Rockwell Collins To Provide Autoland System for Boeing Next-Generation 737.CEDAR RAPIDS Cedar Rapids, city (1990 pop. 108,751), seat of Linn co., E central Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. as a city 1856. The second largest city in Iowa, it is named for the surging rapids in the river. , Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Group has selected Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems, solutions, and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers. , a business of Rockwell (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ROK), to supply a new digital flight control system with Category IIIb autoland capability for the Boeing Next-Generation 737 airplane. The Rockwell Collins digital flight control system also features an integrated autothrottle function and new mode control panel that provide growth for new features and increase the overall system reliability. Rockwell Collins provided the first digital flight control system for Boeing onboard Refers to a chip or other hardware component that is directly attached to the printed circuit board (motherboard). Contrast with offboard. See inboard. the 757 and 767 family of airplanes. Today, Rockwell Collins also supplies digital flight control systems for the Boeing 747-400 and 777 family of airplanes. Using the digital flight control systems on Boeing airplanes, pilots can engage the system shortly after takeoff and automatically fly the airplanes on pre-selected routes, headings, speed or altitude maneuvers. At airports equipped for Category IIIb landings, the system can safely fly the airplane through the landing approach to touchdown and rollout during very poor visibility conditions. Deliveries of the digital flight control system to Boeing for the Next-Generation 737 airplane will begin in mid-year 2002. The system will be certified with Category IIIb capability in October 2002, with introduction on Boeing Next-Generation 737 airplanes beginning in January 2003. Rockwell Collins, with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, designs, produces, markets and supports communication and aviation electronics for commercial, military and government customers. The business employs approximately 14,000 people worldwide. Rockwell is a $7 billion electronic controls and communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with global leadership positions in industrial automation, avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. and communications, and electronic commerce. The company employs approximately 40,000 people at more than 450 locations serving customers in more than 80 countries. |
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