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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.
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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.
Rockwell Collins has a strong reputation for innovation.
Key to that success has been our unwavering commitment
to investing in the products and technologies that meet
our customers’ needs. In both good years and bad, we
have consistently dedicated 18-20 percent of our revenue to
research and development. This fiscal year, we plan to raise
that figure to 22 percent of sales, or about $1 billion, even as
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
commercial pilots. To ensure our company is solving the
right problems and providing the right features, our
engineers have worked closely with Army helicopter pilots
to better understand real-life challenges in poor visibility
and at low altitudes.
This process of clearly defining and articulating
technical and operational issues is an important part of
research and development. Too often, companies try to
solve a challenge before really understanding the problem.
This can lead to wasted resources, missed opportunities and
products that aren’t aligned with customer needs. And in an
environment where every dollar must deliver value, we must
avoid that waste.
As Rockwell Collins expands globally and develops
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.
Clay Jones
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
staying at the forefront of innovation
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Publisher: David Yeoman
Editorial director: Cindy Dietz
Managing editor: Cindy Adkins
Editor: Crystal Hardinger
Creative direction: Rick Kaufman
Copy editors:Ruth Anne Denker Karen steggall
Staff writers:Jill Wojciechowski Annette BusbeeKelly scott
Photography: Airbus s.A.s., pages 4,7
Annette Busbee, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, page 3
Klaus Hecke, mannheim, Germany, page 19
Jim Hinnant, u.s. Department of Defense, cover
laurel Hungerford, Costa mesa, Calif., pages 15, 19, 23
David Jackson, Wilsonville, ore., page 19
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:WDG Communications Inc.
How to contact us:Email: [email protected] Collinsms 124-302400 Collins Road NeCedar Rapids, IA 52498-0001Phone: +1.319.295.1000Fax: +1.319.295.9374
How to contact the Ombudsman:Phone: +1.866.224.8137 or +1.319.295.7714Email: [email protected]
All trademarks and registered trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
©2013 Rockwell CollinsAll rights reserved.
The following articles may contain forward- looking statements including statements about the company’s business prospects. Actual results may differ materially from those projected, as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in our earnings press releases and Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
I N T H I S I s s u e
On the back coverThis 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.
On the coverA 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.
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Maximizing space 2using lean principles, employees in oregon were able to expand production without expanding the manufacturing floor.
Solving the integration challenge 4Rockwell Collins has a greater, more integrated development role on the Airbus A350 XWB than on previous Airbus aircraft.
C O V E R s To R Y
Uncharted territory 8experimental test flights show our latest synthetic vision technology helps military helicopter pilots navigate at low altitudes.
Small details, big difference 12Why Rockwell Collins’ synthetic vision technology can help military helicopter pilots.
Streaming with Skybox 14With the Rockwell Collins skybox™, business jet passengers can now enjoy digitally-protected Apple® content.
Innovation in engineering 16Rockwell Collins’ annual engineer of the Year Program celebrates the accomplishments of our company’s top engineers.
Creating the ultimate supplier relationship 20Rockwell Collins wants to work with trusted suppliers that share our passion to win.
Staying on top 22Why the Rockwell Collins Airshow® moving map continues to be a passenger favorite.
Six rules for building better business relationships worldwide 24Ye “Grace” Du from China gives advice on how to build better relationships with customers, partners and colleagues globally.
Service anniversaries 25
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A magazine for the employees and friends of Rockwell Collins
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maximizing spaceWith efficient planning and proven Lean principles, employees in Oregon were able to expand production without expanding the manufacturing floor.
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.
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
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.
L E A N E L E C T R O N I C S
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.
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.
Craig Olson
Manufacturing Floor Before Manufacturing Floor After
T H e N E W S
Rockwell Collins recently donated and delivered its
North American Sabreliner 50 flight-test aircraft to
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.
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
is required on most commercial and business aircraft today for alerting pilots of potential collisions with other aircraft. Also,
enhanced vision systems were developed for aiding flight crews in low-visibility conditions near the ground.
Rockwell Collins donates flight-test aircraft to museum
Experience head-up and eyes-forward flying with the HGS Flight app
More than 40,000 people have down-
loaded 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 first-
hand 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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Inspiring engineers and innovators of tomorrowIn 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.
Rockwell Collins’ 1964 Sabreliner, now at the Evergreen Aviation
& Space Museum, logged more than 5,000 landings,
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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It’s a typical day in one of many validation labs at Airbus
headquarters in Toulouse, France. All 16 avionics rigs in
this particular lab are in use as engineers carefully test
applications for the new Airbus A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-
Body) aircraft family.
You can tell François Delbary, a senior systems engineer
for Rockwell Collins in Toulouse, is familiar with the people
and the electronics in the room. His team is currently
working side by side with Airbus employees to test the
final levels of application integration for the Fly Smart
Information Management Onboard (IMO) solution, a
system that monitors and provides detailed information
about all of the systems on the aircraft.
For the last four years, most of the Fly Smart IMO
integration work has taken place at Rockwell Collins facilities
with close collaboration with Airbus. And now, with the first
flight of the A350 XWB just months away, final integration
is taking place at Airbus.
According to Delbary, there’s always at least one
Rockwell Collins employee present in the lab, and often
there are multiple team members present to support Airbus
employees during test simulations as part of the technical
integration process.
“The technical integration we are doing for this
IMO platform used to be done by Airbus,” he said.
“Now, Airbus is relying on us to lead the integration
of this complex solution.”
A short walk from Airbus headquarters, in one
of several A350 XWB labs at our company’s facility in
Toulouse, Stéphane Sevestre, also a senior systems
engineer for Rockwell Collins, is focusing on integration
for the Communication Global Work Package. While his
team has already provided the fully integrated system to
Airbus for first flight, employees are now working to meet
a June deadline for additional equipment verification.
solving the integration challengeThe 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.
© Airbus S.A.S.
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This fully integrated package enables all communications
systems for the aircraft using next-generation VHF/HF and
satellite communications. For the first time, Rockwell Collins
is a Tier 1 supplier
to Airbus, and
so the system
integration work
on this package
was completed in
identical Rockwell
Collins labs – one
in Toulouse and one
in Melbourne, Fla. –
before delivery
to Airbus.
“It’s a very
large project,”
said Sevestre,
who started on
the A350 XWB
Communication
Global Work
Package in May of 2008. “We are responsible for activities
that were previously done by Airbus, so we had to make sure
our processes align with Airbus’ requirements. We also are
managing more risk than on previous Airbus programs.”
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
time gave certain system-level responsibilities to high-tech
suppliers like Rockwell Collins.
“We have been known as the state-of-the-art
provider for
communication,
navigation and
surveillance
solutions,”
explained
Christophe Blanc,
senior director of
Airbus programs
at Rockwell Collins.
“Airbus now knows
that the breadth
of our capabilities
is much wider,
including our
integration
capabilities,
and trusts us
to deliver.”
Airbus selected Rockwell Collins to provide the
communication, information management, navigation,
data network and landing systems, along with the Trimmable
Horizontal Stabilizer Actuator, for the A350 XWB. More
recently, Airbus awarded Rockwell Collins the contract for
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 XWBCommunication Global Work PackageThe 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 OnboardThis 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.
Trimmable Horizontal Stabilizer Actuator (THSA)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.
continued on page 6 »
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.
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Collaborative relationship
A defining element of this new level of trust is an Airbus
specification called ABD-0200, which is the development
process and validation and verification processes Tier 1
suppliers follow for Airbus aircraft systems.
In the past, Rockwell Collins has always followed
ABD-0100, the Airbus specification for products. With the
Communication Global Work Package – a system that
includes VHF and HF systems, satellite communications,
avionics communications router, radio and audio
management systems, and airline operational control
software – Rockwell Collins has more system responsibility
than on previous Airbus platforms and is following
ABD-0200 for the first time.
“As a Tier 1 supplier, we are in charge of integrating
everything within the communication package,” said
Programs Manager Nancy Guzak, who is based in
Melbourne, Fla. “Airbus will then finish the system
integration effort in the aircraft environment. It’s a very
collaborative relationship between Rockwell Collins and
Airbus for the system activities.”
One reason why Rockwell Collins’ Tier 1 system
responsibility is beneficial for Airbus is the fact that the
engineering team can integrate hardware and software
earlier and fix problems sooner. With previous platforms,
if Airbus employees found a problem in their lab during
integration, they would diagnose it down to the equipment
level and then relay that information to our company.
