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United States Air Force and Rockwell Collins sign logistics support agreement
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (August 09, 2004) - Rockwell Collins and Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) have entered into a 10-year strategic contract to enhance
the availability of Rockwell Collins resources and improve technical and logistics support to maximize operational readiness.
This indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a ceiling of $3.6 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, Collins Aviation Services (CAS) will deliver a full range of Rockwell Collins’ products
and services to United States Air Force and Department of Defense customers. Additionally, the contract brings together Air
Force and Rockwell Collins support expertise to provide transformational depot partnering arrangements that utilize both parties’
resources to enhance mission capability.
“This strategic agreement will improve the availability and reliability of Rockwell Collins avionics components; the result
will be increased warfighter readiness at reduced costs,” said Harry Gregory, senior vice president and general manager of
Collins Aviation Services. “We are enthusiastic about the opportunity to partner with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
team in optimizing our respective core competencies.”
Colonel Bruce Litchfield, Director of the Warner Robins, Air Logistics Center, Combat Electronic Systems Directorate added,
“The reason for this contract is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency by which we support critical systems used by
the men and women engaged in our Nation’s war on terrorism. In partnership with Rockwell Collins, we can make smart decisions
that balance cost with availability, reliability, and maintainability across a wide array of systems. Anyone in DoD with
a Rockwell Collins specific system can take advantage of this ground-breaking contract. Everyone wins under this arrangement.”
Collins Aviation Services’ global network of more than 80 locations provides repair and overhaul of avionics equipment for
commercial, business, corporate, and military operations. Additional logistics capabilities include on-board services, service
parts, training & simulation systems, technical information services and logistics services.
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. Additional company information is available at www.rockwellcollins.com.
This press release contains statements (including certain projections associated with Rockwell Collins’ contract with Warner
Robins Air Logistics Center) that are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including,
but not limited to U.S. government contracting requirements as well as its spending and budgetary policies; customer utilization
of services offered; potential cancellation, termination or amendments of the WR-ALC contract; challenges in the development
and delivery of technical and logistics support; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those
detailed from time to time in the Rockwell Collins Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including without limitation
the Rockwell Collins Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2003 and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
for the quarters ended December 31, 2003, March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004. These forward-looking statements are made only
as of the date hereof and the company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
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