Ryan Scoble began watching for obstacles. When a
Dallas air traffic controller kept warning them of the antenna
farms ahead, the situation became a little more intense,
according to Scoble, who was onboard the helicopter to
collect data and analyze the Synthetic Vision System.
“Our idea was that we were going to call out anything
that we saw outside,” he said. “As we were flying, we could
see the antenna farms come up on the synthetic vision
that transitions critical technologies to enhance
view of the outside world that improves pilots’ situational
displays, but it was hard for us to see the obstacles outside
Army Aviation.
awareness. Nagel was testing this capability while flying
because the weather was so bad.
“We like our flights to be as boring as possible, to be
from Little Rock, Ark., to El Paso, Texas. When he made
“Synthetic vision did exactly what it was designed to
his first fuel stop in Texas, there were some rain showers
do,” continued Scoble. “It was the first true operational test
division based in Fort Eustis, Va. “For every hour that we fly,
moving into the area, but nothing to cause alarm. Then, as
of the Synthetic Vision System on a military helicopter.”
there are probably tens of hours that are put into planning
the crew flew south of Dallas, weather conditions began to
that flight.”
deteriorate. As a result, they were forced to descend lower
quite frank,” said Nagel, who works in the rapid prototyping
Helicopter pilots need more detail
Rockwell Collins’ integration of synthetic vision into
a Black Hawk helicopter is an example of our company’s
Rockwell Collins engineers, including James Sampers, Max Taylor,
Scott Schultz and Jenny Myren (pictured left to right), are working
with AATD to adapt synthetic vision technology for military
missions. The integration of synthetic vision into the CAAS cockpit
is an example of our company’s unique ability to leverage
technology from commercial business for military customers.
unique ability to leverage technology from our commercial
business for military customers. In this case, synthetic
vision, a key feature offered on the Rockwell Collins
where visibility disappears in rotor-blown sand and dust,
Pro Line Fusion® avionics system for business and
that military helicopter pilots often encounter in Iraq
regional aircraft, is now being applied to military
and Afghanistan.
helicopter cockpits.
Yet, a glance at the experimental EH-60L Black Hawk
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that there have been more helicopter accidents in noncombat situations in Iraq than in Vietnam, according to a
Architecture System (CAAS) cockpit on one half is all that
Joint Department of Defense rotorcraft study. “The dust
it takes to realize that the synthetic vision displays are not
gets churned up and pilots can’t see.”
One way Rockwell Collins engineers are helping to
the out-the-window view from high-resolution databases
combat this danger is to enhance synthetic vision with
remains the same, images of obstacles and terrain are far
sensors that will image the ground, allowing a pilot to
more detailed.
“see” through the brownout.
“In commercial applications, you’re almost always at
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“There’s so much dust over there,” said Toy, explaining
helicopter with a Rockwell Collins Common Avionics
the same as those found in business jet cockpits. While
Rockwell Collins is working with the Aviation Applied
Technology Directorate (AATD) to test sensor-fused
synthetic vision on an experimental EH-60L Black
Hawk. In between flight tests, the helicopter landed
near our hangar in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
This is particularly true for brownout landings,
For example, if a pilot is making a tactical approach
an altitude over 1,000 feet. In military helicopters, however,
to an unprepared landing zone, the synthetic vision shows
you’re rarely higher than 500 feet, so you have to pay a lot
nearby hazards, such as buildings, towers and power lines.
more attention to ground obstacles,” said Dan Toy, principal
By adding radar sensor data, a pilot also can see a dynamic
marketing manager in Rockwell Collins Government
object like a truck that’s moving into the landing area or
Systems Airborne Marketing. “We really had to focus on
small obstacles such as irrigation ditches or rocks that
increasing the resolution of the synthetic vision imagery.”
will damage the aircraft’s landing gear.
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Only one half of the experimental
EH-60L Black Hawk cockpit is
used to test synthetic vision and
sensor data so the aircraft is
always flightworthy. During one
of the demonstrations, a test
pilot flew with synthetic vision
while his outside view was
blacked out. When the safety
pilot asked the test pilot to
remove the black-out material,
the test pilot was shocked to
learn that he was flying in a rain
shower. He realized that with the
Synthetic Vision System, he
could maintain control in nearly
any weather conditions.
“It’s exciting because this hasn’t been done before for
Meeting operational needs
this marketplace,” said Schultz, explaining that Rockwell
Jesse Miller, the flight test team lead for synthetic vision
Collins’ research and development funding made it
and a senior engineering manager at Rockwell Collins,
possible for the teams to quickly prototype the technology,
can personally relate when he hears helicopter pilots
demonstrate it to pilots, and incorporate feedback.
like Nagel from AATD talk about the need to advance
While our company is developing “sensor-agnostic”
avionics, meaning the technology is not limited to one
type of sensor, the team is currently using BAE’s Brownout
situational awareness technology. He was an Army
pilot for 20 years.
From his perspective, it’s important for Rockwell
Landing Aid System Technology (BLAST) sensor during
Collins to be conducting flight tests with AATD because
flight tests.
our company’s engineers can better understand real-life
“The sensor can draw what the ground looks like, so it
can see through dust, which is important in those brownout
situations,” said Myren, a senior flight test engineer. “The
challenges and tailor synthetic vision technology to meet
operational needs.
“We’re able to test on an aircraft that’s currently in the
display is constantly being updated, and you can see the
Army fleet and Army pilots are familiar with,” said Miller.
latest view of what’s going on outside on the display.”
“The benefits are huge for us, but also for the end user.”
According to Sampers, also a flight test engineer,
One of the biggest rewards of Miller’s current role
this intuitive picture is especially useful for pilots during
is being able to see the evolution of the synthetic vision
subsequent helicopter landings in sandy or dusty areas.
technology. As the team adds capabilities, he said it’s
“When the first helicopter comes in to land, the pilot
is 200 feet off the ground and will visually scan the area for
exciting to see the new functionality presented to pilots.
“Ultimately, we’re developing a solution designed to
obstacles before going in. In between those two points, a lot
save lives and increase the capabilities of pilots,” said Miller.
of dust or debris can be picked up, but at least there was that
“We know this technology is important for the future. We
chance to look before landing,” he said. “Pilots in subsequent
know we are investing in a solution that will be beneficial
aircraft don’t get that opportunity. All the dust has already
for our customers.” b
been kicked up, and they’re not sure what the landing site
By Crystal Hardinger
looks like. At night, once you get in the brownout, you can’t
see stars, you can’t see the moon, you can’t see anything.”
3 arc-sec. (30 meters)
Testing synthetic vision
Principal Software Engineer Max Taylor and Principal
Last year, when Scoble, along with Rockwell Collins
Systems Engineer Scott Schultz are part of the Rockwell
employees Jenny Myren and James Sampers, began
Collins development team that was able to increase the
testing our software version 1.0 with AATD, the system
resolution of the synthetic vision images and rapidly
was rudimentary, but it was easy to see the potential for
optimize the software based on flight test findings.
adaptation for military missions.
“We started at Fort Eustis and flew west. The
mountainous region and high terrain had everything we
wanted in order to exercise the capability,” explained Scoble.
“Working in concert with the flight test folks was key,”
said Taylor. “Customer feedback was integral to our team’s
ability to quickly turn around new features.”
Now, the testing and development teams are working
“We started with this basic version, and every time we’d get
on the latest version of the software with sensor-fused
feedback from pilots, we’d come back with another version
synthetic vision.
with more improvements.”
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1/3 arc-sec. (10 meters)
Military helicopter pilots fly lower
and in worse conditions than
commercial pilots, dictating the
need for highly detailed images of
obstacles and terrain. Digital terrain
data is measured in arc-seconds.
Synthetic vision imagery on
business jet cockpits is typically
displayed with three arc-second
resolution (30 meters), while the
helicopter displays are testing
with 1/3 arc-second resolution
(10 meters), which provides about
81 times more detail. In the future,
Rockwell Collins plans to flight test
synthetic vision imagery with even
higher resolution.
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INFOGRAPHIC
Small details, big difference
Why Rockwell Collins’ synthetic vision technology can help military helicopter pilots
more safely navigate during hazardous and low-altitude missions.
When integrated into the Rockwell Collins Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) as illustrated
below in a CH-47F cockpit, synthetic vision provides flight crews with an intuitive computer-generated
3D view of the external environment.
Alerts pilots of
nearby obstacles
Provides highly detailed
images of terrain
In degraded visibility conditions
Data management algorithms,
due to weather or dust, the
high-resolution databases and
Synthetic Vision System will
embedded processing capabilities
alert military helicopter pilots of
of the CAAS architecture enable the
nearby hazards, such as antennas,
Synthetic Vision System to provide
towers, buildings and power lines.
exceptionally detailed situational
awareness in mountainous regions
and other areas with rugged terrain.
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– from Skybox’s on-board Apple iTunes®
library to cabin displays or to a maximum
of 10 Apple devices. Music, movies and
presentations saved on Windows® and
Android™ devices can be accessed, too.
“Before the Apple iPad® came on
the market, I don’t know that anyone
would have thought about people
bringing their own equipment for inflight entertainment,” said Derderian.
Skybox™ is the first aircraftcertified device where passengers
can stream movies, TV shows and
music from an Apple iTunes®
library to cabin displays or a
maximum of 10 Apple® devices.
“When game changers like this happen,
you have to be able to move quickly.”
Rockwell Collins’ leadership team first
authorized the Skybox project in December
of 2011. Ten months later, our company
introduced it to the marketplace.
