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Years before the first trans-Atlantic phone call, and decades before international direct dialing would become available, a Cedar Rapids teenager had a direct line to one of the most remote places on earth.
Kelly Ortberg, 64, the former CEO of Collins Aerospace and the former president of Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, will succeed David Calhoun as CEO, the company announced Wednesday.
The City Council awarded $1.05 million in financial incentives for the company to open a $22 million facility on its Cedar Rapids campus to make microchips.
President Joe Biden approved a $100 million transfer of Javelin anti-armor missiles — made by Raytheon Technologies — to Ukraine on Tuesday, according to an administration official.
Northrop Grumman will see a surge of as much as $59 billion in research and procurement spending over six years for its two top defense programs — a new bomber and an intercontinental ballistic missile — if the U.S. Air Force’s new spending plan is realized.
A federal prosecutor said a former Boeing test pilot lied to regulators about changes to a critical flight-control system on the 737 MAX to reduce the cost of pilot training and save the company tens of millions of dollars.
McDonald’s, Coca-Cola and PayPal Holdings are temporarily halting operations in Russia, joining a lengthening list of businesses that are cutting ties with the country or suspending activities there because of the fallout over the invasion of Ukraine nearly two weeks ago.
Improved aftermarket sales amid recovery in commercial air travel, contract settlements and continued cost-cutting help Collins Aerospace see improved earnings numbers.
Kelly Ortberg, a longtime leader of Rockwell Collins and most recently a special advisor to Raytheon Technologies’ CEO before retiring this year, made the sale a few weeks before the company’s next earnings call.
Company president bullish on future of avionics, mission systems units
“About half” of the $1 billion in cuts have happened, a company spokeswoman told The Gazette.
Cost reductions continue at Cedar Rapids’ largest employer following merger between United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Co.
Corporate vice president Neil Mitchill promoted to replace Anthony “Toby” O’Brien
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