Rockwell Collins teams with Boeing on new flight deck

Rockwell Collins and Boeing announced a major flight deck technology upgrade program Monday for Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 airliners already in service.

The new flight deck upgrade was inspired by flight deck improvements offered on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, according to a statement released at the Farnborough Airshow in England.

The upgrade will feature an advanced flight display system with large-format landscape displays for more situational awareness and reliability. Two display windows will replace six cathode ray tube displays and many analog instruments.

Additional features will advance NextGen communication and surveillance systems for future global airspace modernization. In addition, Rockwell Collins will offer an integrated Head-up Guidance System.

More than 1,600 Boeing 767 and 757 aircraft are in operation.

In a statement, Rockwell Collins Vice President of Air Transport Systems Jeff Standerski said the open archiecture design of the advanced systems developed for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner made it possible to integrate them into other aircraft platforms.

Supplemental type certification for the flight decks is expected in the second quarter of 2014 from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Separately, Rockwell Collins announced orders from AeroMexico, Colombia-based Copa Airlines, and with Avanca and TACA Airlines of Latin America.

Avianca and TACA ordered Rockwell Collins' MultiScan Threat Detection System and GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver for new Airbus A330 cargo aircraft.

AeroMexico ordered the MultiScan Threat Detection System and GLU-925 multi-Mode Receiver for 10 new Boeing 737-800 Aircraft, and COPA ordered the same systems for 37 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.