“That’s the fastest turnaround Cabin
Systems has ever done,” said Mike Tiffany,
“Rockwell Collins is about building
director of Cabin Systems business jet
trust, so even though we were working
programs. “There’s so much competition
quickly, there was no way we were going
when it comes to the aircraft cabin, so our
to compromise the quality of this product,”
primary goal with Skybox was to get it out
said Tiffany.
as soon as possible.”
Skybox provides unique value
Aircraft certified
Dassault will be the first original equipment
Technology used on the ground isn’t
manufacturer to offer the Skybox capability.
Streaming with Skybox
designed for use in the air. That’s why
It will be available on Dassault Falcon Jets
Skybox had to be engineered to ensure
equipped with FalconCabin HD+,
movies, TV shows and music could be
which currently includes the
Falcon 7X, Falcon 900LX
With the Rockwell Collins Skybox™, business jet passengers can now enjoy
digitally-protected Apple® content across a variety of devices while in flight.
safely and reliably streamed, viewed and
shared while in flight.
and Falcon 2000LX+.
Steve Jobs once said that a lot of times people don’t know
what they want until you show it to them.
“You can’t just take Apple TV and plug
Skybox also easily
it into an airplane. The Federal Aviation
integrates with our
Administration would have issues with that,”
company’s Venue™
personalized experience on an airplane,” said Derderian,
said Derderian. “We had to come up with a
high definition cabin
“We kept asking ourselves how we could create this
explaining that Skybox includes the second-generation
way to make everything airworthy. That’s
management system,
engineering manager for our company’s Cabin Systems
version of Apple TV®. “We knew our business jet customers
where a lot of the engineering happened.”
turning every Venue
business in Tustin, Calif., created an Apple®-based audio/
would want it as soon as they saw it, and we knew we
video server that allowed him to stream his library of
didn’t have to reinvent the wheel.”
That was the case when Ara Derderian, senior
nearly 300 movies and more than 5,000 songs.
He invited his colleagues over to demonstrate how his
family could easily access their desired content from any
TV in his house. Soon after, the employees envisioned a
solution that ultimately led to the Rockwell Collins Skybox™,
a new cabin entertainment system that brings the full
Apple experience to business aircraft.
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Quick to market
Unveiled in October 2012, Skybox is the first aircraftcertified device to share a wide range of entertainment
and business content, wirelessly and on demand across
a variety of devices. Passengers can stream digitallyprotected Apple content – movies, TV shows and music
In addition to designing the appropriate
connections necessary for power conversion
on an aircraft, the team worked closely with
Rockwell Collins employees
Michael Diekmann, Ara
Derderian, Michael Tiffany
(back row, left to right) Paul
Sapp, Stan Dewan and Nga Do
(front row, left to right)
showcase the content that’s
accessible wirelessly and on
demand while in flight with
the Skybox™.
touch screen into a
Skybox controller.
“Innovation is
a Chicago-based design and manufacturing
all about finding creative
company to develop Skybox’s external casing.
solutions for a problem,” said Tiffany.
Various qualifications and certifications
“In this case, we’ve taken commercial
– including flammability, radiation and
off-the-shelf products and added value
vibration testing – also had to be completed
in a unique way to make the solutions
successfully prior to marketplace introduction.
work in our marketplace.” b
By Jill Wojciechowski
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ENGINEER OF THE YEAR WINNER
Innovation in engineering
Rockwell Collins’ annual Engineer of the Year Program celebrates the contributions and accomplishments of our
company’s top engineers. These corporate winners, who were nominated by their peers or leaders, have achieved
breakthrough results that significantly impact business growth.
Sarah A. Miller
Government Systems
Sarah Miller credits her decade of mentoring at
military satellite communications. She provided technical
Rockwell Collins with developing key skills she needed
insight and leadership on waveform development for our
to effectively lead system design on the Common Range
ARC-210 radio. With its advanced networking capabilities,
Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) engineering team.
the ARC-210 will have the potential to expand into new
“My experiences as a mentor sharpened my ability to
encourage open communication with team members, so
markets with this MUOS capability.
Her daily operating motto is: Learn something new
that I could understand their issues as well as express my
every day. “If you try something,” she said, “whether you
knowledge,” she said.
succeed or fail, any experience you gain will be beneficial.”
Miller also is being recognized for her work with the
U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) for
Eric N. Anderson
Commercial Systems
Winning a large-format display contract over the
“Our target was a brand new display system that fits
incumbent provider required something that Eric
the 737, is as capable as the one that we just got through
Anderson believes is essential for innovation.
putting on the 787, and has very aggressive cost targets,”
“You need a hard target,” he said. “Then you need the
time and ability to go off and find a new way to meet the
target – not just squeeze more out of the existing ways.”
Anderson’s engineering team took on the extraordinarily
he said. “We knew that we needed to do something like
that to get a foot in the door at Boeing.”
It worked. Anderson made progressive technical
contributions that helped win Rockwell Collins the contract.
tough cost challenges in pursuit of a significant flight-display
program contract for Boeing’s 737 MAX.
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E N G I N E E R O F TH E YEA R F I N A L I STS
Ara James
Derderian
Roger R. Kirpes
Government
Systems
Commercial
Systems
He led his team in the design
and implementation of M-code,
a type of GPS signal designed
and secured for military use.
It is a critical capability in the
U.S. military’s Modernized User
Equipment (MUE) Program.
He helped develop
Skybox™, an FAAcertified iTunes® server
that integrates into the
cabin management
system.
Susan R.
Margheim
Timo Reubold
International &
Service Solutions
Operations
His innovations have helped
our company efficiently
compress high-definition (HD)
video for transmission in real
time from a moving platform,
such as an aircraft, to a
ground-based receiver.
She led an initiative to
develop a web-based
application that streamlined
the process for notifying our
buyers and suppliers
whenever a Rockwell Collins
engineer revises a part.
Richard D. Jinkins
Engineering & Technology
Taking Rockwell Collins’ commercial weather radar
product domain, where a customer has a specific need.
technology and broadening its utility beyond traditional
“That’s a very focused kind of innovation,” Jinkins said,
weather applications was a market opportunity that
“versus innovation that is more broadly about what the
Richard Jinkins helped achieve. He developed and
aviation world needs, or what would be valuable for the
prototyped systems that use weather radar technology to
company. I think you need both kinds.”
to reduce equipage requirements in commercial aviation.
Jinkins has worked in what he describes as two
distinct areas of engineering innovation. One is in the
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Carlo Tiana
Government
Systems
His development work on
Rockwell Collins’ Remote
Vision System program
helped our company
achieve significant savings
in non-recurring engineering
and material costs.
Commercial Systems
He lent his technical
expertise and leadership
to develop four new modules
for the Common Range
Integrated Instrumentation
System (CRIIS) program’s
second phase for the
U.S. military.
provide better runway imaging and altitude estimation, and
Jonathon C.
Skarphol
Jinkins is passionate about innovating. “When people say
that something can’t be done,” he said, “it motivates me to
prove them wrong.” b
Russell D.
Wyse
Engineering excellence
Engineering
& Technology
With thousands of Rockwell Collins engineers working
He led the design of radiofrequency integrated circuits
that are used in three
solutions: CRIIS, electrically
steerable antenna satellite
communications and
weather radar.
as a finalist. These 10 employees were selected from
around the world, it’s a tremendous honor to be chosen
50 semifinalists for their business impact, innovation
and leadership contributions in FY’12. Their work continues the long legacy of innovation at Rockwell Collins.
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S U P P LY C H A I N
Creating the ultimate
supplier relationship
Rockwell Collins wants to work with trusted suppliers that share our passion to win.
Joint accountability with our
suppliers is key to achieving the
level of quality Rockwell Collins’
products are known for. Our
company enjoys this type of
trusted partnership with
KEMET Electronics, a supplier
of capacitors. Rockwell Collins
employees Randy Harris (left),
a senior buyer, along with
Jordan Overton, an application
engineer, work with Janice
Kass, a KEMET Electronics
representative, as well
as KEMET engineers to
troubleshoot problems and
drive continuous improvement.
When it comes to essential components in
product lines. Like many of our company’s
Rockwell Collins’ products, capacitors rank
trusted suppliers, its performance as a
at the top. These devices, which are used
quality and innovative supplier hasn’t gone
to store electrical energy, are contained in
unnoticed. In fact, in 2012, KEMET received
virtually every product manufactured by
our top supplier award, the Rockwell Collins
our company.
President’s Award.
“As far as piece parts, capacitors are
According to Overton, the ability to
one of the largest commodities by volume
work collaboratively with the capacitance
we use in electronics,” said Jordan Overton,
company is helping drive continuous
application engineer at Rockwell Collins.
improvement processes.
“It’s imperative that we have a reliable
“If there’s a capacitor failure, it’s my
supplier to consistently deliver quality
job to find out if it was due to an issue on
parts for our products.”
our part, or something that occurred during
For several decades, KEMET Electronics,
KEMET’s manufacturing process,” said
a global company based in Greenville,
Overton. “Knowing that I can go to KEMET
S.C., has provided Rockwell Collins with
and they’ll provide us with the information
various surface-mount and through-hole
to help us get to the root cause of the
capacitor technologies for use across our
failure is important to us.”