With the A350 XWB Communication Global Work Package,
any system integration issues are not only identified by
Rockwell Collins, but also fixed before delivery to Airbus.
“You can imagine that issues identified later in the
development program are more costly to fix,” said Guzak.
“Since Rockwell Collins is taking the lead to diagnose and
Avionics Data NetworkRockwell 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 Avionics-based applications.
Landing Systems 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
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.
Rockwell Collins solutions on the A350 XWB
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.
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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.
“Airbus respects the innovation and creativity of
Rockwell Collins because it provides them better value,”
said Guzak.
Many players, shared outcomes
To achieve integration success, a working partnership
built on trust is absolutely essential, according to Mark
Fejfar, principal systems engineer at Rockwell Collins and
technical project manager for Fly Smart applications on
the A350 XWB.
Specifically, with the Fly Smart IMO, Rockwell Collins
and Airbus engineers worked together on the front end of
the program to define the system hardware modules and
the operating software that hosts the applications that
control functions like circuit breakers, maintenance reports
and flight deck communications. Rockwell Collins then built
and integrated the system and delivered it to Airbus for
further levels of integration.
“The journey to get there has been just as important
as the results at the finish line,” he explained. “Everyone had
to be aligned – ensuring we’re achieving the results we need
at the right time and with the right quality.”
As Rockwell Collins developed the hardware modules
and the operating software, the software applications were
being designed and built by other suppliers. So as part of the
technical integration, Rockwell Collins hosted joint reviews
where those suppliers were invited to our company’s lab
facilities to validate the software.
“With Fly Smart IMO, this is the first time Rockwell
Collins has integrated an Airbus system with so many
different companies, and such a variety of applications,”
explained Fejfar. “It’s been really intense and multifaceted,
but the role has demonstrated our ability to productively
work through integration issues that naturally come up
during development and collaboratively sort through
them with many companies.”
Luc Signargout, a Rockwell Collins employee who was
part of the strong trans-Atlantic team that proved our
capabilities to Airbus during the A350 XWB pursuit, and
now director of program management for the Fly Smart
IMO in Toulouse, believes Rockwell Collins has entered
a new domain when it comes to system integration.
“A major reason why Airbus selected us is our
innovation, and we continue to prove that we have the
technological and system-level expertise to develop state-
of-the-art solutions at a higher level,” said Signargout.
“In many ways, Airbus is now looking to us to provide
functions instead of just boxes. That makes our work much
more collaborative and interactive during development.” b
By Crystal Hardinger
Navigation SystemsRockwell 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).
Rudder/Brake Pedal AssemblyIn 2013, Airbus chose Rockwell Collins to supply the rudder/brake pedal assembly, which is part of the pilot control system.
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.
© Airbus S.A.S.
C O V E R S TO R Y
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.
His job, after all, is to ensure nothing dangerous or
unexpected happens on test flights for the Aviation
Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), an organization
within the United States Department of Defense
that transitions critical technologies to enhance
Army Aviation.
“We like our flights to be as boring as possible, to be
quite frank,” said Nagel, who works in the rapid prototyping
division based in Fort Eustis, Va. “For every hour that we fly,
there are probably tens of hours that are put into planning
that flight.”
Extensive planning was certainly involved last May
during an early test of Rockwell Collins’ Synthetic Vision
System on a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter – however,
the flight was anything but boring.
Synthetic vision provides a computer-generated 3D
view of the outside world that improves pilots’ situational
awareness. Nagel was testing this capability while flying
from Little Rock, Ark., to El Paso, Texas. When he made
his first fuel stop in Texas, there were some rain showers
moving into the area, but nothing to cause alarm. Then, as
the crew flew south of Dallas, weather conditions began to
deteriorate. As a result, they were forced to descend lower
Uncharted territory
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.
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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
displays, but it was hard for us to see the obstacles outside
because the weather was so bad.
“Synthetic vision did exactly what it was designed to
do,” continued Scoble. “It was the first true operational test
of the Synthetic Vision System on a military helicopter.”
Helicopter pilots need more detail
Rockwell Collins’ integration of synthetic vision into
a Black Hawk helicopter is an example of our company’s
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
Pro Line Fusion® avionics system for business and
regional aircraft, is now being applied to military
helicopter cockpits.
Yet, a glance at the experimental EH-60L Black Hawk
helicopter with a Rockwell Collins Common Avionics
Architecture System (CAAS) cockpit on one half is all that
it takes to realize that the synthetic vision displays are not
the same as those found in business jet cockpits. While
the out-the-window view from high-resolution databases
remains the same, images of obstacles and terrain are far
more detailed.
“In commercial applications, you’re almost always at
an altitude over 1,000 feet. In military helicopters, however,
you’re rarely higher than 500 feet, so you have to pay a lot
more attention to ground obstacles,” said Dan Toy, principal
marketing manager in Rockwell Collins Government
Systems Airborne Marketing. “We really had to focus on
increasing the resolution of the synthetic vision imagery.”
This is particularly true for brownout landings,
where visibility disappears in rotor-blown sand and dust,
that military helicopter pilots often encounter in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
“There’s so much dust over there,” said Toy, explaining
that there have been more helicopter accidents in non-
combat situations in Iraq than in Vietnam, according to a
Joint Department of Defense rotorcraft study. “The dust
gets churned up and pilots can’t see.”
One way Rockwell Collins engineers are helping to
combat this danger is to enhance synthetic vision with
sensors that will image the ground, allowing a pilot to
“see” through the brownout.
For example, if a pilot is making a tactical approach
to an unprepared landing zone, the synthetic vision shows
nearby hazards, such as buildings, towers and power lines.
By adding radar sensor data, a pilot also can see a dynamic
object like a truck that’s moving into the landing area or
small obstacles such as irrigation ditches or rocks that
will damage the aircraft’s landing gear.
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.
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Testing synthetic vision
Last year, when Scoble, along with Rockwell Collins
employees Jenny Myren and James Sampers, began
testing our software version 1.0 with AATD, the system
was rudimentary, but it was easy to see the potential for
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.
“We started with this basic version, and every time we’d get
feedback from pilots, we’d come back with another version
with more improvements.”
Principal Software Engineer Max Taylor and Principal
Systems Engineer Scott Schultz are part of the Rockwell
Collins development team that was able to increase the
resolution of the synthetic vision images and rapidly
optimize the software based on flight test findings.
“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
on the latest version of the software with sensor-fused
synthetic vision.
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.
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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.
C O V E R S TO R Y
“It’s exciting because this hasn’t been done before for
this marketplace,” said Schultz, explaining that Rockwell
Collins’ research and development funding made it
possible for the teams to quickly prototype the technology,
demonstrate it to pilots, and incorporate feedback.
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
Landing Aid System Technology (BLAST) sensor during
flight tests.
“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
display is constantly being updated, and you can see the
latest view of what’s going on outside on the display.”
According to Sampers, also a flight test engineer,
this intuitive picture is especially useful for pilots during
subsequent helicopter landings in sandy or dusty areas.
“When the first helicopter comes in to land, the pilot
is 200 feet off the ground and will visually scan the area for
obstacles before going in. In between those two points, a lot
of dust or debris can be picked up, but at least there was that
chance to look before landing,” he said. “Pilots in subsequent
aircraft don’t get that opportunity. All the dust has already
been kicked up, and they’re not sure what the landing site
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.”
Meeting operational needs
Jesse Miller, the flight test team lead for synthetic vision
and a senior engineering manager at Rockwell Collins,
can personally relate when he hears helicopter pilots
like Nagel from AATD talk about the need to advance
situational awareness technology. He was an Army
pilot for 20 years.
From his perspective, it’s important for Rockwell
Collins to be conducting flight tests with AATD because
our company’s engineers can better understand real-life
challenges and tailor synthetic vision technology to meet
operational needs.
“We’re able to test on an aircraft that’s currently in the
Army fleet and Army pilots are familiar with,” said Miller.
“The benefits are huge for us, but also for the end user.”
One of the biggest rewards of Miller’s current role
is being able to see the evolution of the synthetic vision
technology. As the team adds capabilities, he said it’s
exciting to see the new functionality presented to pilots.
“Ultimately, we’re developing a solution designed to
save lives and increase the capabilities of pilots,” said Miller.
“We know this technology is important for the future. We
know we are investing in a solution that will be beneficial
for our customers.” bBy Crystal Hardinger
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Small details, big difference Why Rockwell Collins’ synthetic vision technology can help military helicopter pilots more safely navigate during hazardous and low-altitude missions.
