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INTERVIEW COLLINS AEROSPACE

Evolutionary

Approach

Collins Aerospace is closely observing the transitions underway
in the aerospace industry, related to electrification, eVTOLs and
hybrid-electric propulsion. Henry Brooks, President for Power
Controls inside of Collins Aerospace, in an exclusive interaction
with Atul Chandra, outlined how power controls can really support
changing this industry, including hybrid electric electrification of
aircraft, sustainability, etc.

cial planning process within our business that
Edited excerpts from the interview: enables us to look at what technologies are out
there now, what technologies are coming, and
where we should place our bets. So things like
In an era of rapid technological change how electrification, hybrid-electric, the digitization of
is Collins Aerospace navigated the rapidly many of our maintenance repair and overhaul
changing aerospace landscape? (MRO) networks, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
robotics are just some of the things that we
There is a quote that says, “the speed of technology today, is as are looking at.
slow as it is ever going to be.” My belief is that the pace of technol-
ogy is increasing every day and at Collins Aerospace we are looking One of the reasons with FlightAware is that it is
at what technologies will be available for use in the future and how about ‘Big Data’. We are talking about predict-
to ensure we are ready for them. We have a good strategic finan- ing flight paths, and creating new flight paths

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