Spotlight on quality
Sharing this type of accountability is
what our company is looking for with all
suppliers. But not every supplier strives
for the same high level of performance as
KEMET. In FY’12, our overall supply base
contributed to about half of the major
quality issues Rockwell Collins had to
disclose to our customers. That’s double
where we wanted it to be, according to
Kevin Myers, vice president of Material
and Supply at Rockwell Collins.
“Our quality performance had not been
accelerating at the pace it needed to,” he said.
To achieve and maintain the industryleading quality levels that Rockwell Collins
is known for, our company’s Material and
Supply organization recently implemented
a set of strategies to improve both our
internal and external processes.
“We’re first looking at ways to
enhance our internal processes to ensure
we prioritize clear supplier expectations –
whether it’s providing more clarity in our
design drawings or better communication
about changes to an order,” said Myers.
The second piece of the strategy
is external, and involves better understanding our suppliers’ capabilities, quality
management systems and innovation
strategies. Our company also is looking
at ways to grow our global supply base as
Rockwell Collins grows internationally.
“Our supply chain is extremely
important from a profitable growth
standpoint,” said Myers, emphasizing
that about 60 percent of the cost of our
product content is supply chain-related.
“To be successful, we have to have trusted
suppliers that will help us positively
influence the quality of our products.”
communication with Rockwell Collins
is quarterly question-and-answer lunch
meetings, which give engineers from both
companies a chance to learn from each other.
“One of the factors in having a quality
product is selecting the right capacitor for
the right application,” explained Janice
Kass, a KEMET Electronics manufacturer’s
representative. “When we come together
and collaborate on this, we can avoid the
expense of having the wrong capacitor
designed in from the start.”
Another benefit of these sessions,
said Kass, is to learn what capacitance
technology Rockwell Collins may need
in the future that KEMET may already
be working on or may be able to develop
to fill that need.
Nearly every Rockwell Collins
solution that ships outside
our doors contains a KEMET
Electronics capacitor like the
tantalum (tan) and ceramic
(gray) rectangle capacitors
shown above. KEMET is one
of Rockwell Collins’ trusted
suppliers that is working
collaboratively to help our
company achieve industryleading quality levels.
For Myers, these conversations show
that KEMET is committed to helping
Rockwell Collins produce quality, cuttingedge, cost-effective solutions for our
customers – traits he’s looking for in
all suppliers in the future as part of the
Rockwell Collins Trusted Supplier Program,
which was rolled out last year.
“From our perspective, not all suppliers
Not all suppliers are equal
are equal,” he said. “Our strategic supply
A key tool KEMET has used to continu-
partners are those that help define and drive
ously foster collaboration and improve
solutions, and share our passion to win.” b
By Annette Busbee
20 HORIZONS b 2013
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Staying on top
Why the Rockwell Collins Airshow® moving
map continues to be a passenger favorite.
When Mike Sanders flies, he gets a thrill out of seeing
how other commercial passengers become engaged
with the Rockwell Collins Airshow® moving map.
He’s witnessed passengers taking photos and videos
of the map to record where they’ve been. He’s watched
travelers’ reactions when they discover on the map that
they’re flying over a famous city like Casablanca. He’s
also assisted passengers in using Airshow to determine
the direction of Mecca so they can pray before takeoff.
“With all the information and entertainment
options available to passengers, it’s fun to walk through
Members of the Airshow
team in Tustin, Calif.,
include (left to right)
David Chong, Jeff Davis,
Mike Sanders and
Cathleen Collett.
a twin-aisle airplane and see that over half of the people
are watching Airshow,” said Sanders, a principal systems
engineer in Tustin, Calif., who has worked on the product
since 1984. “It continues to have universal appeal and
The Airshow team responded quickly to market demands
with a 3D moving map mobile app.
value to passengers.”
Rockwell Collins celebrated the 30th anniversary
Same information, new delivery methods
of Airshow at our facility in Tustin last October —
The first Airshow moving map – developed in the early
a milestone that includes being the preeminent map
1980s — tapped into passengers’ desire to know the
globally throughout all three decades.
aircraft’s location and length of time to arrival. Airshow
Currently, the product line is flying on more than
10,000 aircraft in both the business aviation and air
transport markets, according to Cathleen Collett, manager
of Sales Support for Airshow in Tustin.
“The Airshow brand is recognized worldwide,” said
100 provided that information by linking cockpit flight
information to the cabin in a two-color map.
While the desire for real-time information has
remained constant over the years, passengers’
expectations in the way in which it’s delivered has
Collett. “Other in-flight entertainment vendors are selling
changed along with technology. Collett believes Airshow
our map as an integrated part of their solutions because
has been successful because of our company’s ability to
it’s demanded by their customers.”
keep up with evolving technology and consumer trends,
as well as our capability to customize for our customers.
Airshow 1982
Airshow 1990
Day and night views for 3D maps, historical details
about points of interest along the route, and the recently
launched 3D moving map app are just a few examples of
according to Rick Moore, director of Flight Information
Solutions Architecture and Content.
“Today, our map is basically a self-contained
how Airshow continues to evolve. Designed for business
experience on the aircraft,” he said. “Over the next five
jet customers, Collett noted that the interactive app for
years, capabilities like our Airshow network — which
the iPad® includes the ability to see a moving map of the
connects the map to ground-based systems — will morph
outside world from any direction the device is pointed —
and expand, connecting passengers to a host of additional
as if the aircraft were transparent.
information and services as they’re traveling.”
“The app also is customizable,” she added. “There’s a
But the challenge remains to continue to move
sync functionality that allows the app to pull the airline’s
rapidly to respond to market demands. New consumer
branded elements from the onboard Airshow system.”
technologies — particularly in mobile devices — are
Staying ahead of the competition
When Airshow came on the market 30 years ago, it was
the first and only product of its kind available. Today, our
moving map faces a growing field of competitors.
To remain the first choice of our customers, we’ll need to
connect Airshow maps to other value-added services,
increasing customer expectations.
“The 3D mobile app is a good example of how we saw
a disruption created by consumer technology and got out
in front of it to maintain our leadership position,” he said.
“Historically, we have had the best map in the industry,
but we can’t be complacent. We’re continuing to take
proactive steps to stay on top.” b
By Annette Busbee
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A R OU N D T H E W O R L D
CAREERS
Six rules for building better business
relationships worldwide
Fifteen years ago, Ye “Grace” Du won the admiration of
other countries. She recommends those practices to others
her university classmates when she accepted a job at
who want to develop stronger business relationships:
Rockwell Collins in Beijing, China. Today, she’s winning
1. Recognize that building a great business relationship –
Service anniversaries
Rockwell Collins offers congratulations to employees who have marked significant service award milestones in recent months.
January
Celebrating 45 years
the admiration of colleagues for her work to establish
whether with a customer, partner, supplier or colleague
Judy Burger
successful business relationships in China.
– and the benefits that come with that relationship,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
take time.
Start date: July 1967
Born and raised in Beijing, Du was among the first in
China hired to work for our Government Systems business.
2. Get to know each other first. Before jumping to
Yet, for most of her career, she’s held various Rockwell Collins
recommendations or conclusions, it’s important to
roles working with Chinese commercial customers.
truly understand the other party’s business, interests
In her current role as a principal business
development manager in International and Service
and requirements.
3. Be open minded. Both parties often
Margaret J. Altheide
Douglas D.
Carpenter
Debra K. Doran
Kathleen E. Hull
Craig A. Langguth
Kenneth L. Mason
SueEllen L. Perkins
Dennis R.
Wordehoff
Original position:
Assembly Operator
Current position:
FEBRUARY
Certified Quality Instructor
Solutions, her main focus is establishing joint interests
have to be receptive to new
What is your favorite aspect of your
between Commercial Systems and in-country partners.
ideas in order to grow.
current position? Helping employees
She recently helped support the formation of the joint
4. Find win-wins. There
understand quality procedures
Richard P. Alldredge
Patricia A. Cline
Jeffrey K. Dwhytie
Patrick E. Henry
Joan M. Mendoza
James M. Pienkos
Mary L. Shaffer
ventures for the COMAC C919 aircraft program and a
has to be mutual
that enable them to be successful
renewed maintenance, repair and overhaul joint venture
success for a business
contributors to Rockwell Collins. It’s
contract with China Eastern Airlines.
relationship to last.
35 Years
wonderful when someone flashes a
October
“All parties are excited with the strategic partnerships
5. Be accommodating.
we have established so far, along with other alliances in
For example, something
progress in China,” said Du. “The next step is to further
as simple as scheduling
grow the joint ventures to achieve mutual operations
a meeting during the other
success, which will also help Rockwell Collins expand in
party’s regular working
China’s marketplace over the long term.”
hours shows that
Like many of her peers, Du enjoys working for a
you’re adaptable
multinational company like Rockwell Collins because of
and willing to meet
the opportunities to learn more about Western culture
others’ needs.
and working styles, interact with people around the world,
6. Make the
and develop her critical thinking and problem-solving
commitment and
skills. She also values the people she works with.
deliver it. To build
“The Beijing office has a good team and many loyal
trust, you have to
people,” she explained, emphasizing that more than half
do what you say
of Rockwell Collins employees in China have been with the
you’re going
company for more than 10 years. “We have a diverse and
to do.b
inclusive working environment, and much of our success
is driven from the fact that we gain a lot of knowledge
from each other.”
Throughout her career, Du has learned a number of
best practices that have helped her build relationships
with customers, partners and colleagues in China and
Principal Business Development Manager Ye “Grace” Du has
worked in our Beijing office for more than 15 years.
