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tion Administration (FAA) and • Airworthiness certification
the Directorate General of Civil issuing authority to ship prod-
Aviation (DGCA) partnership ucts directly to OEM customer
has enabled us to become one of • Federal Aviation Administra-
the first Indian entities to ship a tion (FAA) Organization Des-
significant amount of products ignation Authorization (ODA)
back to Collins in Europe and • FAA Designated Manufactur-
USA prior to getting shipped to ing Inspection Representative
our customers. (DMIR)
Some of the customers that we • Directorate General of Civil
serve include Boeing, Airbus. Aviation (DGCA) Civil Aviation
Thales, Bombardier, Gulfstream, • Requirement (CAR) 21 produc-
Sukhoi, Embraer, Rolls-Royce, tion organization approval.
and Pratt & Whitney. Collins
Collins provides a vast array of Tell us about your manufacturing Aerospace
solutions to the aerospace and Source: Collins Aerospace facility in Bengaluru. What provides a
defense industry. It goes beyond roles do the India Design vast array
avionics and communication Center in Hyderabad and the of solu-
solutions to include Interior “We have been working to expand Global Engineering Center in tions to the
Aerospace
Systems, Mechanical Systems, the local supply base ecosystem as Bengaluru play? and Defense
well. It started with simple parts
Power & Controls, and Aero- and now we are manufacturing Our engineering centers are lo- industry.
structures for the commercial complex parts and testing systems cated in both Bangalore and Hy- Interior
aviation space. In the defense that are designed and manufactu- derabad and provide R&D that Systems,
red in India. We are working with
space, we provide solutions the supply base to further expand supports Avionics, Aerostruc- Mechanical
such as large-area displays, ejec- the capabilities of special proces- tures, Power & Controls, Me- Systems,
tion seats, and communications sing and investing in advanced ma- chanical Systems, Mission Sys- Power &
nufacturing.”
amongst others. tems, and Interiors, while our Controls,
Parag Wadhawan and Aero-
Managing Director & Site Lead manufacturing facility in Ban-
You are also known to have Collins Aerospace galore, which is over 6,50,000 sq structures
played a major role in shaping ft, produces parts for Interiors, for the
commercial
India as a major aerospace pand the local supply base eco- Mechanical Systems, Avionics, aviation
manufacturing hub. Please system as well. It started with and Mission Systems. space. In
elaborate on the same. simple parts and now we are Both these centers support the the defense
From the time that Collins was manufacturing complex parts ‘Aathmanirbhar Bharat’ or the space, it
established in India, we have and testing systems that are self-sufficient India campaign. provides
been focused on introducing designed and manufactured solutions
innovations to the market. We in India. We are working with Collins is looking at expanding such as
leverage our global expertise the supply base to further ex- its presence in the Civil large-area
and Indian talent to come out pand the capabilities of special Aviation industry. How do you displays,
with industry-first solutions to processing and investing in ad- plan to do so? ejection
introduce greater functionality vanced manufacturing. Collins already has forayed into seats, and
communica-
that is smarter and safer. In India, we currently work on the Civil Aviation sector with tions among
We have been building the Indi- a comprehensive set of solutions our association with Delhi In- others.
an R&D ecosystem through the that include: ternational Airport Limited
introduction of new technol- Assembly of flight safety-critical (DIAL) and the local airlines. In
ogies. Together the India team Line Replaceable Units (LRU) for 2009, DIAL turned to Collins
has produced over 235 patents commercial aircraft Interiors: Aerospace as they figured it
that cover inventions across • Interiors is essential to implement new
all Collins SBUs and disciplines. • Mechanical Systems technologies that could offer
This includes the successful • Avionics significant benefits to its pas-
designing, developing, and • Mission Systems. sengers. DIAL’s Terminal 1D
qualifying of the power door was the first domestic termi-
opening system for Airbus Testing of flight safety-critical nal to implement Common Use
and Bombardier C-series at the LRU for commercial aircraft: Terminal Equipment (CUTE), in
Bengaluru facility. • Expertise in technology trans- 2009. With this new technology
We have been working to ex- fers and product transitions (CUTE), airlines were able to use

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