Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX, is a major supplier of aerospace and defense products, including solutions for the space industry. They design, manufacture, and service systems and components for crewed missions, space sensors, and optical expertise. Notably, Collins Aerospace is involved in the development of next-generation spacesuits for NASA's Artemis program and the International Space Station, partnering with organizations like ILC Dover and Oceaneering. Their spacesuits have been worn during numerous spaceflights, moon landings, and spacewalks.
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Collins Aerospace completed a pressure garment system fit and functionality test in a microgravity-like environment as part of developing a next-generation spacesuit for NASA.
Collins Aerospace is developing a suit intended to replace the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits currently used on the International Space Station under a task order Collins won in December 2022.
Collins Aerospace planned two days of flights to complete about 20 test objectives but completed all test objectives in one day.
Collins Aerospace won an Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) contract from NASA in 2022.
In 2018 Phil Jasper was named president of Collins Aerospace’s Mission Systems strategic business unit.
Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace won Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services contracts from NASA in 2022 to develop spacesuits for use on the International Space Station and Artemis missions.
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, was awarded a $36,000,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a platform-agnostic, Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (BLOS) SATCOM pod.
Under G. Allen Flynt's leadership, Collins Aerospace nearly doubled the segment's revenue from $250 million to $500 million.
G. Allen Flynt previously led the Civil Space and Sea Systems business at Collins Aerospace for a decade.
At Collins Aerospace, G. Allen Flynt managed a human spaceflight mission portfolio, including systems for the International Space Station, NASA's Orion spacecraft, and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business is expected to generate sales of approximately $1,500,000,000 in 2024E.
Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business has approximately 3,700 employees across eight facilities in Europe (France, the United Kingdom, and Italy) and in Asia.
Collins Aerospace’s actuation and flight control business is expected to generate an EBITDA of $130,000,000 in 2024E.
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has been awarded a task order under NASA's Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) contract to modify its current spacesuit to support lunar endeavors.
Collins Aerospace plans to advance the xEVAS program with events including a Critical Design Review and testing such as a thermal vacuum test and underwater tests at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab.
NASA issued task orders on 2023-07-10 valued at $5,000,000 each to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to begin design work on alternative versions of their spacesuits.
NASA previously awarded Collins Aerospace a task order in December 2022 to develop an ISS spacesuit valued at $97,200,000.
NASA awarded contracts in June 2022 through its Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services program to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to support development of new Artemis and ISS spacesuits.
Collins Aerospace will work with air navigation service providers, airlines, aircraft OEMs, system providers, and academia across the air traffic management value chain to create innovations in connectivity, U-space, trajectory-based operations, airport solutions, autonomy, and data services.
Collins Aerospace will support the SESAR 3 JU projects from sites across France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom.