15 April, 2019: Collins Aerospace Systems has been chosen by the US Army to serve as a Mission Systems Integrator (MSI) for the Joint Multi Role (JMR) Mission Systems Architecture Demonstration (MSAD) programme. The JMR MSAD programme will offer important information to the department of defense to develop a strategy for Future Vertical Lift (FVL), which is expected to eventually replace every Army helicopter in the United States.
Collins Aerospace will design and demonstrate the next generation of cyber-hardened mission system architecture, Model Based Systems Engineering tools and processes as an integrator on the programme to develop and integrate the avionics on FVL.
"Collins Aerospace has been a pioneer in open systems architecture for more than 30 years, such as CAAS avionics for the Army's Special Operations fleet in 2001 and other pathfinder programmes leading the way for OSA-based avionics upgrades on over 20 different aircraft types," said vice president and general manager for Military Avionics and Helicopters at Collins Aerospace, Dave Schreck. "We know our history of innovation will be beneficial in reducing the overall lifecycle costs and risks associated with this next-generation fleet of vertical lift platforms."