Alerts pilots of nearby obstaclesIn degraded visibility conditions
due to weather or dust, the
Synthetic Vision System will
alert military helicopter pilots of
nearby hazards, such as antennas,
towers, buildings and power lines.
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Provides highly detailed images of terrainData management algorithms,
high-resolution databases and
embedded processing capabilities
of the CAAS architecture enable the
Synthetic Vision System to provide
exceptionally detailed situational
awareness in mountainous regions
and other areas with rugged terrain.
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.
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streaming with skyboxWith the Rockwell Collins Skybox™, business jet passengers can now enjoy digitally-protected Apple® content across a variety of devices while in flight.
Steve Jobs once said that a lot of times people don’t know
what they want until you show it to them.
That was the case when Ara Derderian, senior
engineering manager for our company’s Cabin Systems
business in Tustin, Calif., created an Apple®-based audio/
video server that allowed him to stream his library of
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.
“We kept asking ourselves how we could create this
personalized experience on an airplane,” said Derderian,
explaining that Skybox includes the second-generation
version of Apple TV®. “We knew our business jet customers
would want it as soon as they saw it, and we knew we
didn’t have to reinvent the wheel.”
Quick to marketUnveiled in October 2012, Skybox is the first aircraft-
certified device to share a wide range of entertainment
and business content, wirelessly and on demand across
a variety of devices. Passengers can stream digitally-
protected Apple content – movies, TV shows and music
Skybox™ is the first aircraft-
certified 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.
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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 in-
flight entertainment,” said Derderian.
“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,
director of Cabin Systems business jet
programs. “There’s so much competition
when it comes to the aircraft cabin, so our
primary goal with Skybox was to get it out
as soon as possible.”
Aircraft certifiedTechnology used on the ground isn’t
designed for use in the air. That’s why
Skybox had to be engineered to ensure
movies, TV shows and music could be
safely and reliably streamed, viewed and
shared while in flight.
“You can’t just take Apple TV and plug
it into an airplane. The Federal Aviation
Administration would have issues with that,”
said Derderian. “We had to come up with a
way to make everything airworthy. That’s
where a lot of the engineering happened.”
In addition to designing the appropriate
connections necessary for power conversion
on an aircraft, the team worked closely with
a Chicago-based design and manufacturing
company to develop Skybox’s external casing.
Various qualifications and certifications
– including flammability, radiation and
vibration testing – also had to be completed
successfully prior to marketplace introduction.
“Rockwell Collins is about building
trust, so even though we were working
quickly, there was no way we were going
to compromise the quality of this product,”
said Tiffany.
Skybox provides unique valueDassault will be the first original equipment
manufacturer to offer the Skybox capability.
It will be available on Dassault Falcon Jets
equipped with FalconCabin HD+,
which currently includes the
Falcon 7X, Falcon 900LX
and Falcon 2000LX+.
Skybox also easily
integrates with our
company’s Venue™
high definition cabin
management system,
turning every Venue
touch screen into a
Skybox controller.
“Innovation is
all about finding creative
solutions for a problem,” said Tiffany.
“In this case, we’ve taken commercial
off-the-shelf products and added value
in a unique way to make the solutions
work in our marketplace.” bBy Jill Wojciechowski
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™.
eric N. AndersonCommercial Systems
Winning a large-format display contract over the
incumbent provider required something that Eric
Anderson believes is essential for innovation.
“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
tough cost challenges in pursuit of a significant flight-display
program contract for Boeing’s 737 MAX.
“Our target was a brand new display system that fits
the 737, is as capable as the one that we just got through
putting on the 787, and has very aggressive cost targets,”
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.
Innovation in engineeringRockwell 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.
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sarah A. millerGovernment Systems
Sarah Miller credits her decade of mentoring at
Rockwell Collins with developing key skills she needed
to effectively lead system design on the Common Range
Integrated Instrumentation System (CRIIS) engineering team.
“My experiences as a mentor sharpened my ability to
encourage open communication with team members, so
that I could understand their issues as well as express my
knowledge,” she said.
Miller also is being recognized for her work with the
U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) for
military satellite communications. She provided technical
insight and leadership on waveform development for our
ARC-210 radio. With its advanced networking capabilities,
the ARC-210 will have the potential to expand into new
markets with this MUOS capability.
Her daily operating motto is: Learn something new
every day. “If you try something,” she said, “whether you
succeed or fail, any experience you gain will be beneficial.”
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Richard D. JinkinsEngineering & Technology
Taking Rockwell Collins’ commercial weather radar
technology and broadening its utility beyond traditional
weather applications was a market opportunity that
Richard Jinkins helped achieve. He developed and
prototyped systems that use weather radar technology to
provide better runway imaging and altitude estimation, and
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
product domain, where a customer has a specific need.
“That’s a very focused kind of innovation,” Jinkins said,
“versus innovation that is more broadly about what the
aviation world needs, or what would be valuable for the
company. I think you need both kinds.”
Jinkins is passionate about innovating. “When people say
that something can’t be done,” he said, “it motivates me to
prove them wrong.” b
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Ara James DerderianCommercial SystemsHe helped develop skybox™, an FAA-certified iTunes® server that integrates into the cabin management system.
Roger R. KirpesGovernment SystemsHe 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.
Jonathon C. skarpholGovernment SystemsHe 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.
Russell D. WyseEngineering & TechnologyHe led the design of radio- frequency integrated circuits that are used in three solutions: CRIIs, electrically steerable antenna satellite communications and weather radar.
Carlo TianaCommercial SystemsHis development work on Rockwell Collins’ Remote Vision system program helped our company achieve significant savings in non-recurring engineering and material costs.
Timo ReuboldInternational & Service SolutionsHis 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.
susan R. margheimOperationsshe 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.
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engineering excellenceWith thousands of Rockwell Collins engineers working
around the world, it’s a tremendous honor to be chosen
as a finalist. These 10 employees were selected from
50 semifinalists for their business impact, innovation
and leadership contributions in FY’12. Their work con-
tinues the long legacy of innovation at Rockwell Collins.
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.
Creating the ultimate supplier relationshipRockwell Collins wants to work with trusted suppliers that share our passion to win.
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When it comes to essential components in
Rockwell Collins’ products, capacitors rank
at the top. These devices, which are used
to store electrical energy, are contained in
virtually every product manufactured by
our company.
“As far as piece parts, capacitors are
one of the largest commodities by volume
we use in electronics,” said Jordan Overton,
application engineer at Rockwell Collins.
“It’s imperative that we have a reliable
supplier to consistently deliver quality
parts for our products.”
For several decades, KEMET Electronics,
a global company based in Greenville,
S.C., has provided Rockwell Collins with
various surface-mount and through-hole
capacitor technologies for use across our
product lines. Like many of our company’s
trusted suppliers, its performance as a
quality and innovative supplier hasn’t gone
unnoticed. In fact, in 2012, KEMET received
our top supplier award, the Rockwell Collins
President’s Award.
According to Overton, the ability to
work collaboratively with the capacitance
company is helping drive continuous
improvement processes.
“If there’s a capacitor failure, it’s my
job to find out if it was due to an issue on
our part, or something that occurred during
KEMET’s manufacturing process,” said
Overton. “Knowing that I can go to KEMET
and they’ll provide us with the information
to help us get to the root cause of the
failure is important to us.”
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Spotlight on qualitySharing 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 industry-
leading 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 under-
standing 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.”
Not all suppliers are equalA key tool KEMET has used to continu-
ously foster collaboration and improve
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.
For Myers, these conversations show
that KEMET is committed to helping
Rockwell Collins produce quality, cutting-
edge, 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
are equal,” he said. “Our strategic supply
partners are those that help define and drive
solutions, and share our passion to win.” b
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 industry-
leading quality levels.
By Annette Busbee
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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
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
value to passengers.”
Rockwell Collins celebrated the 30th anniversary
of Airshow at our facility in Tustin last October —
a milestone that includes being the preeminent map
globally throughout all three decades.
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
Collett. “Other in-flight entertainment vendors are selling
our map as an integrated part of their solutions because
it’s demanded by their customers.”
