Rockwell Collins [COL] on Tuesday said it has acquired Blue Ridge Simulation, Inc., a small sensor simulation company serving the Defense Department, commercial and international training applications.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal is immaterial to Rockwell Collins’ financial results.
Blue Ridge, which is based in Northern Virginia, has 16 employees. Key customers include Canada’s CAE [CAE], General Dynamics [GD] Canada, Israel’s Elbit Systems [ESLT] and Flight Safety International, all of which are current customers of Rockwell Collins.
Rockwell Collins said that Blue Ridge’s radar and sensor simulation capabilities are new capabilities for it, allowing the company to offer its customers more comprehensive training solutions.
“As military platforms become more complex, the ability to effectively simulate advanced sensor systems enables a more realistic training environment,” Kelly Ortberg, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Rockwell Collins Government Systems, said in a statement. “Blue Ridge provides a critical sensor simulation capability that will greatly enhance our integrated training solutions.”
Blue Ridge’s portfolio of capabilities ranges from basic weather radar simulators to digital landmass simulators for surveillance and fire control radar applications.
Blue Ridge Simulation will become part of Rockwell Collins’ simulation and training business based in Northern Virginia.