Rockwell Collins First in Industry to Receive FAA Technical Standard Order for Multi-Mode Receiver with Microwave Landing System Capability

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (December 04, 2002) - Rockwell Collins (NYSE:COL) is the first in the industry to receive Federal Aviation Administration Technical Standard Order approval for a Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR) equipped with Microwave Landing System (MLS) functionality that can be implemented in both commercial and military aircraft.

Collins MMR is an integrated unit providing VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR), Instrument Landing System (ILS), Marker Beacon, Global Positioning System (GPS) and MLS functions. The addition of MLS technology provides flight crews with an alternative to existing ILS capability. MLS technology improves margins of safety around airports in highly-developed areas,and as weather conditions degrade and Category III capability is required to maintain airport capacity. Additionally, MLS is used by the military to provide portable precision approach capability.

In November 2001, Rockwell Collins successfully completed flight tests of the industry's first MLS receiver fully integrated in a MMR. The flight tests included more than 100 MLS approaches at 12 airports in the United States and Europe equipped with military and commercial MLS ground stations from four providers. The results demonstrated the Category IIIb capabilities of the MMR's integrated MLS module. The flights were conducted with U.S. Federal Aviation Authority and European Civil Aviation Authority oversight, and with cooperation from the National Aerospace Laboratory of the Netherlands.

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