Same information, new delivery methodsThe first Airshow moving map – developed in the early
1980s — tapped into passengers’ desire to know the
aircraft’s location and length of time to arrival. Airshow
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
changed along with technology. Collett believes Airshow
has been successful because of our company’s ability to
keep up with evolving technology and consumer trends,
as well as our capability to customize for our customers.
staying on topWhy the Rockwell Collins Airshow® moving map continues to be a passenger favorite.
Airshow 1982 Airshow 1990
The Airshow team responded quickly to market demands
with a 3D moving map mobile app.
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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
how Airshow continues to evolve. Designed for business
jet customers, Collett noted that the interactive app for
the iPad® includes the ability to see a moving map of the
outside world from any direction the device is pointed —
as if the aircraft were transparent.
“The app also is customizable,” she added. “There’s a
sync functionality that allows the app to pull the airline’s
branded elements from the onboard Airshow system.”
Staying ahead of the competitionWhen 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,
according to Rick Moore, director of Flight Information
Solutions Architecture and Content.
“Today, our map is basically a self-contained
experience on the aircraft,” he said. “Over the next five
years, capabilities like our Airshow network — which
connects the map to ground-based systems — will morph
and expand, connecting passengers to a host of additional
information and services as they’re traveling.”
But the challenge remains to continue to move
rapidly to respond to market demands. New consumer
technologies — particularly in mobile devices — are
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.” bBy Annette Busbee
Members of the Airshow
team in Tustin, Calif.,
include (left to right)
David Chong, Jeff Davis,
Mike Sanders and
Cathleen Collett.
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six rules for building better business relationships worldwideFifteen years ago, Ye “Grace” Du won the admiration of
her university classmates when she accepted a job at
Rockwell Collins in Beijing, China. Today, she’s winning
the admiration of colleagues for her work to establish
successful business relationships in China.
Born and raised in Beijing, Du was among the first in
China hired to work for our Government Systems business.
Yet, for most of her career, she’s held various Rockwell Collins
roles working with Chinese commercial customers.
In her current role as a principal business
development manager in International and Service
Solutions, her main focus is establishing joint interests
between Commercial Systems and in-country partners.
She recently helped support the formation of the joint
ventures for the COMAC C919 aircraft program and a
renewed maintenance, repair and overhaul joint venture
contract with China Eastern Airlines.
“All parties are excited with the strategic partnerships
we have established so far, along with other alliances in
progress in China,” said Du. “The next step is to further
grow the joint ventures to achieve mutual operations
success, which will also help Rockwell Collins expand in
China’s marketplace over the long term.”
Like many of her peers, Du enjoys working for a
multinational company like Rockwell Collins because of
the opportunities to learn more about Western culture
and working styles, interact with people around the world,
and develop her critical thinking and problem-solving
skills. She also values the people she works with.
“The Beijing office has a good team and many loyal
people,” she explained, emphasizing that more than half
of Rockwell Collins employees in China have been with the
company for more than 10 years. “We have a diverse and
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
other countries. She recommends those practices to others
who want to develop stronger business relationships:
1. Recognize that building a great business relationship –
whether with a customer, partner, supplier or colleague
– and the benefits that come with that relationship,
take time.
2. Get to know each other first. Before jumping to
recommendations or conclusions, it’s important to
truly understand the other party’s business, interests
and requirements.
3. Be open minded. Both parties often
have to be receptive to new
ideas in order to grow.
4. Find win-wins. There
has to be mutual
success for a business
relationship to last.
5. Be accommodating.
For example, something
as simple as scheduling
a meeting during the other
party’s regular working
hours shows that
you’re adaptable
and willing to meet
others’ needs.
6. Make the
commitment and
deliver it. To build
trust, you have to
do what you say
you’re going
to do.b
Principal Business Development Manager Ye “Grace” Du has
worked in our Beijing office for more than 15 years.
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Rockwell Collins offers congratulations to employees who have marked significant service award milestones in recent months.
service anniversaries
CElEbrAtINg 45 yEArS
Judy BurgerCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date: July 1967
Original position:
Assembly Operator
Current position:
Certified Quality Instructor
What is your favorite aspect of your
current position? Helping employees
understand quality procedures
that enable them to be successful
contributors to Rockwell Collins. It’s
wonderful when someone flashes a
big smile and thanks me for all the
new knowledge they’ve gained.
CElEbrAtINg 40 yEArS
Don HavensTustin, Calif.
Start date:
October 1972
Original position: Crystal Designer
Current position:
Business Director of Filter Products
What advice do you have for
new employees? Find the best
mentor available.
CElEbrAtINg 40 yEArS
Geraldine LemonCedar 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.
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JANUAryRose M. DonnellyKevin J. LeonhardRichard C. RauchBrenda K. ReynoldsRenee S. SparsDavid M. StaehelyKevin L. Witte
FEbrUAryJoyce A. BlakeyRobert J. KalbNick O. NoreuilLynn M. PilkentonScott E. Wagner
25 YeARs
OCtObErLori J. BaumgartnerCarol A. BergerLarry W. Black
Craig R. CalkinsRobin L. CorwinDavid A. CrowleyGlenn F. GommeSusan R. GorshStephen J. HayDonna K. KrapflDeborah A.
LaBarbaraSteven J. LarsonDawn M. MuenchPatricia J. OdellLeon A. Powelson
Jeanne L. RinikerDean J. SchmidtPatricia A. ShulistaDebra D.
StephensonRobert J. TurnquistJulia K. VaskeLinley E. Woelk
NOvEMbErChristopher G.
ArmstrongDawn M. BartonDavid A. BellendierGloria R. BockmanPaul J. BurkePamela M. CookBarbara L. CurtisDavid L. DavisMari J. DieschCorey S. Eichinger
Christy K. EntwisleRick L. GrapesLaurie A. HansonTammy T. HeiarDavid G. JoostenJeffery D. KeleherLynette J. KoffronCheri L. MartensMarilyn J.
Mc DonaldSharry A.
Mc FarlaneJulie A. Meese
Terri L. PettingerPeggy L. PrinceGary N. PriorCarolyn J. RaymondClare H. RichinsSharon E.
SchneeklothNancy A. TimpFrederick A. TolmieMicheal J. TritleCarmen K. Whittle
DECEMbErGregory E. BrownCindy K. CraigDiann M. DennisLisa M. EdaburnMadonna M. FinkPatricia A. FossDuane A. GraveKaren K. MensenCarol L. Nickels
JANUAryMichael R. AubeyJace C. Barkley
Sherry L. BetzerTodd M. BrownChet A. CooperKarl E. DueckerLori A. FowlkesJon A. GreebMichael D. HindsSharyl M. KellerJenny LeibenzonBonnie E. NeuzilMarilyn R.
QuandahlBrenda L. RodasLaurel L. RollinsJeffery L. SalterTerrence J. SantelKevin H. TruongJane Allison Wersky
FEbrUAryMark A. AcklandSandra S. AshlerDaniel A. CoolEddie L. CoversonMarian J. Coyle
David J. DvorskyTimothy R. FanninFrank P. GonzalesKeith R. GudenkaufSherri A. HeimDavid J. HillersJohn C. KehoeMary E. KennedyMichelle M.
KleinleinTracey A. LewinJeffrey M. LyonsLinda A. MoserAmy J. NicholasRodney L. Sarver, Jr.Tina J. ShecklesDaniel J. SpodenKimberly D. Willie
20 YeARs
OCtObErPhilippe BardetEcho M. BatsonJohn K. CallawayKirk J. DarrochDawn M. DeFriezeJeffery A. FinleyStephen J. GriffithsDuane R. HeidtMark L. JacksonWendy J. JohnsonCurtis J. LarsonSara A. Martens
Jeanne NeuzilFred W. Powell, Jr.Gia M. RoccataniJohn W. Roltgen IIIJohn E. ThoresonJoseph D. TrckaDreama F.
WashingtonCarolyn M. WeberDavid M. Zias
NOvEMbErCarolyn M. BiesShawn P. DayJohn P. DunnwaldClaude E.
Etheridge, Jr.John K. FitzpatrickAntonio GuillenRoger L. HurmenceBruce A. JonesJoann M. KuennenDebra L. LemmenGilles MaccariniPatrick D. Mc CuskerJacqueline A.
MedingerLodivic L.
MiddlebrookPatrice PerrierClayton M. RobertsDebra L. SamuelsonGlen E. TreanklerKelly B. WrightLynnette J. Yoder
CElEbrAtINg 40 yEArS
Margaret (Peg) HewittCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date: November 1972
Original position: Post Coat Operator
Current position: Test Technician
What is your proudest
accomplishment at rockwell Collins?
