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Alabama Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr., joined Rockwell Collins employees and more than 100 government and industry colleagues in Huntsville, Ala., recently for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the grand opening of our new state-of-the-art 30,000-square-foot operations center.

Photo by Mark Davis, Decatur, Ala.
Grand opening — Several Rockwell Collins leaders joined government and industry colleagues in Huntsville, Ala., recently for the grand opening of our new facility. Pictured (from left) are: Evans Quinlivan, Huntsville Chamber of Commerce, Mike Myers, vice president of Business Development, Government Systems; Loretta Spencer, mayor of Huntsville; Scott Jacobsen, manager, Huntsville Operations; Jim Folsom, Jr., Alabama Lieutenant Governor; Kent Statler, executive vice president, Rockwell Collins Services; and Ken Schreder, vice president and general manager, Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions.

Strategically located in the Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, this new facility represents the combination of multiple divisions into one location. It also further enhances our company's accessibility and responsiveness, and provides a single face to customers in this region.

"It was great to hear our Lt. Governor talk about how much it means to have our company establish such a large presence in this community," said Senior Engineering Manager Bonnie Caldwell, who attended the event. "It was nice to have him here, and we also were able to display some of the technology that's relevant to our Huntsville facility."

Folsom was joined at the event by U.S. Army Col. L. Neil Thurgood, project manager for Utility Helicopters at the Redstone Arsenal. In addition, Rockwell Collins Services Executive Vice President Kent Statler and colleagues Ken Schreder, vice president and general manager of Rockwell Collins Simulation & Training Solutions, and Mike Myers, vice president of Business Development for Government Systems, addressed the crowd.

"It was great to have such a well-prepared, well-attended open house," said Caldwell. "It really signals the commitment our company has to this community and the desire to become more involved with our customer base here in Huntsville."

Designed like a mini tradeshow, the event included graphic displays revealing the story of each product demonstrated, including our Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) cockpit, Performance and Architectural Collaboration Environment (PACE) Lab, and the Transportable Black Hawk Operations Simulator (T-BOS).