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big smile and thanks me for all the
new knowledge they’ve gained.
45 Years
November
Judy K. Burger
Janice D. Kester
December
Ladona M. Gates
Robert G. Pinchotti
40 Years
October
Michael J. Allen
Janet L. Benish
Jean Pierre Biaggi
Catherine M. Boyer
Norman N.
Brittingham
Jo Ann M. Buck
LuAnn L. DeMoss
Patricia S. Hanson
Donald P. Havens
Virginia J. Hayes
Carol M. Hepner
Dewayne E.
Hindman
Vallerie A. Jannie
Pamela S. Kramer
Geraldine S. Lemon
Sherry J. O’Connor
Linda J. Rabik
Sandra K. Scaia
Timothy A. Stevens
Fred J. Studenberg, Jr.
Angela L. Sweeney
Sterling A. Warner
Melanie A. Williams
Steven P. Womack
Madonna M.
Zimmerman
Glenn D. Light
Patricia K.
Merrifield
Kathryn J. Mull
Marcia K. Sedlacek
Twila R. Soden
Allen E. Tupker
Denna K. Vanourny
Steven R. Brown
Humberto Garcia
Sevilla
David A. Griffey
Rosie L. Hagans
Barbara J. Harrison
David M. House
Joseph F. Knight
Denise K. Krenz
David F. Little
Wayne J. Lukes
Lieu L. Nguyen
November
Roger A. Baesman
Carey S. Cole
Margaret K. Herring
Larry D. Johnson
Donald L. Jones
Cheryl I. Lamson
Opal A. McNiel
Katherine L. Pogue
Pierre Roumagnac
Lee Ann H. Seals
Lawrence K. Smith
Paul W. Zwanziger
December
Diane L. Hawkins
Karen M. Kenny
Susan K. Lange
Linda M. Olshewsky
Shirley A. Tobiason
Geraldine Lemon
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date: October 1972
Original position: Assembly Operator
Current position: Repair Displays IPT
What is your favorite aspect of
your current position? Being able
to tear down old display units and
repair them.
January
Current position:
Business Director of Filter Products
FEBRUARY
Barry A. Brown
David A. Buckmiller
Robert Celdran
Gary M. Cobler
Brigitte Fages
John E. Fields
Paul G. Jagnow
Celebrating 40 Years
Don Havens
Tustin, Calif.
Start date:
October 1972
Original position: Crystal Designer
What advice do you have for
new employees? Find the best
mentor available.
Alain Le Balle
Sharon S. Phillips
Rita C. Raynor
Ralph L. Reed
Norman W. Arons
Gary W. Boesdorfer
Deborah K. Bryan
Verl W. Day
Fredrick D. Fidel
Susan Frazee
Jesse L. Graham, Jr.
Edward B. Hayes
Daniel L. Hoover
Steven M. Kennell
Lee W. Meyer
Christopher B.
Miller
Hugh C. Moore, Jr.
Long H. Nguyen
Deborah A.
Patterson
Stephen A. Peot
Stephen P. Ponder
Robert M. Raeside
Steven C. Sachtjen
Larry R. Schlehuber
December
November
Deborah J. Barger
Connie K. Folken
Margaret A. Hewitt
Robert H. Holmes
Emily S. Langguth
Marilyn K. Merrill
Loras A. Overmann
Paulo Rendon
Arrieta
Barbara J. Roggow
Catherine C.
Mc Millan
Christian Monetti
David G. Murray
Ronald M. Chupp
James S. Guy
Susan R. Holder
Grazyna D.
Karasiewicz
Charleen A.
Rinehart
Gilles Tetrel
John S. Tiller
Patty L. Williams
30 Years
October
Mark A. Blomberg
Mary J. Classon
Annie Khoun
Jacquelyn M. Seals
November
Lois A. Albertson
Cheryl L. Bazzell
Lila J. Bjork
Guy K. Clark
Richard E. Forrester
Brenda S. Kohl
Gilbert R.
McCutcheon
Gary M. Molle
Virginia T. Sanford
December
John C. Clem
Peter R. Holland
Shirley A. Schultz
Rose M. Donnelly
Kevin J. Leonhard
Richard C. Rauch
Brenda K. Reynolds
Renee S. Spars
David M. Staehely
Kevin L. Witte
Jeanne L. Riniker
Dean J. Schmidt
Patricia A. Shulista
Debra D.
Stephenson
Robert J. Turnquist
Julia K. Vaske
Linley E. Woelk
FEBRUARY
November
January
Joyce A. Blakey
Robert J. Kalb
Nick O. Noreuil
Lynn M. Pilkenton
Scott E. Wagner
25 Years
October
Lori J. Baumgartner
Carol A. Berger
Larry W. Black
Christopher G.
Armstrong
Dawn M. Barton
David A. Bellendier
Gloria R. Bockman
Paul J. Burke
Pamela M. Cook
Barbara L. Curtis
David L. Davis
Mari J. Diesch
Corey S. Eichinger
Dennis Wordehoff
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1973
Current position:
Principal Electrical Engineer
What is your proudest
accomplishment at Rockwell Collins?
The most outstanding was being part
of the Personnel Computer Signal
Generator team (PCSG). The PCSG
20 Years
is a GPS satellite simulator used for
October
GPS development and testing. We
Margaret (Peg) Hewitt
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
were able to add a feature to an
existing GPS ASIC which provided GPS
simulated signals. This allowed us to
Start date: November 1972
Original position: Post Coat Operator
Current position: Test Technician
design a GPS simulator significantly
smaller than what was available
in the market at that time and at a
significantly lower cost.
I worked my way through the labor
grades from the bottom almost to
the top by taking advantage of
training opportunities and college
courses. I learned everything I could
everywhere I worked and tried to
help others do the same.
Craig R. Calkins
Robin L. Corwin
David A. Crowley
Glenn F. Gomme
Susan R. Gorsh
Stephen J. Hay
Donna K. Krapfl
Deborah A.
LaBarbara
Steven J. Larson
Dawn M. Muench
Patricia J. Odell
Leon A. Powelson
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Christy K. Entwisle
Rick L. Grapes
Laurie A. Hanson
Tammy T. Heiar
David G. Joosten
Jeffery D. Keleher
Lynette J. Koffron
Cheri L. Martens
Marilyn J.
Mc Donald
Sharry A.
Mc Farlane
Julie A. Meese
David J. Dvorsky
Timothy R. Fannin
Frank P. Gonzales
Keith R. Gudenkauf
Sherri A. Heim
David J. Hillers
John C. Kehoe
Mary E. Kennedy
Michelle M.
Kleinlein
Tracey A. Lewin
Jeffrey M. Lyons
Linda A. Moser
Amy J. Nicholas
Rodney L. Sarver, Jr.
Tina J. Sheckles
Daniel J. Spoden
Kimberly D. Willie
Terri L. Pettinger
Peggy L. Prince
Gary N. Prior
Carolyn J. Raymond
Clare H. Richins
Sharon E.
Schneekloth
Nancy A. Timp
Frederick A. Tolmie
Micheal J. Tritle
Carmen K. Whittle
December
Gregory E. Brown
Cindy K. Craig
Diann M. Dennis
Lisa M. Edaburn
Madonna M. Fink
Patricia A. Foss
Duane A. Grave
Karen K. Mensen
Carol L. Nickels
January
Michael R. Aubey
Jace C. Barkley
Sherry L. Betzer
Todd M. Brown
Chet A. Cooper
Karl E. Duecker
Lori A. Fowlkes
Jon A. Greeb
Michael D. Hinds
Sharyl M. Keller
Jenny Leibenzon
Bonnie E. Neuzil
Marilyn R.
Quandahl
Brenda L. Rodas
Laurel L. Rollins
Jeffery L. Salter
Terrence J. Santel
Kevin H. Truong
Jane Allison Wersky
FEBRUARY
Mark A. Ackland
Sandra S. Ashler
Daniel A. Cool
Eddie L. Coverson
Marian J. Coyle
Philippe Bardet
Echo M. Batson
John K. Callaway
Kirk J. Darroch
Dawn M. DeFrieze
Jeffery A. Finley
Stephen J. Griffiths
Duane R. Heidt
Mark L. Jackson
Wendy J. Johnson
Curtis J. Larson
Sara A. Martens
Jeanne Neuzil
Fred W. Powell, Jr.
Gia M. Roccatani
John W. Roltgen III
John E. Thoreson
Joseph D. Trcka
Dreama F.
Washington
Carolyn M. Weber
David M. Zias
November
Carolyn M. Bies
Shawn P. Day
John P. Dunnwald
Claude E.
Etheridge, Jr.
John K. Fitzpatrick
Antonio Guillen
Roger L. Hurmence
Bruce A. Jones
Joann M. Kuennen
Debra L. Lemmen
Gilles Maccarini
Patrick D. Mc Cusker
Jacqueline A.
Medinger
Lodivic L.
Middlebrook
Patrice Perrier
Clayton M. Roberts
Debra L. Samuelson
Glen E. Treankler
Kelly B. Wright
Lynnette J. Yoder
Linda Rabik
December
Raejean Fairbanks
Jennett P. Lewis
Barbara A. Prouty
Regina M. Smith
Evan R. Walters
January
Chris L. Brown
Franck Bruet
Laurence Calvignac
Daniel J. Cannon
Jerome L. Schmidt
Russell L. Schmidt
Brian L. Schultz
Eric Thomas
Karl W. Ulmer
Janet L. Walton
James M. Wolff
FEBRUARY
Kathryn A. Brincks
Martin T. Budrovic
Denise K. Krenz
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
October 1977
Original position: Document
Change Notice Clerk
Current position: Senior
Administrative Assistant
What was your most challenging
project? In the summer of 1998, I
was tasked with moving a group
of more than 400 employees into a
newly remodeled facility over three
weekends. Thanks to the help of some
awesome coworkers, the task was
employees back online quickly.