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.
CElEbrAtINg 40 yEArS
Dennis WordehoffCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1973
Original position: Assembly Operator
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
is a GPS satellite simulator used for
GPS development and testing. We
were able to add a feature to an
existing GPS ASIC which provided GPS
simulated signals. This allowed us to
design a GPS simulator significantly
smaller than what was available
in the market at that time and at a
significantly lower cost.
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Linda RabikCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
October 1977
Original position: Assembly Operator
Current position: Senior Engineering
Project Assistant
What is your favorite aspect of
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.
V o l u m e 1 8 b I s s u e 1 2 7
DECEMbErRaejean FairbanksJennett P. LewisBarbara A. ProutyRegina M. SmithEvan R. Walters
JANUAryChris L. BrownFranck BruetLaurence CalvignacDaniel J. Cannon
Wilfrid CottavozChristian T. DeloyAngela M. GlawCarlton J.
HarringtonCorey D. HawkenRandy J. HiattGreg O. JohnsonAnita A. KernPaul G. LeiperClayton A. LindwallDonald L. McDonaldRandy W. NelsonDavid J. OharaJeffrey L. PhelpsGeorge O. Pratt IIIMark D. RolfesGregory A. Royer
Jerome L. SchmidtRussell L. SchmidtBrian L. SchultzEric ThomasKarl W. UlmerJanet L. WaltonJames M. Wolff
FEbrUAryKathryn A. BrincksMartin T. Budrovic
Jean-Pierre Demortier
Lawrence R. Goudzwaard
Sandra L. HodgesRonald D. ParpartLinda S. RosemanNorman R. SchrockThomas M.
SedlacekDavid F. Walerius
15 YeARs
OCtObErDolores Agramont
AguilarHeidi R. AhrendsenBrian S. AndersonDavid L. BeneschScott L. Bradley
John H. Brosnaham, Jr.
Sally A. BruceRichard ChabanetHan Yin ChuaCharles R. CrawleyOlivene A. DottinAndrew O. GarciaGerald R. GerberHelen GieseckeScott M. GlassScott E. GreenerGwen D. GrittiLynn M. HalwegLisa R. HaugenJohannah M.
HepnerThomas E. HerlihyJanet E. HoeferJohn A. HoffmanGregory R. IsaacsonTabatha D. JayneJon R. JensenMickala A. JessDavid A. JohnsonNarmin N. KoenigAlan L. KritzmanJacqueline A. KruserRobert D. LarsonMaria del Rosario
Lopez GarciaEsthela Manriquez
GomezBetty L. MarshallLanette A.
Maschino
Jacquelyn R. Masterson
Loic MeessemanRosa Maria Meza
GonzalezSteven C.
MiddlekauffBernard L. MienkeSteven D. MonahanGery J. MrasElisa Munoz BarreraGraciela Munoz
NachezMatthew A. NeelleySusan M.
NormingtonMark C. NovakDebra M. PaskerConnie C. PetersenRichard PuntousNathan G. RohrssenKristine A. SeeleyLaurence SerieysWade A. StevensRichard W. SzyAndrea J. TaylorAnnette M. TimmMa Del Pilar
Vazquez DelfinHollie R. VolkenantChristopher J.
WagnerLori L. WallerichHolly S. WalshTerri L. WatkinsonSue M. Wenger
NOvEMbErJodi L. AdairGeorgina Alvarez
De La TorreBirendra BahadurDean A. BeitzelRyan G. BruceMark S. CarrollEdward W. CarrollChristian L. CaseLiliana Chanes
CarrilloKevin J. CooperLeland D. DiersLisa M. DuffyRaymond DynesJose Antonio
Estrada TucuhMartha Liliana
Ferreira GonzalezKariann M. FiserDavid FullerSida A. GrecianMichael L. HagemanKenneth K. HambyLarry A. HassKevin R. HavranNgoc K. HuynhJeffrey M. KaufmanDouglas D. KayserSteven KemplerRobert H. KoellingJeramie T. Kopp
James B. LedeburGregory A.
LewenczukMarco Antonio
Macias JassoMelissa A. MackinLuis Angel Martinez
CervantesRebecca K. MaynardJesus Mario Medina
NietoMarcus E. MillerShelley M. MolidorGail L. MorarieEnrique Ozuna
OntiverosKathryn E. PicaXu-miao QiAmanda J. RaueRenee S. RedingKatherine R. RowleyLilian Ruvalcaba
SandovalRoger D. SanfordJames J. SchoenJennifer F.
SchwendingerSherry S. SibelCameron C. SmithGuy A. StacyDennis M. UrbonMohammed A.
WaheedGarry A. Walker
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Barry A. BrownCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
December 1977
Original position: Engineering
Lab Technician
Current position: Corporate Pilot
What was your most challenging
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.
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Joseph KnightCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
October 1977
Original position: Lab Technician
Current position: Manager, Avionics
Project Cost Management
What advice do you have for new
employees? Treat everyone with
respect and dignity. Over time,
people may forget what you did or
said; however, they will likely always
remember how you made them feel.
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Denise K. KrenzCedar 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
accomplished and we were able to get
employees back online quickly.
2 8 H o R I Z o N s b 2 0 1 3
Dione L. WilsonJames J. WrightRebecca D. Zaspal
DECEMbErSteven D. AabJames E. AndorfEric J. ApplegetCameron P. BellRiney L. BrysonTanya M. CaldwellDavid M. CarrollPoh Khoon ChiaAndrea J. DrinovskyRachelle Y. FlakeMichele D. FordErnest M. FreeseFred P. GalbraithKim K. GingrichDamien M. GlynnTimothy A.
HefflefingerDavid W. HerrellNicholas W. JonesNicholas D. KlimaRichard A. KostnerEric M. LarsenChristopher A.
LarsenLeslie A. MartinMichael H. MastersRogelio R. MatosArice MoralesIain MottramGerald A. MuenchGrant D. NesheimDale L. NicponskiSuzanne M. NillesPhillip M. PageDidier PerrinGeorge S. Reida
Wendy N. Roberts-Gorton
Libbie A. RottmanKevin W. SpielmannFrederick M.
SpinnerDennis G. TuiteChieu C. VuJing-guo Yang
JANUAryDavid W. AltdorferOscar Arvizu JaraDavid S. AustinEdilia Ayala
HernandezGary L. BohlkenLinda L. BucciMichael J. BurianJames P. BurkeAndrew J. BurkhardtJennifer L. ChaseWan Hwee ChuaVictor CornejoLawrence M.
CovingtonRosalina M. CurtissMichael W. DaviesRobert D. DenisonRosanne C. EdenChristopher L.
FarmerDuane M. FeltesRichard P. FineJerry E. FrawleyGloria Armida
Fuentes GarciaRaul Joaquin
Galindo Armendariz
Thomas A. GalloroNancy J. Gatchel
Lynette J. GoedkenShawn M. GoudyMark W. GruetteScott A. HargensEric G. HaukChristopher D.
HealdTrina L. HerrenJohn D. HorthPaul J. HuberMark A. HuntBrett A. IbsenKimberly I. JohnsonTravis C. KalousRichard E.
KimberleyShawn L. KolosikAnne LattesPoh Mun LeeJames E. LeePierre LombardChristopher E.
MadsenJason J. MandersPeter J. MartinGary R. MayberryDoris J. MidyettBret A. MolanderTomiko L. MorrisPhillip W. NielsenLori A. PackinghamLeigh A. ParkerRay A. ParksStan J. PidimaMitchell A. RileyMaria Isabel Roman
Cecena
Michelle R. SanfordChristopher A.
SchererBrian K. SchmueckerDustin J. SellonLynne M. SevcikDennis L. SlyThomas D. SmithCheri L. SniderLisa J. SteffenNaparat StutzmanHarold L. ThomaCoy L. WagnerMichelle L. WebbBruce A. WedemeierKyle D. WehringJohn S. WilcoxLane A. WranekThomas E. Yerke
FEbrUAryAlbert J. AndersonNohemi Noelia
Barraza LopezSuzanne L. BaxaLaurent BeaulesSherry R. BellJeffrey R. BennettDennis F.
