Rockwell Collins first to offer weather radar with fully automatic worldwide hazard detection

SINGAPORE (February 24, 2004) - Rockwell Collins has introduced the industry’s first weather radar with a fully automatic worldwide hazard detection system.  Collins’ new  MultiScan Global^TM weather radar is the next-generation in the WXR-2100 MultiScan™ weather radar series that enhances passenger and crew safety by significantly reducing pilot work load and enhancing weather-detection capability.

“Passenger and crew safety and comfort are of critical importance to the airlines,” said Kelly Ortberg vice president and general manager Air Transport Systems for Rockwell Collins. “This enhancement to our highly reliable MultiScan weather radar offers pilots a true hazard avoidance system, enabling them to detect a variety of weather phenomena that occur around the globe and allowing flight crews to better plan long range, real time tracks around significant weather.

The MultiScan Global weather radar automatically adjusts weather detection parameters for variations caused by time of day, time of year and geographic position and then uses advanced radar threshold technologies to adjust the radar returns to more accurately display actual thunderstorm threats.   Currently, Collins MultiScan Global weather radar is the only radar that can provide this worldwide hazard detection capability.

MultiScan Global weather radar builds on the MultiScan radar tradition that digitizes and stores multiple weather sweeps in a temporary data base and them processes the digitized weather information to provide an optimized weather picture from the nose of the aircraft out to 320 NM.   The system features Overflight™ protection, providing crews with the ability to avoid inadvertent penetration of thunderstorm tops, one of the leading causes of unexpected turbulence encounters.  Additionally, the WXR-2100 MultiScan weather radar, introduced in 2000, was the first fully automatic radar to provide enhanced safety by reducing the need for manual intervention.  It is certified on all Boeing aircraft and certification on Airbus aircraft is scheduled to be completed in 2004.

Rockwell Collins pioneered solid-state weather radar technology for the commercial aviation industry.  It was the first company to provide solid-state radar, ground clutter suppression and Doppler turbulence detection and was a leader in the development of forward-looking windshear detection.

Rockwell Collins (NYSE:  COL ) is a leader in the design, production and support of communications and aviation electronics solutions for government and commercial customers worldwide. In January 2004, Forbes magazine selected Rockwell Collins as the best managed aerospace & defense company in America .  Additional company information is available at www.rockwellcollins.com.

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