Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions LLC

Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions LLC, operating as Visual Systems under the Collins Aerospace - Mission Systems Division, is a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies) that supplies advanced visual display systems, flight simulator projectors, navigation databases, and related avionics support to the U.S. military and Department of Homeland Security as a prime contractor (35% of recent awards) and subcontractor (65% of recent awards), competing on full-and-open contracts with no set-aside designations.

The company's federal footprint is anchored by simulation and training equipment repair and sustainment work. Representative prime awards include a $62.49 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from the Coast Guard for projector upgrade services (July 2023), an $8.6 thousand purchase order for flight simulator projector repair (February 2026), and a $28.46 thousand purchase order for secure access to J42 World Flight Management Systems Navigation Database subscriptions (September 2025). Across the past three years, prime awards have concentrated on Coast Guard aviation training infrastructure maintenance — 22 awards totaling $452 thousand — with individual orders ranging from $8.5 thousand to $62.5 thousand for projector repair, calibration, and component upgrades. In its subcontractor role, Visual Systems delivers image generator systems, display surfaces, filter replacement projectors, and virtual display system (VDS) installation and testing to Lockheed Martin (dominant sub partner with dozens of modifications across multiple FY23–FY25 task orders) and Boeing on Apache, F-16, and other military aircraft trainer programs.

Customer concentration by potential value diverges sharply from volume concentration. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command anchors the portfolio with 8 awards worth $68.7 million combined potential value, followed by the Army Acquisition Support Center PEO Aviation with 6 awards worth $6.2 million. The Department of the Navy Naval Air Systems Command leads by award count (63 awards) but carries minimal potential value ($38 thousand across recorded awards). The Coast Guard accounts for 22 awards ($452 thousand) driven by small, recurring maintenance orders. This concentration pattern reflects a bifurcated customer relationship: high-dollar sub work flowing through Army trainer programs (particularly Lockheed Martin primes) and small-dollar prime repair and database subscription orders from the Coast Guard. Eight distinct agencies are served across the footprint, with coverage of the top five reaching 93% of recent awards.

Visual Systems operates on two primary indefinite delivery vehicles: an Army Indefinite Delivery Contract W58RGZ13D0145 carrying 8 task orders worth $25.9 million combined potential value, and a Navy Basic Ordering Agreement N0001919G0008 with 5 task orders. The Army IDC is the dominant vehicle for sub work on trainer development and sustainment. Activity peaked sharply in 2023 (39 awards) and 2024 (37 awards) before declining to 4 awards in 2025 and 1 award year-to-date in 2026, signaling either contract completion cycles or a shift in sourcing patterns. The recompete cliff is minimal — only 1 award with $28 thousand combined potential value completes in the next twenty-four months — indicating most of the vendor's active work sits deeper in ongoing task order execution rather than facing near-term competition.

Subcontract work is dominated by Lockheed Martin, which accounts for the vast majority of sub-award modifications spanning 2022–2025, primarily for F-16 Advanced Crew Training Center programs (Jordan ACTC with projector refurbishment, site surveys, and FMS installations), Multimission Reconfigurable Trainer (MMRT) development and site activation at Luke AFB, Eglin AFB, Tyndall AFB, and Yuma USMC, and general image generator sustainment and technical refresh across multiple CLINs. Boeing appears on Apache Full Rate Production sub tasks. The source does not provide dollar magnitudes for individual sub awards beyond the Navy prime purchase order, limiting visibility into sub-contract financial scale relative to prime work; obligated dollars ($84.2 million) exceed potential value ($75.4 million), suggesting extended performance or scope growth on active sub positions.