BlumenthalBillie D. BridgesKevin L. CarkinCarlos Marx Castillo
CalderonJ E ClarkHarry J. ColeBrenda K. CurtisEric Dagnac
Sebastien DuburcDavid W. DunnicliffLisa L. GutierrezCurt C. HarmanBrian R. HazenJose Trinidad
Hernandez ChavezNancy A. HlasBradley J. HorejsiShannon R. HornThomas R. HornEric T. HoweClaude JibouleauDaniel J. KarlTimothy R. KelloggGabriela KirsteinOlga V. KornienkoTimothy E. KreelRadomir KuznetsovSeok Cheng LeeNicolas LefevreDavid M. LortzJohn P. LoyalWilliam T. MadleyMichael J. McIntireGary R. MehrlChristopher L.
Migdalski
Sherry J. MysakErica L. PadillaRandall A. PaskerBethany C. PearceRandall W. PoeDale L. RawdonAimee L. RichardRichelle L. RileyVictor Arturo
Rodriguez PerezMichael D. SandersConi L. SchaulTerry L. SmithAndrew J. SovaJennifer L. StanfieldPerry L. TafoyaRohan G. ThomasMichael D. ThomasLeticia Vargas
AguilarDavid R. ViethJames R. WalkerMickie L. WeberDebra K. YoungTeresita Zapata
PadillaGilberto Zavala
Guerrero
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Christopher B. (Kit) MillerRichardson, Texas
Start date: January 1978
Original position:
Contract Administrator
Current position:
Director, GS Operations
What advice do you have for new
employees? Excel in the job at hand
and career development will follow.
CElEbrAtINg 40 yEArS
Patricia ClineCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
February 1973
Original position: Clerk Typist
Current position: Senior Customer
Account Specialist
What was your most challenging
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.
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Larry R. SchlehuberCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1978
Original position:
Business System Analyst
Current position: Principal
Subcontract Program Manager
What is your proudest
accomplishment at rockwell Collins?
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.
V o l u m e 1 8 b I s s u e 1 2 9
10 YeARs
OCtObEr Mark A. BohushJosephine BrilloChristopher N.
BristowLionel CojanMichael L. DavisErik R. GeorgeJennifer J. GilbertNicolas GrassartMichael G. KoontzOlivier LaroqueMichele Y. LehrJohn P. LiGraham P. LuffJulien MayelleThomas G.
McNameeBob J. MilnerRobert B. MooreRyan T. ParnowKirk A. PhelpsYazid RahmaneMary K. SchellAdam C. SickKevin A. SikkinkGregory S. TateKent A. TerwilligerKathleen R. WentheErik WibergKelli S. Wolfe
NOvEMbErPascaline BarreJohn R. BlodgettJames E. Boswell, Jr.Tuan A. BuiJean-Claude
ChateaubonGraham M.
DavenportSergio DiasBarbara D. FarnumPaul A. FleuellingGregory FremontJack T. GalyeanMichael E.
GrumkoskiDenise L. HaackPeter HallidayEmmanuel I. JidariaKevin E. KempfRicky L. LopataPeter S. MacKenzieAmirouche
MekhtoubScott M. PfeilerGuillaume PineauRonald S. RobersonGregory A. SochurekDiana Rocio Vargas
Leon
DECEMbErMark BeierBarrett R. Bowers
Trevor J. CowlesLisa M. DietzeUlrika EdbackAndrew R.
HollingworthWeston J. LahrLoren M. LangDarcy D. MageeDebra A. ManessRyan D. MillerMichael A.
MontemayorDale A. Perry IIJohn R. SeberGrant R. SorensonEugene TaXiao-fei TangMikael Touffet
JANUAryMark R. AbramsJohn F. Acree IIIOrin A. AndersonThomas W. BilligBarrie BirchJoshua P. BreitbachValerie BruElizabeth DalyAnthony B. DekenahPatrick H. FrostClare E. GridleyMatthew L.
HamandLynnette K. HeiterJames M. HinkleMartin R. HoareJohn M. KahleMollie J. Lorenz
Douglas L. McKechnie
Elizabeth A. MintzRichard MolesJennifer A. MyrenAkio NagatoRebecca NunezAnn E.
O’Shaughnessy-Happel
Jamie T. PetersenMark J. PopeKim D. PowersDarin L. QuistIona K. SelbyLarry J. ShephardScott M. SlivkoAmy M. SoukupLaToya T.
SoutherlandRachel D. SparksDianne J. TarantinoBrian B. TonKristy M. Ziegler
FEbrUAryFidel Arredondo
CastroSteven J. BeckMatthew R. BrownAlberto Ubaldo
Canedo BurguenoRichard E. Cook, Jr.Carlos Enrique
Cornejo Hernandez
Joy A. EslingerStephen J. FoleyJose Antonio Garcia
Hernandez
JoEllen M. HovindVictoria E. HuntDominic G. KellyTeresa A. LaderaChristopher R.
LensingDavid S. LomonacoAnthony Q.
MancillaJoel C. MasonErica R. MorganRoger F. MuggletonCorrine O. O’LearyVincent PatanchonMildred L. PierceMaria-Luisa
QuirogaVania Elizabeth
Salazar AvilaMark E. SchottsTami K. SodenMegan M. TharpAmy M. Thomas
5 YeARs
OCtObEr Casey D.
AbernatheyFuad R. AldawodiRosaura E. AmaroAjay AnandScott R. BaderRichard E. BalvanzNickerson Delos
Reyes BautistaWendy S. BauwensStephen J. Bedford
Giles A. BeerWilliam H.
Belcher, Jr.Celeste A. BlytheJohn K. BotsfordKathryn M.
BrendeckeJoshua M. BrinkleyBryan L. BrownMichele M. BusseTeresa K. ButtEdward C. CaseyThiam Watt ChengAbla ChevalierCorinne ClabautMolly L. ClarkInna S. ClasenJohn L. ColemanLiQiang CongTimothy R. ConnellLincoln H. CornellRichard C. DahmkeOrion D. DaviesGaylon M. DeciousMichael T.
DiekmannJoseph E. DudekSteven R. DuganNathan M. DunsonTroy W. EdwardsDante G. EstevezLynn E. EvansKevin K. FinckJoy D. FitzgeraldDouglas K. ForretHeather J. Franks
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Steve KennellCedar 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.
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Deborah A. PattersonRichardson, Texas
Start date: January 1978
Original position: Circuit Board Line
Current position: Senior Electrical
Mechanical Inspector
What is your favorite aspect of
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.
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Edward Bernard Hayes
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1978
Original position: Systems Engineer
Current position:
Principal Systems Engineer
What is your favorite aspect of
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.
3 0 H o R I Z o N s b 2 0 1 3
Ryan FultonKent J. FuquaLisa M. GansterKimberly E.
GarrahanKaren M. GauleRachel A.
GoldsberryJesus Gonzalez, Jr.Ourihya GuerdaneRyan J. GuttridgeScott A. HansonMark R. HasaraClarence M.
HeckmanJennifer A. HenryKirk R. HermanAndrew D. HindsHarald H.
HoldernessAdam P. HouserRena F. HuntDonald J. IehlRenjith JagadeesanMagnus JohanssonCharleen M. JonesMichael E. KesslerHusnain S. KhanKristin J. KieseyTrina H. KinserMichael C.
KochmannRachel R. Kuhn
Tristan J. LawsonAlex LeggYan LianKay Chor LimTroy L. MackMalcolm J.
Manning, Jr.Bryan J. McGonigalBrooks D. McLarenDaniele MechainJoseph MillerShivani MishraRobert C. MitchellKelli M. MorrisMichael L. MuldongAnna M. NgRobert H. NuttingKyle T. O’ConnorMark P. OrsbornTracy PennChristopher A.
PieperRodney D. PierceMellisa S. PowersWilliam M. PuhlEphraim ReitzfeldDavid K.
RentmeisterJason R. RigbyAnthony J. RiosQuinn I. RoehlRonald Rogers
Robert D. ScottBalaji ShanmugamJaime L. ShawPerminder S. SidhuCody J. SilverKeevan W.
SimmondsHayley SpargoRoger C. StanoTimothy L.
StansburyChristine I. StoutJames M. TestaScott B. ThompsonTracy J. ThomsonJeffery C. TomlinsonEric S. TowTravis B. WelandPatrick R. WilcoxAshley M. WilliamsJames D. Wuensch
NOvEMbErFelicia A. AllenBrandon H. AlveyMichael J. ArmatysJames C. BakerUriel BarillasDebora J. BetzerElias BitarLevi S. BoscardinHeath A. BradleySjonna L. BruntFrederic Chatelain-
GorjuxLi ChenTodd A. ClayCurtis J. CranoThomas J. DeasyTimothy M.
