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Former Saudi Arabian Ambassador visits Cedar Rapids

Former Saudi Arabia Ambassador Prince Turki Al-Faisal and his delegation toured our Cedar Rapids facility on Dec. 1, 2006, visiting our advanced flight deck and synthetic vision labs.

Rockwell Collins Principal Systems Engineer Kirschen Seah (right) shows Prince Turki Al-Faisa, Saudi Arabia's former ambassador to the U.S (left), our Reconfigurable Flight Deck Lab during his visit to our Cedar Rapids facility in December. The lab is managed by our Advanced Concepts Group and is used to research and evaluate flight deck displays and controls both for current programs and advanced concepts. Rockwell Collins image.

"The visit was a great success for our company and our foreign relations efforts," said David Erusha, director of Data Link Solutions (DLS). "We had an opportunity to showcase our products and talk with the ambassador and his staff on the host of offerings our company can provide to their nation.

"Since our meeting with the Ambassador, DLS has been extended an invitation to visit the Saudi Arabian Embassy for a meeting with the Saudi Arabian Defense Attaché to discuss further data link opportunities for DLS in Saudi Arabia," continued Erusha. "And, DLS received a $38 million award in January for Fighter Data Link terminals for the Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S aircraft."

Prince Turki also spoke about the Saudi Arabian economic growth explaining similarities between Iowa and Saudi Arabia and took questions from a group of area business, political and religious leaders at a Chamber of Commerce dinner.

In November 2006, DLS, a limited liability company formed by Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems to provide data link products to the military, was awarded a $16 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Electronic System Center to provide Link 16 capability to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Link 16 provides realtime data communications, situational awareness and navigation, and in some cases digital voice, all in a jam-resistant, crypto-secured package.

The Prince was director of Foreign Intelligence Service for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 1977-2001 and ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2002-2005. He resigned his post as Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.

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