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Kennedy and Collins execs stands beside a seat triple at the Kilkeel site

Collins teases complex new aircraft seat as it invests in Kilkeel

Collins Aerospace’s aircraft seat manufacturing facility in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland is working to create “the most efficient production sy... Continue Reading

Skytrac SDL-350 system for its fleet of King Air 360 aircraft. This image shows a King Air landing with mountains in the background

Iridium approves third Certus 700 satcom for aero; says more to come

Skytrac’s Iridium Certus SDL-350 satcom system has gained official Iridium approval to provide connectivity across all segments of avi... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace technician working on an aircraft part.

Press Release: Safran to buy Collins actuation & flight control business

Safran announces the contemplated acquisition of Collins Aerospace’s high-technology actuation and flight control activities, which are miss... Continue Reading

A door closes on the business class seat with a larger gap at the bottom but reaching to the top of the seat.

Collins breaks 45° barrier for side-on Aurora inward herringbone

HAMBURG — Collins Aerospace’s Aurora single-aisle, inward-facing herringbone seat broke cover this morning at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, m... Continue Reading

JetBlue A320 on takeoff. A total of 200 aircraft will be fitted with the Collins Aerospace InteliSight AID.

Press Release: JetBlue to install Collins’ InteliSight AID on 200+ aircraft

Raytheon Technologies today announced Collins Aerospace’s InteliSight Aircraft Interface Device will be installed on more than 200 of ... Continue Reading

Press Release: American to install Collins AID on more than 500 aircraft

Raytheon Technologies’ Collins Aerospace business is partnering with American Airlines to bring the latest in aircraft data management techn... Continue Reading

Virgin Atlantic A330 business class seat. Purples and pinks cast a nice glow on the product.

The stratification of business class seats in the 2020s

As the steady pace of new business class seats — and their implementation on airlines worldwide — continues to gather after aviation’s... Continue Reading

Press Release: Powered by Collins™ to foster technology collaboration

Collins Aerospace today announced the launch of its Powered by Collins Initiative to foster technology innovation with Deep Tech small- to m... Continue Reading

Allegris First Class seat for Lufthansa is navy blue with wood like details.

Allegris first class moves the Lufthansa premium product needle

BERLIN — Inside the cavernous Kraftwerk club space, a refurbished East German power station, Lufthansa this week launched its next-generatio... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace Elements suite and Secant lighting fly on Starlux

When Taiwan-based startup airline Starlux first started teasing images of the interior of its new Airbus A350-900, the carrier didn’t divulg... Continue Reading

Aircraft interior image of Recaro seats in blue with grey thermoplastics used for the seatbacks and tray tables.

Quick-turn, low-customisation seat shipsets gain momentum

Before the Covid pandemic hit, seatmakers were testing out a limited number of quick-turn, fast track seat programmes for delivery in a matt... Continue Reading

F-16 in-flight with a blue sky as backdrop

From F-16 fins to aircraft cabins, Collins advances thermoplastic tech

The Air Force Research Laboratory has selected Collins Aerospace to build a prototype of an advanced ventral fin for the Lockheed Martin F-1... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace's Hypergamut lighting system is in use in an aircraft cabin. Collins says its solution helps to mitigate passenger jet lag

Collins seeks to mitigate jet lag through Hypergamut lighting

Lighting can affect the passenger experience in a multitude of ways, either by disrupting flyers’ circadian rhythms, or bathing the ca... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace 1MW motor on a white background

Press Release: Collins advances electric motor design for P&W Canada

Collins Aerospace has completed Preliminary Design Review of the 1 megawatt electric motor and motor controller it’s developing for Pratt &a... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace's Elements business class seat is grey with white thermoplastics and a green headrest.

Collins Aerospace herringbone: the evolution of Elevation to Elements

Collins Aerospace’s Super Diamond herringbone seat was one of the hallmark products of the 2010s. As we accelerate into the 2020s, the seatm... Continue Reading