DelCampoJessica K. DeSotelMarcus C. DismukePaul R. DombrowskiMuaaz F. ElhagWayne FrancisKimberly M. FrankJodelle C. FranklinJulien GagnayreAndrew C.
GustafsonAmber B. HanlonDwaine J. HepplerAntonio
Hernandez, Jr.Sonya M. HillWilliam A. HinerTony B. HolmesBonnie B. HoltkampTrevor B. Horton
Kenneth P. HosbySharon HudockAlfredo L. ItuarteBengt-Ove
JohanssonMatthew L. KarlenRichard L. KaufmanMichael J. KoehnkeAaron J. LamaakAdam H. LangfittJeffrey A. LeitchJohn D. MartinNancy J. McCoyJames P. McKeoneSonal H. MehtaTonatiuh MendozaJean Hubert
Meunier DolfusBrooke A. NelsonKarla J. NovakKristyan OsborneNeha PatelMegan J. PleckerMarina D. PorterLaura C. PostelBandi B. ReddyTamara J. ReicksDaniel E. RichardsMathew P.
RippergerGregory V. RobinsonAndrew V. RobinsonCurtis J. RomeyKatie E. SchaeferJames B. Shaw, Jr.Kendrick L. ShipmanTravis T. ShultzPaul L. SimonClare Elizabeth
StaffordRuthie M. StewartMarc J. TattarMichael D. TienvieriSimon TocockIvra L. TurnerRobert G. UtterbackSmitha G. VargheseQuynh H. VoBenjamin F.
Washington, Jr.Rebecca S. WeissMichael S. WelchZhibin WengKelley P. WesleyNathan A. WiegmanEyal WilamowskiJeffrey L. WillisChristina XavierFangQiang Yin
Simon P. YoungMaria P. Young
DECEMbErDouglas S. AbrahamAmanda L. BeneshGarrett A. BlustDoris E. CabassaRachida CapderouJeffery S. CarmanShankar ChetryJoshua E. CihaJoseph D. ClearyJason T. DeSotelHsin-Chi Esneu
Eliana FaileFabienne FourcadeAnthony E. FransioliDanielle L. GlessnerAlyssa A. HahnLisa C. HammJames W. HauserMark W. HefronCatherine L. HonourChristian M. HorakScott A. HouckAsif IqbalNavin R. ItwaruCharlotte KabyKara A. KennickerGeorge C.
Koenigsaecker
Suku KuriakoseJacob L. LappeChristopher M.
MainsDouglas M.
McCormickDennis E. McPhillipsJacqueline N.
MichacaJoshua S. MillerLoc T. NgoPaula D. ParkerAubrey E. PatockaJoshua M. Patocka
Jill M. Perez-VernonJen L. PoppeJesus M. ReyChristopher D. RiceTod K. RichardsonDavid L. RyallJohn D. SamuelsonYvette C. ScamardoJennifer L. SerraAmy L. StuesselFelegeselam F. TesfaDan V. TranMichael VuRonald M. WattsDavid L. Westergren
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Bob RaesideCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date:
January 1978
Original position: Mechanical
Design Drafter
Current position:
Director, Communication Services
in Enterprise Communications
What advice do you have for new
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.
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Daniel L. HooverCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date: January 1978
Original position: Clerk Typist
Current position: Manager, Service
Solution Contracts
What is your favorite aspect of your
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.
V o l u m e 1 8 b I s s u e 1 3 1
CElEbrAtINg 35 yEArS
Verl W. DayCedar Rapids, Iowa
Start date: January 1978
Original position: Test
Equipment Engineer
Current position: Principal
Program Manager
What is your favorite aspect of your
current position? I enjoy working
with the customers and the Rockwell
Collins teams to fulfill a need or
provide a solution.
JANUAryWilliam M. AdamPaula J. AdamsJason L. AdrianZafar S. AhmadJustin M. AlgerLuis A. AlgutriaMaged M. AlmawriEric D. AmesJoshua N. BallewGerald J. BaronWilliam M. BentleyCarl A. BinhammerNicholas A. BjorkDustin L. BolinKristine K. BrownEric M. BryantJeffrey L. CallowayThomas L.
CarpenterKaren R. ChapmanPaul J. ChinskiBrian E. ChristensenKristopher L. CoryBartel DanjulSteven P. DoddDaniel R. DostalSean P. DuffyNithya DuraiswamyRobert T. ElworthChristeen J. FailleJames D. FitzgibbonPaul W. ForbesDominic P. Foti, Jr.Larry J. FruitShane M. GarrickChristopher L.
GeorgeJoshua W. GerdesKevin N. GillsonEvan R. GlendinningTrent G. GoldsackAndres F. Gomez
David GondyMeana HackmanStephen HallettRobert M. HarnerMarc D. HilerAmanda R. HillMichael J.
HolmstedtJustin D. HoltgardJason D. HoytDavid J. HuffSamantha HurseyQueanh N. HuynhEvan J. HyattMd M. IslamAndrew K. JeffreyJoseph C. JordanAndre P. KahlerNaga Suman
KanagalaSolamite S. KapaldoHakim G. KenyiWilliam J. KlemaAdam K. KristDarlene M. KrsekSrinivas
KuchibhotlaKalyana KumarMichelle R. LagerChristopher J.
LampeMiranda R. LankfordSamuel W. LeeThomas J. LehmkuhlTeresa L. LemleyMaxime LepageSteven L. LessoCrystal L. LongStephanie C.
LowderRosalba V. LunaRyley J. LyonsMohammed Y.
Mahdi
Jesse C. MaireVikram MalhotraJoseph S. ManireIan McIntoshAndrew F. McNabbAdam K. MillerLaurie E. MoellerRoman D. MooreJeremy K. MooreJoshua J. MooreZachary A. MooreJessica L. MoraniecKevin A. MorrisRonald L.
MunstermanJoe L. MyersTuan V. NguyenJudy S. OgawaVadim OlenRonald PalermoJohn P. PerichNathan R.
PetersburgDaniel Ramirez, Jr.Alvin R. RasingFabian ReyesJeffery J. RodenburgMichael A. RuessGlenn P. RuizBrett D. SchauerPaul W. SchneemanStephen J. SchreiberNeel S. ShahForrest K. SmithPeter SollnerMary P. SorgenfreyRaymond D.
SukalskiDinh N. TranChristopher A.
Van BuerMary M. Van
Ersvelde
Kara L. VolzDanielle L.
WatkinsonPeter R. WeidowScott E. WelshDaniel T. WilliamsRyan C. WolfeLynn M. Woods
FEbrUArySebastien AyrollesShawn A. BakerThomas G. BarberJonathan Z.
BauwensPeter D. BeauchampCraig D. BeecherHugh D. BuchananTimothy J. BurkeJuan M. CangahualaJean Caujolle
Christopher M. Cheney
Ta-Hsiang ChiuErin L. ClemenGordon W. CoxGary L. CoxValentine CucuRobert A. DagdaganJeffrey J. DaughertyVincent DelacotteJaneth DemaraClark J. DenneyJennifer L. DuffyPhuong T. DuongVanessa EatonEldon L. ElySean W. EubanksMarc FerrierDavid E. GarbeKimberly A. Gourley
Denis GrishinJon B. HagarmanStephane HallygAmie L. HaumesserAshley J. KemptonBianca W. KingSabrina A.
KlostermannPeah Yen LeePhillip H. LegateAlok R. MadasaniSam MarkhamBecki L. MerkelTiffany A. MillerTed K. NakayoshiJuan A. OcasioAlexander M.
OranskyTimothy S.
PasewarkShane W. PaustianBrian G. PortzlineRichard SadilAndrew D.
SchroederTequila A. ScottChoon Leong SeahChad M. SitesEric E. SmithTammy Y. SnipesDavid L. SoudersNicole L. StanfordSheila J. StitesKatherine M. StolleyPheap ThangBrian J. ThomaJeffrey M. ValentaShravan Kumar
VatambetiRicardo A. VillarrealJason A. WilksNathaniel P.
Wyckoff
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RetireesRockwell Collins offers congratulations and best wishes to the following employees, who have recently announced their retirements.
Morris H. AndersonCedar Rapids, Iowa
terry J. AnthonyDerby, Kan.
James M. ArringtonMelbourne, Fla.
Steven r. ballCedar Rapids, Iowa
Joan M. barthWest Melbourne,
Fla.
