World's Smallest Spacecraft Completes Astronaut Testing Inside an Airplane
1 Feb 2024, 11:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Collins announced it has completed astronaut testing for its spacewalk suit, a hardware described as the world's smalles spacecraft
Fortnite Game Engine Powers New Image Generator for Fighter Jet Training
28 Nov 2023, 11:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Collins Aerospace announced the launch of Arcus, a new image generator meant to enhance simulator training for pilots.
NASA Flips Spacesuit Designs for Use Both in Space and on the Moon
11 Jul 2023, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA is now having Axiom and Collins design other versions of their respective lunar and orbital spacesuits as it seeks to ensure redundancies
ACES 5: How the Most Modern Fighter Jet Ejection Seat Works
3 Jun 2023, 23:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Collins Aerospace Advanced Concept Ejection Seat 5 needs just 1.6 seconds to take pilots out of harm's way and deliver them to safety
T-7A Red Hawk Ejection Seat Test Is as Awesome as It Sounds
26 May 2023, 12:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Boeing published a video of the ejection seat test for the T-7A Red Hawk which took place at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico
Stealth HALO Jumps on Enemy Positions Get a Helping Hand From New Oxygen Supply System
10 May 2023, 07:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace releases a new oxygen supply system for HAHO and HALO jumps performed by special operations forces, allows jumps from 33,000 feet
The World’s First eVTOL Jet Is Getting Top-Level Flight Controls
24 Feb 2023, 07:10 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The German startup Lilium is closer to certifying its innovative eVTOL with electric jet engines, through collaborations with top names
Raytheon Wraps Up First Test Run of New Jet-Electric Hybrid Engine, First Flight in 2024
21 Dec 2022, 19:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Riding a $163 million wave of investments started in July of last year, it shouldn't be too long before Collins and Raytheon now have a working prototype.
F-16 Fighting Falcons to Get New Fins on Their Bellies, Tougher and Lighter
14 Oct 2022, 08:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to make a new ventral fin for the F-16, to be made using new thermoplastic technology
F-15EX Eagle II to Roll and Stop Like a Pro With New Wheels and Braking Hardware
20 Sep 2022, 11:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace to supply the wheels and brakes for the first iterations of the F-15EX Eagle II, should be good for some 25,000-mile (40,000 km)
Mystery F-16 Fighting Falcon Test Flies New Reconnaissance System
23 Aug 2022, 14:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace announced it flew for the first time on an F-16 from an undisclosed international partner a new reconnaissance system
Megawatt-Class Electric Motor for Hybrid-Electric De Havilland Dash Ready for Ground Tests
2 Aug 2022, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The electric motor Collins Aerospace is developing for the Pratt & Whitney De Havilland Dash hybrid-electric demonstrator passes design review
Hypergamut Adaptive Lightning System Is Here to Make You Sleep and Cure Fear of Flight
18 Jun 2022, 06:36 UTC · By: Camelia Bistrae / Hypergamut Lighting System is an innovation designed to adapt its functionality to human biology and in-flight data, as a predictive and independent server.
Fly Your Wheels Suite Is What Puts Power Wheelchairs in Airplanes
17 Jun 2022, 15:16 UTC · By: Camelia Bistrae / Collins Aerospace and the National Institute for Aviation Research have developed the Fly Your Wheels Suite concept, a suitable system for wheelchair passengers
Here’s Who’s Making $3.5 Billion-Worth of Spacesuits to Be Worn on the Moon and Beyond
2 Jun 2022, 08:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA selected Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to develop the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) spacesuit for Artemis missions and beyond
Defiant X Helicopter Getting Armored Seats, Perigon Computer
11 Apr 2022, 07:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace chosen as the supplier of seats and computer for the flight control and vehicle management for the Defiant X
This New Cabin Inspired by Residential Luxury Boasts Collins Aerospace-Developed Seats
11 Feb 2022, 07:40 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Take a visual tour of the new business class cabin that Finland's largest airline has unveiled, featuring an innovative seat
B-52 Stratofortress Getting New Power Systems to Keep It Flying Until It Turns 100
12 Jan 2022, 10:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Collins Aerospace gets another contract for the upgrade efforts for the B-52 Stratofortress, to make a new electric power generation system
UK’s Aerospace Industry Is Betting on Advanced Composite Components for Future Aircraft
12 Nov 2021, 08:37 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Collins Aerospace was awarded a multi-million dollar grant, to develop next-generation aircraft components, based on new materials and techniques
The Luxury Club Suite Flaunts Privacy Doors and Seats that Convert Into Full-Flat Beds
1 Nov 2021, 09:22 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Collins Aerospace designed a luxury business class suite and kitchen, with incredible amenities, for the British Airways Boeing 777 fleet