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Collins Aerospace Looks to Leverage Actuation Experience for UAS, FVL, Fighter Programs

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

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Collins Aerospace Looks to Leverage Actuation Experience for UAS, FVL, Fighter Programs

Lockheed Martin-built F-35. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

Collins Aerospace [UTX] is looking to leverage its years of experience building military actuation systems to gain a foothold in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) programs, the Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program and Air Force and Navy efforts to build a fighter aircraft to succeed the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35. "Our breadth of electrically and hydraulically powered utility experience includes actuators for weapons bay doors, rotary launchers, refuel probes, air brakes, wing rotation systems, blade fold, specialty locks, air inlet…

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