Rockwell Collins to set up engineering centre at Hyd

Chennai/Hyderabad: US-based Rockwell Collins Inc is planning to set up its first engineering centre outside the US in Hyderabad for the development of embedded solutions in display and flight management applications to start with in October, this year.
The $4.5-billion company specialises in avionic electronics, communication and defence solutions. The company plans to create a 500-strong team of engineering professionals in five years, that would begin with 20 people initially.
The centre would be part of an IP-based collaborative product development programme, which is being carried out by the company's R&D facilities in the US. It expects to spend $20 million a year on the Hyderabad facility once its size touches 500 people.
Rockwell Collins’ own Indian R&D foray coincides with its lookout for business opportunities in the country’s commercial aerospace and defence projects, even as it plans to grow its present relationship with HCL in outsourcing some of the company’s high-value services.
The company is currently providing avionics to the country’s two low-cost airlines, — JetLite and IndiGo for their fleet.
08/02/08 Business Standard

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