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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Silicon Sensing is a joint venture between Collins Aerospace and Sumitomo Precision Products.
The HummingSat program’s German supply chain already includes ASP, AST, DLR, Tesat, Thales Germany, Jena Optronik, and Rockwell Collins Germany.
NASA awarded both Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace $5 million cross-over task orders in July 2023 so each could begin developing both suit types in parallel.
NASA sole-sourced a $97 million xEVAS task order to Collins Aerospace in December 2022 to develop a microgravity spacesuit for the International Space Station.
Four NASA program managers sent Collins Aerospace senior management a March 2023 letter citing pervasive management and performance issues.
Collins Aerospace completed its Preliminary Design Review for its microgravity spacesuit in June 2024, one year late.
NASA and Collins Aerospace mutually agreed in June 2024 to remove Collins’ task orders from the xEVAS contract.
NASA had paid Collins Aerospace $37 million across four milestones by the time it exited the xEVAS contract.
NASA rated Collins Aerospace’s past performance as Excellent during source selection despite documented management failures on its ISS spacesuit maintenance contract.
In May 2022, NASA awarded xEVAS contracts to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace.
NASA approved partial milestone payments to Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace in December 2023 despite firm-fixed-price contract terms requiring full milestone completion before payment.
NASA now relies on Axiom Space as the sole active xEVAS provider after Collins Aerospace was removed from the contract.
Axiom Space became the sole active xEVAS provider after Collins Aerospace departed.
NASA received only two bids for xEVAS, from Collins Aerospace and Axiom Space.
NASA awarded Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace spacesuit contracts in 2022.
Collins Aerospace withdrew from NASA's spacesuit effort after two years, leaving Axiom Space as the only vendor.
Rear Admiral Matthew Buckley commanded HMAS Collins and the Submarine Force.
Rear Admiral Matthew Buckley has served in Oberon and Collins class submarines.
Moog Inc. has worked as a sub-tier supplier to Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace, and United Launch Alliance for Artemis programs.
Catherine Heffernan Collins is an Independent Contractor at Rogue Space Systems.