Start date:
Current position: Senior Engineering
Project Assistant
your current position? I enjoy
helping people navigate through
our processes and sharing knowledge
from my years of experience. I also
get to interface with many different
people and functions which keeps
my perspective fresh.
Jacquelyn R.
Masterson
Loic Meesseman
Rosa Maria Meza
Gonzalez
Steven C.
Middlekauff
Bernard L. Mienke
Steven D. Monahan
Gery J. Mras
Elisa Munoz Barrera
Graciela Munoz
Nachez
Matthew A. Neelley
Susan M.
Normington
Mark C. Novak
Debra M. Pasker
Connie C. Petersen
Richard Puntous
Nathan G. Rohrssen
Kristine A. Seeley
Laurence Serieys
Wade A. Stevens
Richard W. Szy
Andrea J. Taylor
Annette M. Timm
Ma Del Pilar
Vazquez Delfin
Hollie R. Volkenant
Christopher J.
Wagner
Lori L. Wallerich
Holly S. Walsh
Terri L. Watkinson
Sue M. Wenger
accomplished and we were able to get
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
October 1977
John H.
Brosnaham, Jr.
Sally A. Bruce
Richard Chabanet
Han Yin Chua
Charles R. Crawley
Olivene A. Dottin
Andrew O. Garcia
Gerald R. Gerber
Helen Giesecke
Scott M. Glass
Scott E. Greener
Gwen D. Gritti
Lynn M. Halweg
Lisa R. Haugen
Johannah M.
Hepner
Thomas E. Herlihy
Janet E. Hoefer
John A. Hoffman
Gregory R. Isaacson
Tabatha D. Jayne
Jon R. Jensen
Mickala A. Jess
David A. Johnson
Narmin N. Koenig
Alan L. Kritzman
Jacqueline A. Kruser
Robert D. Larson
Maria del Rosario
Lopez Garcia
Esthela Manriquez
Gomez
Betty L. Marshall
Lanette A.
Maschino
Wilfrid Cottavoz
Christian T. Deloy
Angela M. Glaw
Carlton J.
Harrington
Corey D. Hawken
Randy J. Hiatt
Greg O. Johnson
Anita A. Kern
Paul G. Leiper
Clayton A. Lindwall
Donald L. McDonald
Randy W. Nelson
David J. Ohara
Jeffrey L. Phelps
George O. Pratt III
Mark D. Rolfes
Gregory A. Royer
Jean-Pierre
Demortier
Lawrence R.
Goudzwaard
Sandra L. Hodges
Ronald D. Parpart
Linda S. Roseman
Norman R. Schrock
Thomas M.
Sedlacek
David F. Walerius
Joseph Knight
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
October 1977
Original position: Lab Technician
Current position: Manager, Avionics
Project Cost Management
What advice do you have for new
15 Years
employees? Treat everyone with
October
respect and dignity. Over time,
Dolores Agramont
Aguilar
Heidi R. Ahrendsen
Brian S. Anderson
David L. Benesch
Scott L. Bradley
people may forget what you did or
said; however, they will likely always
remember how you made them feel.
Barry A. Brown
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
December 1977
Original position: Engineering
Lab Technician
Current position: Corporate Pilot
project? Flight testing during the early
development of our Traffic Alert and
Collision Avoidance System, in which
we had to fly in very close proximity
to our other flight test aircraft. The
testing involved overtaking, closing
laterally and flying head-on at various
speeds and altitudes.
November
Jodi L. Adair
Georgina Alvarez
De La Torre
Birendra Bahadur
Dean A. Beitzel
Ryan G. Bruce
Mark S. Carroll
Edward W. Carroll
Christian L. Case
Liliana Chanes
Carrillo
Kevin J. Cooper
Leland D. Diers
Lisa M. Duffy
Raymond Dynes
Jose Antonio
Estrada Tucuh
Martha Liliana
Ferreira Gonzalez
Kariann M. Fiser
David Fuller
Sida A. Grecian
Michael L. Hageman
Kenneth K. Hamby
Larry A. Hass
Kevin R. Havran
Ngoc K. Huynh
Jeffrey M. Kaufman
Douglas D. Kayser
Steven Kempler
Robert H. Koelling
Jeramie T. Kopp
James B. Ledebur
Gregory A.
Lewenczuk
Marco Antonio
Macias Jasso
Melissa A. Mackin
Luis Angel Martinez
Cervantes
Rebecca K. Maynard
Jesus Mario Medina
Nieto
Marcus E. Miller
Shelley M. Molidor
Gail L. Morarie
Enrique Ozuna
Ontiveros
Kathryn E. Pica
Xu-miao Qi
Amanda J. Raue
Renee S. Reding
Katherine R. Rowley
Lilian Ruvalcaba
Sandoval
Roger D. Sanford
James J. Schoen
Jennifer F.
Schwendinger
Sherry S. Sibel
Cameron C. Smith
Guy A. Stacy
Dennis M. Urbon
Mohammed A.
Waheed
Garry A. Walker
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Christopher B. (Kit) Miller
Richardson, Texas
Start date: January 1978
Original position:
Contract Administrator
Current position:
Director, GS Operations
employees? Excel in the job at hand
and career development will follow.
Dione L. Wilson
James J. Wright
Rebecca D. Zaspal
December
Steven D. Aab
James E. Andorf
Eric J. Appleget
Cameron P. Bell
Riney L. Bryson
Tanya M. Caldwell
David M. Carroll
Poh Khoon Chia
Andrea J. Drinovsky
Rachelle Y. Flake
Michele D. Ford
Ernest M. Freese
Fred P. Galbraith
Kim K. Gingrich
Damien M. Glynn
Timothy A.
Hefflefinger
David W. Herrell
Nicholas W. Jones
Nicholas D. Klima
Richard A. Kostner
Eric M. Larsen
Christopher A.
Larsen
Leslie A. Martin
Michael H. Masters
Rogelio R. Matos
Arice Morales
Iain Mottram
Gerald A. Muench
Grant D. Nesheim
Dale L. Nicponski
Suzanne M. Nilles
Phillip M. Page
Didier Perrin
George S. Reida
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Wendy N. RobertsGorton
Libbie A. Rottman
Kevin W. Spielmann
Frederick M.
Spinner
Dennis G. Tuite
Chieu C. Vu
Jing-guo Yang
January
David W. Altdorfer
Oscar Arvizu Jara
David S. Austin
Edilia Ayala
Hernandez
Gary L. Bohlken
Linda L. Bucci
Michael J. Burian
James P. Burke
Andrew J. Burkhardt
Jennifer L. Chase
Wan Hwee Chua
Victor Cornejo
Lawrence M.
Covington
Rosalina M. Curtiss
Michael W. Davies
Robert D. Denison
Rosanne C. Eden
Christopher L.
Farmer
Duane M. Feltes
Richard P. Fine
Jerry E. Frawley
Gloria Armida
Fuentes Garcia
Raul Joaquin
Galindo
Armendariz
Thomas A. Galloro
Nancy J. Gatchel
Lynette J. Goedken
Shawn M. Goudy
Mark W. Gruette
Scott A. Hargens
Eric G. Hauk
Christopher D.
Heald
Trina L. Herren
John D. Horth
Paul J. Huber
Mark A. Hunt
Brett A. Ibsen
Kimberly I. Johnson
Travis C. Kalous
Richard E.
Kimberley
Shawn L. Kolosik
Anne Lattes
Poh Mun Lee
James E. Lee
Pierre Lombard
Christopher E.
Madsen
Jason J. Manders
Peter J. Martin
Gary R. Mayberry
Doris J. Midyett
Bret A. Molander
Tomiko L. Morris
Phillip W. Nielsen
Lori A. Packingham
Leigh A. Parker
Ray A. Parks
Stan J. Pidima
Mitchell A. Riley
Maria Isabel Roman
Cecena
Michelle R. Sanford
Christopher A.
Scherer
Brian K. Schmuecker
Dustin J. Sellon
Lynne M. Sevcik
Dennis L. Sly
Thomas D. Smith
Cheri L. Snider
Lisa J. Steffen
Naparat Stutzman
Harold L. Thoma
Coy L. Wagner
Michelle L. Webb
Bruce A. Wedemeier
Kyle D. Wehring
John S. Wilcox
Lane A. Wranek
Thomas E. Yerke
FEBRUARY
Albert J. Anderson
Nohemi Noelia
Barraza Lopez
Suzanne L. Baxa
Laurent Beaules
Sherry R. Bell
Jeffrey R. Bennett
Dennis F.
Blumenthal
Billie D. Bridges
Kevin L. Carkin
Carlos Marx Castillo
Calderon
J E Clark
Harry J. Cole
Brenda K. Curtis
Eric Dagnac
Patricia Cline
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
February 1973
Original position: Clerk Typist
Current position: Senior Customer
Account Specialist
project? The most challenging project
I was involved in was being a member
of the team that trained and tested for
SAP integration at Rockwell Collins.
