Bombardier Continental™ Business Jet Equipped with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Advanced Avionics System Completes First Flight

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (August 14, 2001) - Bombardier Aerospace today completed the first flight of its all-new Bombardier Continental™ business jet. The super-midsize aircraft, equipped with a complete Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite, is on schedule for type certification and first deliveries before the end of 2002. Rockwell Collins, as the aircraft’s avionics system integrator, is responsible for all aspects of the avionics program, from design through certification.

Bombardier plans to use five aircraft in the flight test program, each fully equipped with the Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite.

The flight deck layout includes four 12-inch by 10-inch liquid crystal flight displays, consolidated control panels and more efficient operation, and integrates a number of advanced technologies, including TCAS II and terrain awareness warning systems as standard equipment. Situational awareness is further enhanced in the avionics suite through options such as turbulence-detection weather radar and 3-D Flight Management System navigation map presentation.

The suite is equipped with the Collins Engine Indication and Crew Alerting System (EICAS) to monitor, analyze and display performance of aircraft engines and other on-board systems. Linkage of EICAS monitoring capabilities to the aircraft’s maintenance diagnostic computer permits aircraft systems performance and maintenance data to be sorted, logged and analyzed.

Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) is a world leader in the design, production and support of communications and aviation electronics solutions for commercial and government customers worldwide. The company employs a global workforce of 17,500 people and has estimated FY2001 sales of approximately $2.9 billion. Additional information is available at www.rockwellcollins.com.

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