
Rockwell Collins [COL] on Friday posted lower earnings and sales in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2016 primarily due to declines in its defense work and a restructuring charge related to difficult conditions in the business aviation market.The company blamed the weaker than expected results in its Government Systems business on the timing of some orders and a “supplier quality issue” that impacted planned deliveries of communications products in the quarter.Net income tumbled 19 percent to $135 million,…