10 Years
October
Larry R. Schlehuber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1978
Original position:
Business System Analyst
Current position: Principal
Subcontract Program Manager
Being involved as the pricing analyst
for the original GPS user equipment,
and being the marketing manager
for the KC-135 Global Air Traffic
Management proposal. Both of these
contributed to the long-term growth
of the company.
Sebastien Duburc
David W. Dunnicliff
Lisa L. Gutierrez
Curt C. Harman
Brian R. Hazen
Jose Trinidad
Hernandez Chavez
Nancy A. Hlas
Bradley J. Horejsi
Shannon R. Horn
Thomas R. Horn
Eric T. Howe
Claude Jibouleau
Daniel J. Karl
Timothy R. Kellogg
Gabriela Kirstein
Olga V. Kornienko
Timothy E. Kreel
Radomir Kuznetsov
Seok Cheng Lee
Nicolas Lefevre
David M. Lortz
John P. Loyal
William T. Madley
Michael J. McIntire
Gary R. Mehrl
Christopher L.
Migdalski
Sherry J. Mysak
Erica L. Padilla
Randall A. Pasker
Bethany C. Pearce
Randall W. Poe
Dale L. Rawdon
Aimee L. Richard
Richelle L. Riley
Victor Arturo
Rodriguez Perez
Michael D. Sanders
Coni L. Schaul
Terry L. Smith
Andrew J. Sova
Jennifer L. Stanfield
Perry L. Tafoya
Rohan G. Thomas
Michael D. Thomas
Leticia Vargas
Aguilar
David R. Vieth
James R. Walker
Mickie L. Weber
Debra K. Young
Teresita Zapata
Padilla
Gilberto Zavala
Guerrero
Mark A. Bohush
Josephine Brillo
Christopher N.
Bristow
Lionel Cojan
Michael L. Davis
Erik R. George
Jennifer J. Gilbert
Nicolas Grassart
Michael G. Koontz
Olivier Laroque
Michele Y. Lehr
John P. Li
Graham P. Luff
Julien Mayelle
Thomas G.
McNamee
Bob J. Milner
Robert B. Moore
Ryan T. Parnow
Kirk A. Phelps
Yazid Rahmane
Mary K. Schell
Adam C. Sick
Kevin A. Sikkink
Gregory S. Tate
Kent A. Terwilliger
Kathleen R. Wenthe
Erik Wiberg
Kelli S. Wolfe
November
Pascaline Barre
John R. Blodgett
James E. Boswell, Jr.
Tuan A. Bui
Jean-Claude
Chateaubon
Graham M.
Davenport
Sergio Dias
Barbara D. Farnum
Paul A. Fleuelling
Gregory Fremont
Jack T. Galyean
Michael E.
Grumkoski
Denise L. Haack
Peter Halliday
Emmanuel I. Jidaria
Kevin E. Kempf
Ricky L. Lopata
Peter S. MacKenzie
Amirouche
Mekhtoub
Scott M. Pfeiler
Guillaume Pineau
Ronald S. Roberson
Gregory A. Sochurek
Diana Rocio Vargas
Leon
December
Mark Beier
Barrett R. Bowers
Edward Bernard
Hayes
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1978
Original position: Systems Engineer
Current position:
Principal Systems Engineer
your current position? At the
Aircraft Certification Center,
we are exposed to and support the
entire suite of avionics products
that Rockwell Collins manufactures
– many which are cutting-edge
technology – so that they may be
approved for the marketplace.
Steve Kennell
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1978
Original position:
Flight Controls Engineer
Current position: Director,
Publications and Training Solutions
What piece of advice do you have for
new employees? Come to work every
day ready to accept new challenges
and give your best effort.
Trevor J. Cowles
Lisa M. Dietze
Ulrika Edback
Andrew R.
Hollingworth
Weston J. Lahr
Loren M. Lang
Darcy D. Magee
Debra A. Maness
Ryan D. Miller
Michael A.
Montemayor
Dale A. Perry II
John R. Seber
Grant R. Sorenson
Eugene Ta
Xiao-fei Tang
Mikael Touffet
January
Mark R. Abrams
John F. Acree III
Orin A. Anderson
Thomas W. Billig
Barrie Birch
Joshua P. Breitbach
Valerie Bru
Elizabeth Daly
Anthony B. Dekenah
Patrick H. Frost
Clare E. Gridley
Matthew L.
Hamand
Lynnette K. Heiter
James M. Hinkle
Martin R. Hoare
John M. Kahle
Mollie J. Lorenz
Douglas L.
McKechnie
Elizabeth A. Mintz
Richard Moles
Jennifer A. Myren
Akio Nagato
Rebecca Nunez
Ann E.
O’ShaughnessyHappel
Jamie T. Petersen
Mark J. Pope
Kim D. Powers
Darin L. Quist
Iona K. Selby
Larry J. Shephard
Scott M. Slivko
Amy M. Soukup
LaToya T.
Southerland
Rachel D. Sparks
Dianne J. Tarantino
Brian B. Ton
Kristy M. Ziegler
FEBRUARY
Fidel Arredondo
Castro
Steven J. Beck
Matthew R. Brown
Alberto Ubaldo
Canedo Burgueno
Richard E. Cook, Jr.
Carlos Enrique
Cornejo
Hernandez
Joy A. Eslinger
Stephen J. Foley
Jose Antonio Garcia
Hernandez
JoEllen M. Hovind
Victoria E. Hunt
Dominic G. Kelly
Teresa A. Ladera
Christopher R.
Lensing
David S. Lomonaco
Anthony Q.
Mancilla
Joel C. Mason
Erica R. Morgan
Roger F. Muggleton
Corrine O. O’Leary
Vincent Patanchon
Mildred L. Pierce
Maria-Luisa
Quiroga
Vania Elizabeth
Salazar Avila
Mark E. Schotts
Tami K. Soden
Megan M. Tharp
Amy M. Thomas
Giles A. Beer
William H.
Belcher, Jr.
Celeste A. Blythe
John K. Botsford
Kathryn M.
Brendecke
Joshua M. Brinkley
Bryan L. Brown
Michele M. Busse
Teresa K. Butt
Edward C. Casey
Thiam Watt Cheng
Abla Chevalier
Corinne Clabaut
Molly L. Clark
Inna S. Clasen
John L. Coleman
LiQiang Cong
Timothy R. Connell
Lincoln H. Cornell
Richard C. Dahmke
Orion D. Davies
Gaylon M. Decious
Michael T.
Diekmann
Joseph E. Dudek
Steven R. Dugan
Nathan M. Dunson
Troy W. Edwards
Dante G. Estevez
Lynn E. Evans
Kevin K. Finck
Joy D. Fitzgerald
Douglas K. Forret
Heather J. Franks
5 Years
October
Casey D.
Abernathey
Fuad R. Aldawodi
Rosaura E. Amaro
Ajay Anand
Scott R. Bader
Richard E. Balvanz
Nickerson Delos
Reyes Bautista
Wendy S. Bauwens
Stephen J. Bedford
Deborah A. Patterson
Richardson, Texas
Original position: Circuit Board Line
Current position: Senior Electrical
Mechanical Inspector
your current position? Without
the employees in receiving, no job
could be accomplished. We help
make sure the parts come in
correctly to make the manufacturing
part of the build easier.
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Daniel L. Hoover
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Original position: Clerk Typist
Current position: Manager, Service
Solution Contracts
current position? I’ve got to be the
luckiest person at Rockwell Collins.
I am part of a world class contracting
team where I serve four fantastic
contracting professionals. My
director is an absolutely super
person, outstanding leader and
mentor, and I work with a peer I can
trust as a friend and confidant.
Ryan Fulton
Kent J. Fuqua
Lisa M. Ganster
Kimberly E.
Garrahan
Karen M. Gaule
Rachel A.
Goldsberry
Jesus Gonzalez, Jr.
Ourihya Guerdane
Ryan J. Guttridge
Scott A. Hanson
Mark R. Hasara
Clarence M.
Heckman
Jennifer A. Henry
Kirk R. Herman
Andrew D. Hinds
Harald H.
Holderness
Adam P. Houser
Rena F. Hunt
Donald J. Iehl
Renjith Jagadeesan
Magnus Johansson
Charleen M. Jones
Michael E. Kessler
Husnain S. Khan
Kristin J. Kiesey
Trina H. Kinser
Michael C.
Kochmann
Rachel R. Kuhn
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Tristan J. Lawson
Alex Legg
Yan Lian
Kay Chor Lim
Troy L. Mack
Malcolm J.
Manning, Jr.
Bryan J. McGonigal
Brooks D. McLaren
Daniele Mechain
Joseph Miller
Shivani Mishra
Robert C. Mitchell
Kelli M. Morris
Michael L. Muldong
Anna M. Ng
Robert H. Nutting
Kyle T. O’Connor
Mark P. Orsborn
Tracy Penn
Christopher A.
Pieper
Rodney D. Pierce
Mellisa S. Powers
William M. Puhl
Ephraim Reitzfeld
David K.
Rentmeister
Jason R. Rigby
Anthony J. Rios
Quinn I. Roehl
Ronald Rogers
Robert D. Scott
Balaji Shanmugam
Jaime L. Shaw
Perminder S. Sidhu
Cody J. Silver
Keevan W.
Simmonds
Hayley Spargo
Roger C. Stano
Timothy L.
