The work will strengthen the Chinook’s avionics architecture and make future technology upgrades easier to integrate. Collins Aerospace said the effort will also support greater commonality across the Army’s aviation fleet.
“Collins equips the Chinook with advanced avionics that integrates communication, navigation and mission subsystems into a flexible, interoperable cockpit built for today’s operational demands,” said Jenny Miller, vice president and general manager of Vision and Sensing Systems at Collins Aerospace. “Our longstanding avionics partnership with the U.S. Army ensures the fleet continuously evolves to support the warfighter and meet future operational demands.”
The contract will advance open and reusable avionics architectures that can be integrated across multiple Army aircraft. The approach is intended to simplify technology insertion and reduce integration complexity.
Collins Aerospace said greater platform commonality can also improve cost and schedule efficiency during fleet modernization. The work links Chinook avionics upgrades with the Army’s broader effort to use more common architectures across its aviation enterprise.
Engineering work under the contract will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The award extends Collins Aerospace’s existing role in supporting the U.S. Army’s CH-47 Chinook avionics.
