Nov 9, 2018 · The US Army has awarded a contract to Rockwell Collins to support operational readiness of the service’s CH-47F Chinook helicopter avionics. Under the deal, the company will deliver current component modifications and additional repair capabilities for the common avionics architecture systems (CAAS) on board the aircraft fleet.

The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters.

The Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) Avionics Management System integrates multiple communications, navigation and mission subsystems through its flexible Flight2™ open systems architecture design. CAAS uses combat-proven, off-the-shelf components to give you the high performance you need with low risk.

Nov 9, 2018 · Rockwell Collins awarded 5-year contract to upgrade and repair the Common Avionics Architecture Systems (CAAS, the glass cockpit) on the US Army’s CH-47F Chinook fleet.

Nov 13, 2024 · On November 12th Collins Aerospace, a RTX business, announced that the US Department of Defense awarded a $19 million contract for equipping the new United Kingdom’s CH47-ER Chinooks with Collins Aerospace' Common Aviation Architecture System (CAAS).

Aug 22, 2019 · • The Army conducted flight testing of CAAS v9.2 from August 2011 to February 2012. The CAAS v9.2 is designed to improve situational awareness, expand Identification Friend or Foe Mode 5 capability, update the flight performance modules, and provide the highest level of navigation certification: Required Navigational Performance/Area Navigation.

Collins Aerospace, November 12, 2024 - LONDON - Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, has received a $19 million contract from the Department of Defense to equip a fleet of new H-47 Chinooks for the UK Royal Air Force with its Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) avionics management suite.

Mar 8, 2021 · Collins Aerospace will provide field service engineering, program management, logistics service and repair and overhaul for the Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS) components installed on the aircraft at the Gilze-Rijen Air Base, in the Netherlands.

Nov 8, 2018 · The U.S. Army has contracted Rockwell Collins to upgrade the common avionics architecture system (CAAS) on its CH-47F Chinook helicopter fleet.

The CH-47F aircraft has a suite of improved features such as an upgraded digital cockpit featuring the Common Avionics Architecture System (CAAS), a new monolithic airframe with vibration reduction, and the Digital Automatic Flight Control System (DAFCS), which provides coupled controllability for operations in adverse environments (reduced ...