Carol A. bartonWest Melbourne,
Fla.
Peggy A. bearbowerVinton, Iowa
Pamella S. blinnHarbor City, Calif.
Nathan J. borrettMarion, Iowa
Katherine S. brownGarland, Texas
William r. Carmichael
Stamford, Conn.
Debbie J. CarrawayGray Court, S.C.
Christine l. CarsonPalo, Iowa
Penny l. CarterMarion, Iowa
linda l. CaslavkaPlano, Texas
Steven H. ConstonSan Jose, Calif.
Duane r. CooleyMarion, Iowa
David J. DuncalfCedar Rapids, Iowa
bruce E. EickhoffSpringfield, Va.
Alan D. EilersCedar Rapids, Iowa
benjamin A. EkwallCedar Rapids, Iowa
William P. Engelhardt
Sharpsburg, Ga.
Carol l. FranchiLos Gatos, Calif.
Maryann b. FrazerCedar Rapids, Iowa
Carl r. gallowayHurst, Texas
lynda N. gentryVan Alstyne, Texas
raul H. gonzalezCumming, Ga.
Enrique gonzalezPalm Desert, Calif.
Michael D. groatSan Jose, Calif.
richard E. groth, Jr.Marion, Iowa
robert t. HallIowa City, Iowa
Dale l. Harris, Jr.Edwardsville, Ill.
theodore HicksForney, Texas
thomas E. HodelSherwood, Ore.
Dennis l. HoffmanCoupeville, Wash.
Steven K. HortonGarland, Texas
Sheryl D. HouserNorth Liberty, Iowa
Jeffrey l. HudsonGrand Prairie, Texas
Diane M. HudsonMarion, Iowa
Mary M. JohnsonMarion, Iowa
rodney l. KiserPlano, Texas
larry D. KnapperRobins, Iowa
Holly J. la trobeHuntington Beach,
Calif.
Marie A. lanningMarion, Iowa
Marie C. lanphereSwisher, Iowa
Alan g. leongSan Jose, Calif.
rosavilla N. leosPortland, Ore.
John P. liLos Altos, Calif.
brenda S. linderSigourney, Iowa
Judith A. lukeMarion, Iowa
Donna r. MacDonald
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
ronnie E. MantheCentral City, Iowa
roy MattaiCedar Rapids, Iowa
Charles W. McDermed, Jr.
Lake Oswego, Ore.
Margaret E. McDonald
Palm Bay, Fla.
Mary E. McguireCedar Rapids, Iowa
Marjorie F. McguireFort Myers, Fla.
April M. MeaderCedar Rapids, Iowa
Joan A. MeyerCedar Rapids, Iowa
Karen J. MillerBeaverton, Ore.
terry l. MoffittHuntington Beach,
Calif.
robert S. MooreCarson, Calif.
timothy D. MooresCedar Rapids, Iowa
Donna r. O’brienCedar Rapids, Iowa
larry D. OlsonGrand Rapids, Minn.
Sherry g. PayneGarland, Texas
thomas r. PennCedar Rapids, Iowa
richard D. PetersonCenter Point, Iowa
barbara A. PitlikMount Vernon,
Iowa
David D. PohlCenter Point, Iowa
Jeanne O. PrattMalabar, Fla.
Janice E. randallFairbank, Iowa
James E. ringwaldHiawatha, Iowa
lawrence A. robison
Hiawatha, Iowa
Maria t. rodriguezMelbourne, Fla.
gary rosenbergPortland, Ore.
Melinda g. rubleSolon, Iowa
Maureen D. ryanMarion, Iowa
vickie l. Schoettmer
Newhall, Iowa
Michael l. SchwabCedar Rapids, Iowa
larry r. ScottMarion, Iowa
Dennis J. ScullyMission Viejo, Calif.
Sharon K. SiebelsCedar Rapids, Iowa
Charles F. SmileyMarion, Iowa
billie E. SmithGilbert, Ariz.
Joe E. SpodenRobins, Iowa
Astrid J. taenRancho Santa
Margarita, Calif.
James M. tanuryToddville, Iowa
Michael P. taylorCedar Rapids, Iowa
Connie W. taylorCommerce, Texas
Jose J. tostadoCorona, Calif.
Dorothy t. UsherFort Worth, Texas
Michael S. vasquezCanyon Lake, Calif.
Ursula g. virginPalm Bay, Fla.
lonnie r. voellerBurien, Wash.
renate A. yentWest Melbourne,
Fla.
Charles D. youngTucson, Ariz.
Madonna M. Zimmerman
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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In memoriamRockwell Collins offers condolences to the families and friends of the following employees and retirees, whose deaths were recently reported.
Norman W. Anderson*Cedar Rapids, IowaSept. 28, 2012
Jay W. Atherton*Murdock, Kan.Aug. 31, 2012
Jeanne b. besendorfer*Salt Lake City, UtahJune 8, 2012
Donald S. betts*Freeport, OhioAug. 10, 2012
timothy M. bindaPalm Bay, Fla.Nov. 18, 2012
Willard W. boner*Orwigsburg, Pa.Dec. 10, 2012
Martha J. branchaud*Palm Bay, Fla.Oct. 22, 2012
Margaret A. burns*Cedar Rapids, IowaNov. 13, 2012
ray l. Carman*Urbana, IowaJuly 10, 2012
John J. Christin*Palm City, Fla.Oct. 6, 2012
Joseph P. Cook*Anamosa, IowaAug. 20, 2012
lewis A. Cosentino*Elmhurst, Ill.Oct. 17, 2012
Kathryn F. Daily*Belle Plaine, IowaNov. 2, 2012
Noreen A. Damery*North Billerica, Mass.July 12, 2012
James H. Doyle*Cedar Rapids, IowaOct. 22, 2012
N.P. Durette*Merritt Island, Fla.Oct. 29, 2012
tina M. EllisWatkins, IowaNov. 12, 2012
Carl l. garno, Sr.*Newark, OhioNov. 6, 2012
glenn E. gibbs*Roseville, Calif.Oct. 15, 2012
Myrtis Hartry*Detroit, Mich.Oct. 3, 2012
Calvin E. Hayes*Santa Ana, Calif.Aug. 22, 2012
Donald r. Heck*Cedar Rapids, IowaDec. 11, 2012
Sandra K. Henry*Lansing, Mich.Sept. 19, 2012
roy I. Ishida*Rowland Heights, Calif.Nov. 20, 2012
Kenneth l. Jesion*Oshkosh, Wis.Oct. 15, 2012
Sharla M. landersLisbon, IowaNov. 25, 2012
James H. loughman*Glenford, OhioAug. 23, 2012
Sandra J. Matthew*Hiawatha, IowaOct. 23, 2012
george N. Meldrum*Hollister, Mo.Dec. 4, 2012
thomas Merritt*Moberly, Mo.Dec. 1, 2012
roger D. Miller*Dunkirk, OhioSept. 19, 2012
Marlan b. Modrow*Outing, Minn.Dec. 2, 2012
richard O. Morgan*Newark, OhioDec. 28, 2012
Patricha Ovelgonne*Ellensburg, Wash.Sept. 16, 2012
William J. Paffenroth*Oshkosh, Wis.Aug. 25, 2012
teresa Pham*Garden Grove, Calif.Aug. 20, 2012
Irwin l. Priest*Thornville, OhioSept. 12, 2012
genrikh rashevsky*Beaverton, Ore.Aug. 22, 2012
Michael W. redman*Snellville, Ga.Oct. 15, 2012
Alvin g. Salinas*Union City, Calif.Aug. 16, 2012
Ernest A. Sallee, Jr.*Hot Springs Village, Ariz.Sept. 4, 2012
Mary l. Shepherd*Marshall, Mich.Aug. 16, 2012
Curtis l. Siler*Modesto, Calif.Dec. 18, 2012
Curtis H. Spradling*Bean Station, Tenn.Dec. 2, 2012
richard E. Stalter*Lancaster, OhioOct. 21, 2012
gary A. SwanstromCedar Rapids, IowaNov. 16, 2012
robert J. thon*Center Point, IowaOct. 17, 2012
thomas A. tietze*Macomb, Mich.Sept. 4, 2012
Joyce A. vaden*Gordonsville, Tenn.Dec. 30, 2012
Sami r. WahabMelbourne, Fla.Nov. 22, 2012
James J. Zagacki*Bellaire, Mich.Sept. 2, 2012
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