Collins Aerospace signs deal with Emirates Airlines

Collins Aerospace has been signed an agreement with Emirates Airline to upgrade its fleet of 101 B777 and 107 A380 aircraft with the company's latest GLU-2100 multi-mode receiver, or MMR.

Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids’ largest employer, made the announcement Tuesday during the second day of the Dubai Air Show, a biennial industrywide event.

An MMR helps pilots with positioning, navigating and landing aircraft, the company said in a news release on its website.

The company also said it will provide a full suite of avionics and satellite communication capabilities to Emirates’ 777X aircraft.

Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

More than 100 American companies — including Collins Aerospace’s parent, Raytheon Technologies — have been exhibiting at the air show, which will run through Thursday.

Also on Tuesday, Collins Aerospace announced it had completed acquisition of FlightAware, a digital aviation company for global flight tracking, predictive technology, analytics and decision-making tools.

FlightAware will be part of the company’s newly formed Connected Aviation Solutions business unit.