Stansbury
Christine I. Stout
James M. Testa
Scott B. Thompson
Tracy J. Thomson
Jeffery C. Tomlinson
Eric S. Tow
Travis B. Weland
Patrick R. Wilcox
Ashley M. Williams
James D. Wuensch
November
Felicia A. Allen
Brandon H. Alvey
Michael J. Armatys
James C. Baker
Uriel Barillas
Debora J. Betzer
Elias Bitar
Levi S. Boscardin
Heath A. Bradley
Sjonna L. Brunt
Frederic ChatelainGorjux
Li Chen
Todd A. Clay
Curtis J. Crano
Thomas J. Deasy
Timothy M.
DelCampo
Jessica K. DeSotel
Marcus C. Dismuke
Paul R. Dombrowski
Muaaz F. Elhag
Wayne Francis
Kimberly M. Frank
Jodelle C. Franklin
Julien Gagnayre
Andrew C.
Gustafson
Amber B. Hanlon
Dwaine J. Heppler
Antonio
Hernandez, Jr.
Sonya M. Hill
William A. Hiner
Tony B. Holmes
Bonnie B. Holtkamp
Trevor B. Horton
Kenneth P. Hosby
Sharon Hudock
Alfredo L. Ituarte
Bengt-Ove
Johansson
Matthew L. Karlen
Richard L. Kaufman
Michael J. Koehnke
Aaron J. Lamaak
Adam H. Langfitt
Jeffrey A. Leitch
John D. Martin
Nancy J. McCoy
James P. McKeone
Sonal H. Mehta
Tonatiuh Mendoza
Jean Hubert
Meunier Dolfus
Brooke A. Nelson
Karla J. Novak
Kristyan Osborne
Neha Patel
Megan J. Plecker
Marina D. Porter
Laura C. Postel
Bandi B. Reddy
Tamara J. Reicks
Daniel E. Richards
Mathew P.
Ripperger
Gregory V. Robinson
Andrew V. Robinson
Curtis J. Romey
Katie E. Schaefer
James B. Shaw, Jr.
Kendrick L. Shipman
Travis T. Shultz
Paul L. Simon
Clare Elizabeth
Stafford
Ruthie M. Stewart
Marc J. Tattar
Michael D. Tienvieri
Simon Tocock
Ivra L. Turner
Robert G. Utterback
Smitha G. Varghese
Quynh H. Vo
Benjamin F.
Washington, Jr.
Rebecca S. Weiss
Michael S. Welch
Zhibin Weng
Kelley P. Wesley
Nathan A. Wiegman
Eyal Wilamowski
Jeffrey L. Willis
Christina Xavier
FangQiang Yin
Simon P. Young
Maria P. Young
December
Douglas S. Abraham
Amanda L. Benesh
Garrett A. Blust
Doris E. Cabassa
Rachida Capderou
Jeffery S. Carman
Shankar Chetry
Joshua E. Ciha
Joseph D. Cleary
Jason T. DeSotel
Hsin-Chi Esneu
Suku Kuriakose
Jacob L. Lappe
Christopher M.
Mains
Douglas M.
McCormick
Dennis E. McPhillips
Jacqueline N.
Michaca
Joshua S. Miller
Loc T. Ngo
Paula D. Parker
Aubrey E. Patocka
Joshua M. Patocka
Bob Raeside
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1978
Original position: Mechanical
Design Drafter
Current position:
Director, Communication Services
in Enterprise Communications
employees? Smile. Work hard and do a
good job, and not just when people are
watching you. Continually build strong
working relationships. And whatever
you do, never criticize or complain.
Eliana Faile
Fabienne Fourcade
Anthony E. Fransioli
Danielle L. Glessner
Alyssa A. Hahn
Lisa C. Hamm
James W. Hauser
Mark W. Hefron
Catherine L. Honour
Christian M. Horak
Scott A. Houck
Asif Iqbal
Navin R. Itwaru
Charlotte Kaby
Kara A. Kennicker
George C.
Koenigsaecker
Jill M. Perez-Vernon
Jen L. Poppe
Jesus M. Rey
Christopher D. Rice
Tod K. Richardson
David L. Ryall
John D. Samuelson
Yvette C. Scamardo
Jennifer L. Serra
Amy L. Stuessel
Felegeselam F. Tesfa
Dan V. Tran
Michael Vu
Ronald M. Watts
David L. Westergren
January
William M. Adam
Paula J. Adams
Jason L. Adrian
Zafar S. Ahmad
Justin M. Alger
Luis A. Algutria
Maged M. Almawri
Eric D. Ames
Joshua N. Ballew
Gerald J. Baron
William M. Bentley
Carl A. Binhammer
Nicholas A. Bjork
Dustin L. Bolin
Kristine K. Brown
Eric M. Bryant
Jeffrey L. Calloway
Thomas L.
Carpenter
Karen R. Chapman
Paul J. Chinski
Brian E. Christensen
Kristopher L. Cory
Bartel Danjul
Steven P. Dodd
Daniel R. Dostal
Sean P. Duffy
Nithya Duraiswamy
Robert T. Elworth
Christeen J. Faille
James D. Fitzgibbon
Paul W. Forbes
Dominic P. Foti, Jr.
Larry J. Fruit
Shane M. Garrick
Christopher L.
George
Joshua W. Gerdes
Kevin N. Gillson
Evan R. Glendinning
Trent G. Goldsack
Andres F. Gomez
David Gondy
Meana Hackman
Stephen Hallett
Robert M. Harner
Marc D. Hiler
Amanda R. Hill
Michael J.
Holmstedt
Justin D. Holtgard
Jason D. Hoyt
David J. Huff
Samantha Hursey
Queanh N. Huynh
Evan J. Hyatt
Md M. Islam
Andrew K. Jeffrey
Joseph C. Jordan
Andre P. Kahler
Naga Suman
Kanagala
Solamite S. Kapaldo
Hakim G. Kenyi
William J. Klema
Adam K. Krist
Darlene M. Krsek
Srinivas
Kuchibhotla
Kalyana Kumar
Michelle R. Lager
Christopher J.
Lampe
Miranda R. Lankford
Samuel W. Lee
Thomas J. Lehmkuhl
Teresa L. Lemley
Maxime Lepage
Steven L. Lesso
Crystal L. Long
Stephanie C.
Lowder
Rosalba V. Luna
Ryley J. Lyons
Mohammed Y.
Mahdi
Jesse C. Maire
Vikram Malhotra
Joseph S. Manire
Ian McIntosh
Andrew F. McNabb
Adam K. Miller
Laurie E. Moeller
Roman D. Moore
Jeremy K. Moore
Joshua J. Moore
Zachary A. Moore
Jessica L. Moraniec
Kevin A. Morris
Ronald L.
Munsterman
Joe L. Myers
Tuan V. Nguyen
Judy S. Ogawa
Vadim Olen
Ronald Palermo
John P. Perich
Nathan R.
Petersburg
Daniel Ramirez, Jr.
Alvin R. Rasing
Fabian Reyes
Jeffery J. Rodenburg
Michael A. Ruess
Glenn P. Ruiz
Brett D. Schauer
Paul W. Schneeman
Stephen J. Schreiber
Neel S. Shah
Forrest K. Smith
Peter Sollner
Mary P. Sorgenfrey
Raymond D.
Sukalski
Dinh N. Tran
Christopher A.
Van Buer
Mary M. Van
Ersvelde
Verl W. Day
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Original position: Test
Equipment Engineer
Current position: Principal
Program Manager
current position? I enjoy working
with the customers and the Rockwell
Collins teams to fulfill a need or
provide a solution.
Kara L. Volz
Danielle L.
Watkinson
Peter R. Weidow
Scott E. Welsh
Daniel T. Williams
Ryan C. Wolfe
Lynn M. Woods
FEBRUARY
Sebastien Ayrolles
Shawn A. Baker
Thomas G. Barber
Jonathan Z.
Bauwens
Peter D. Beauchamp
Craig D. Beecher
Hugh D. Buchanan
Timothy J. Burke
Juan M. Cangahuala
Jean Caujolle
Christopher M.
Cheney
Ta-Hsiang Chiu
Erin L. Clemen
Gordon W. Cox
Gary L. Cox
Valentine Cucu
Robert A. Dagdagan
Jeffrey J. Daugherty
Vincent Delacotte
Janeth Demara
Clark J. Denney
Jennifer L. Duffy
Phuong T. Duong
Vanessa Eaton
Eldon L. Ely
Sean W. Eubanks
Marc Ferrier
David E. Garbe
Kimberly A. Gourley
Denis Grishin
Jon B. Hagarman
Stephane Hallyg
Amie L. Haumesser
Ashley J. Kempton
Bianca W. King
Sabrina A.
Klostermann
Peah Yen Lee
Phillip H. Legate
Alok R. Madasani
Sam Markham
Becki L. Merkel
Tiffany A. Miller
Ted K. Nakayoshi
Juan A. Ocasio
Alexander M.
Oransky
Timothy S.
Pasewark
Shane W. Paustian
Brian G. Portzline
Richard Sadil
Andrew D.
Schroeder
Tequila A. Scott
Choon Leong Seah
Chad M. Sites
Eric E. Smith
Tammy Y. Snipes
David L. Souders
Nicole L. Stanford
Sheila J. Stites
Katherine M. Stolley
Pheap Thang
Brian J. Thoma
Jeffrey M. Valenta
Shravan Kumar
Vatambeti
Ricardo A. Villarreal
Jason A. Wilks
Nathaniel P.
Wyckoff
31
Retirees
In memoriam
Rockwell Collins offers congratulations and best wishes to the following employees, who have recently announced their retirements.
