Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Rockwell Collins, Inc., operating as Collins Aerospace Military Avionics & Helicopters, a subsidiary of RTX Corporation, is a large business manufacturer supplying military avionics, avionics repair and overhaul, flight control systems, navigation equipment, and helicopter sustainment services to the Department of Defense and federal agencies as a prime contractor on delivery orders, indefinite delivery contracts, and purchase orders, with no small business set-asides across its federal footprint.

Collins Aerospace competes full-and-open across its prime contract portfolio, which represents 94% of recent awards. The division specializes in concrete mission-critical capabilities: repair and overhaul of avionics components for legacy fighter aircraft (F-15, F/A-18, KC-135), helicopter systems (MH-60T, UH-60M Black Hawk, MH-65E), advanced display and control systems, weather radar (WXR-700) and satellite communications equipment, flight control computers and automatic pilot systems, avionics integration and modernization software, and performance-based logistics support encompassing supply chain management, spare parts provisioning, and technical engineering services. Representative work includes a $41.7 million delivery order from the Air Force Sustainment Center for KC-46A initial spare parts across multiple avionics and electronics domains (May 2025); a $19.9 million Year 4 delivery order for F/A-18 Head-Up Display performance-based logistics from Naval Supply Systems Command (September 2025); a $15.8 million definitive contract for F-15E Flat Panel Multipurpose Display development from the Air Force Sustainment Center (August 2025); and multiple million-dollar orders for control indicator repair, computer subassembly maintenance, and specialized avionics components.

Customer concentration skews heavily to Air Force and Navy sustainment centers. The top five funding agencies account for 67% of awards: the Air Force Sustainment Center leads by award count (458 awards, $413 million combined potential value), followed by Naval Supply Systems Command (240 awards, $502 million), Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime (201 awards, $55.6 million), U.S. Special Operations Command (121 awards, $1.1 billion), and Army Aviation and Missile Command (118 awards, $840.3 million). By potential value, Navy Naval Air Warfare Center commands the largest share ($14.42 billion across 52 awards), followed by Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Wright Patterson ($2.72 billion across 6 awards), Air Force Materiel Command ($1.43 billion), Army PEO Aviation ($1.21 billion), and SOCOM ($1.1 billion). The concentration by value reflects Collins Aerospace's role on large-dollar performance-based logistics and modernization vehicles rather than on high-count transactional work.

Collins Aerospace places task orders under multiple standing IDIQs. The top five parent vehicles are the Collins Strategic Contract SPE4AX-21-D-9400 (311 task orders, $128.2 million combined potential value), Navy IDC N0038319DPS01 (95 task orders, $5.1 million), Air Force SPE7MX15D0094 (80 task orders, $16.6 million), Air Force FA810516D0001 (74 task orders, $739.9 million), and Coast Guard 70Z03820DB2000019 (40 task orders, $99 million). Recent indefinite delivery contracts awarded to Collins Aerospace include a $174.07 million IDIQ from U.S. Special Operations Command for post-deployment software support and avionics modernization (March 2026), a $98.9 million single-award Coast Guard performance-based logistics contract for Aviation Logistics Center sustainment through August 2030 (September 2025), a $95.7 million Army PEO Aviation UH-60M Black Hawk avionics suite contract through September 2030 (February 2026), and a $52.6 million Army Aviation and Missile Command display unit maintenance IDIQ through September 2029 (September 2024). Activity has remained steady year-over-year, averaging 206 awards annually over the past five years (2022–2026). Recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months totals $526.4 million across 135 awards with completion dates approaching.

Service Contract Inventory reporting shows SCI-reportable invoiced revenue of $110.5 million across FY2022–FY2024, with $23 million in FY2022 across 63.3 FTEs, $41.2 million in FY2023 across 378 FTEs, and $46.2 million in FY2024 across 193 FTEs. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, Collins Aerospace's median government-paid hourly rate runs around $147.53/hr, with senior labor priced through $344.59/hr at the 90th percentile and lower-skill labor at roughly $26.59/hr at the 10th percentile. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Collins Aerospace performs nearly all work in-house, with subcontractors representing 0% of total contractor hours.

On the sub side, Collins Aerospace subcontracts to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on defense programs including D6 TCID hardware development, MQ-4C Triton long-lead items for Navy and Australia, and special electronic mission aircraft (MC-12, C-12, RC-12) contractor logistics support covering communications devices and avionics components. Collins Aerospace also serves as a sub-recipient on a George Washington University grant for Securing High-Density Urban Airspaces (April 2026). The parent entity is Rockwell Collins, Inc.; B/E Aerospace, Inc. is named as a subsidiary.

The vendor's award footprint spans 35 distinct federal agencies and reflects a maturing, established position within the defense industrial base for legacy platform sustainment and military avionics repair—particularly across Air Force and Navy sustainment centers—with strategic leverage through performance-based logistics vehicles and long-duration IDIQs that anchor recurring revenue and constrain competitive entry.