Rockwell Collins gets security contract

CEDAR RAPIDS - The Dominican Republic is the latest country to purchase an air travel immigration and border control system from Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids.

Rockwell Collins's ARINC Border Management enables officials to use advanced passenger information (API) data, passenger name record and interactive API data to enhance border security and airline passenger processing. The ability to review passenger information in advance allows law enforcement agencies to identify potentially high-risk individuals.

Under the terms of the agreement, Rockwell Collins will provide a turnkey border management system, including the information systems that receive and transmit API data as well as automated security gates for immigration.

The ARINC system is part of a larger customs management system provided by Hyundai Autoever of South Korea. The project is made possible through South Korea's participation in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which promotes policies to improve the economic and social well-being around the world.

'The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems like border control,” said Kenneth Schreder, managing director for networks and managed services for Rockwell Collins in a statement. 'This agreement serves as a model of how Rockwell Collins can work with agencies, governments and industry around the world to provide solutions that improve security.”

Rockwell Collins, through its ARINC subsidiary, sells border management systems in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, CARICOM (an organization of 15 Caribbean nations and dependencies), South Korean, China, Hong Kong and Indi