Rockwell Collins offers condolences to the families and friends of the following employees and retirees, whose deaths were
recently reported.
Morris H. Anderson
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Duane R. Cooley
Marion, Iowa
Thomas E. Hodel
Sherwood, Ore.
Terry J. Anthony
Derby, Kan.
David J. Duncalf
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Dennis L. Hoffman
Coupeville, Wash.
James M. Arrington
Melbourne, Fla.
Bruce E. Eickhoff
Springfield, Va.
Steven K. Horton
Garland, Texas
Steven R. Ball
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Alan D. Eilers
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sheryl D. Houser
North Liberty, Iowa
Joan M. Barth
West Melbourne,
Fla.
Benjamin A. Ekwall
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Jeffrey L. Hudson
Grand Prairie, Texas
William P.
Engelhardt
Sharpsburg, Ga.
Diane M. Hudson
Marion, Iowa
Carol A. Barton
West Melbourne,
Fla.
Peggy A. Bearbower
Vinton, Iowa
Pamella S. Blinn
Harbor City, Calif.
Nathan J. Borrett
Marion, Iowa
Katherine S. Brown
Garland, Texas
William R.
Carmichael
Stamford, Conn.
Debbie J. Carraway
Gray Court, S.C.
Christine L. Carson
Palo, Iowa
Penny L. Carter
Marion, Iowa
Linda L. Caslavka
Plano, Texas
Steven H. Conston
San Jose, Calif.
Carol L. Franchi
Los Gatos, Calif.
Maryann B. Frazer
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Carl R. Galloway
Hurst, Texas
Mary M. Johnson
Marion, Iowa
Rodney L. Kiser
Plano, Texas
Larry D. Knapper
Robins, Iowa
Lynda N. Gentry
Van Alstyne, Texas
Holly J. La Trobe
Huntington Beach,
Calif.
Raul H. Gonzalez
Cumming, Ga.
Marie A. Lanning
Marion, Iowa
Enrique Gonzalez
Palm Desert, Calif.
Marie C. Lanphere
Swisher, Iowa
Michael D. Groat
San Jose, Calif.
Alan G. Leong
San Jose, Calif.
Richard E. Groth, Jr.
Marion, Iowa
Rosavilla N. Leos
Portland, Ore.
Robert T. Hall
Iowa City, Iowa
John P. Li
Los Altos, Calif.
Dale L. Harris, Jr.
Edwardsville, Ill.
Brenda S. Linder
Sigourney, Iowa
Theodore Hicks
Forney, Texas
Judith A. Luke
Marion, Iowa
Donna R.
MacDonald
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ronnie E. Manthe
Central City, Iowa
Roy Mattai
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Charles W.
McDermed, Jr.
Lake Oswego, Ore.
Margaret E.
McDonald
Palm Bay, Fla.
Mary E. McGuire
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Marjorie F. McGuire
Fort Myers, Fla.
April M. Meader
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Joan A. Meyer
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Karen J. Miller
Beaverton, Ore.
Terry L. Moffitt
Huntington Beach,
Calif.
Robert S. Moore
Carson, Calif.
Timothy D. Moores
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Donna R. O’Brien
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Larry D. Olson
Grand Rapids, Minn.
Sherry G. Payne
Garland, Texas
Thomas R. Penn
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sharon K. Siebels
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Richard D. Peterson
Center Point, Iowa
Charles F. Smiley
Marion, Iowa
Barbara A. Pitlik
Mount Vernon,
Iowa
Billie E. Smith
Gilbert, Ariz.
David D. Pohl
Center Point, Iowa
Joe E. Spoden
Robins, Iowa
Jeanne O. Pratt
Malabar, Fla.
Astrid J. Taen
Rancho Santa
Margarita, Calif.
Janice E. Randall
Fairbank, Iowa
James M. Tanury
Toddville, Iowa
James E. Ringwald
Hiawatha, Iowa
Michael P. Taylor
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Lawrence A.
Robison
Hiawatha, Iowa
Connie W. Taylor
Commerce, Texas
Maria T. Rodriguez
Melbourne, Fla.
Gary Rosenberg
Portland, Ore.
Melinda G. Ruble
Solon, Iowa
Maureen D. Ryan
Marion, Iowa
Vickie L.
Schoettmer
Newhall, Iowa
Michael L. Schwab
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Larry R. Scott
Marion, Iowa
Dennis J. Scully
Mission Viejo, Calif.
Jose J. Tostado
Corona, Calif.
Dorothy T. Usher
Fort Worth, Texas
Michael S. Vasquez
Canyon Lake, Calif.
Ursula G. Virgin
Palm Bay, Fla.
Lonnie R. Voeller
Burien, Wash.
Renate A. Yent
West Melbourne,
Fla.
Norman W. Anderson*
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sept. 28, 2012
Lewis A. Cosentino*
Elmhurst, Ill.
Oct. 17, 2012
Donald R. Heck*
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Dec. 11, 2012
Marlan B. Modrow*
Outing, Minn.
Dec. 2, 2012
Mary L. Shepherd*
Marshall, Mich.
Aug. 16, 2012
Jay W. Atherton*
Murdock, Kan.
Aug. 31, 2012
Kathryn F. Daily*
Belle Plaine, Iowa
Nov. 2, 2012
Sandra K. Henry*
Lansing, Mich.
Sept. 19, 2012
Richard O. Morgan*
Newark, Ohio
Dec. 28, 2012
Curtis L. Siler*
Modesto, Calif.
Dec. 18, 2012
Jeanne B. Besendorfer*
Salt Lake City, Utah
June 8, 2012
Noreen A. Damery*
North Billerica, Mass.
July 12, 2012
Roy I. Ishida*
Rowland Heights, Calif.
Nov. 20, 2012
Patricha Ovelgonne*
Ellensburg, Wash.
Sept. 16, 2012
Curtis H. Spradling*
Bean Station, Tenn.
Dec. 2, 2012
Donald S. Betts*
Freeport, Ohio
Aug. 10, 2012
James H. Doyle*
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Oct. 22, 2012
Kenneth L. Jesion*
Oshkosh, Wis.
Oct. 15, 2012
William J. Paffenroth*
Oshkosh, Wis.
Aug. 25, 2012
Richard E. Stalter*
Lancaster, Ohio
Oct. 21, 2012
Timothy M. Binda
Palm Bay, Fla.
Nov. 18, 2012
N.P. Durette*
Merritt Island, Fla.
Oct. 29, 2012
Sharla M. Landers
Lisbon, Iowa
Nov. 25, 2012
Teresa Pham*
Garden Grove, Calif.
Aug. 20, 2012
Gary A. Swanstrom
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Nov. 16, 2012
Willard W. Boner*
Orwigsburg, Pa.
Dec. 10, 2012
Tina M. Ellis
Watkins, Iowa
Nov. 12, 2012
James H. Loughman*
Glenford, Ohio
Aug. 23, 2012
Irwin L. Priest*
Thornville, Ohio
Sept. 12, 2012
Robert J. Thon*
Center Point, Iowa
Oct. 17, 2012
Martha J. Branchaud*
Palm Bay, Fla.
Oct. 22, 2012
Carl L. Garno, Sr.*
Newark, Ohio
Nov. 6, 2012
Sandra J. Matthew*
Hiawatha, Iowa
Oct. 23, 2012
Genrikh Rashevsky*
Beaverton, Ore.
Aug. 22, 2012
Thomas A. Tietze*
Macomb, Mich.
Sept. 4, 2012
Margaret A. Burns*
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Nov. 13, 2012
Glenn E. Gibbs*
Roseville, Calif.
Oct. 15, 2012
George N. Meldrum*
Hollister, Mo.
Dec. 4, 2012
Michael W. Redman*
Snellville, Ga.
Oct. 15, 2012
Joyce A. Vaden*
Gordonsville, Tenn.
Dec. 30, 2012
Ray L. Carman*
Urbana, Iowa
July 10, 2012
Myrtis Hartry*
Detroit, Mich.
Oct. 3, 2012
Thomas Merritt*
Moberly, Mo.
Dec. 1, 2012
Alvin G. Salinas*
Union City, Calif.
Aug. 16, 2012
Sami R. Wahab
Melbourne, Fla.
Nov. 22, 2012
John J. Christin*
Palm City, Fla.
Oct. 6, 2012
Calvin E. Hayes*
Santa Ana, Calif.
Aug. 22, 2012
Roger D. Miller*
Dunkirk, Ohio
Sept. 19, 2012
Ernest A. Sallee, Jr.*
Hot Springs Village, Ariz.
Sept. 4, 2012
James J. Zagacki*
Bellaire, Mich.
Sept. 2, 2012
Joseph P. Cook*
Anamosa, Iowa
Aug. 20, 2012
Charles D. Young
Tucson, Ariz.
Madonna M.
Zimmerman
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
*Retiree
32 HORIZONS b 2013
33
The right
information.
Right now.
Your mission’s success depends on getting the information you need, when and how
Avionics systems
you need it. Rockwell Collins provides smart new ways to deliver that information
Cabin systems
faster, easier and more reliably. Like intuitive, context-sensitive avionics for enhanced
awareness. Head-up displays with synthetic vision for eyes-forward flying from
Flight information solutions
takeoff to landing. And integrated flight and cabin information systems that keep you
Simulation and training
up-to-date and connected. All focused on providing you the right information at the
Life-cycle service and support
right time.
rockwellcollins.com/rightinfo
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