{"id":5771,"date":"2019-08-19T21:29:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T02:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=5771"},"modified":"2019-08-19T21:29:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T02:29:49","slug":"collins-aerospace-to-support-f-35-and-ch-47f-fleets-for-royal-netherlands-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=5771","title":{"rendered":"Collins Aerospace to Support F-35 and CH-47F Fleets for Royal Netherlands Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D20190615-VIP-NC0155-1920x1080.jpg?fit=640%2C360\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D20190615-VIP-NC0155-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D20190615-VIP-NC0155-1920x1080-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D20190615-VIP-NC0155-1920x1080-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/D20190615-VIP-NC0155-1920x1080-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption><em>Craig Bries, vice president and general manager, Avionics Service and Support for Collins Aerospace and Lieutenant General J.D. Luyt, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, commemorated the collaboration at a signing ceremony earlier this year.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Collins Aerospace to establish first-of-its-kind F-35 pilot readiness center<\/li><li>Onsite field service engineers will reduce turnaround time for CH-47F fleet<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Aug. 19, 2019) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/UTX?p=UTX&amp;.tsrc=fin-srch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"UTX (opens in a new tab)\">UTX<\/a>), will play an important role in maintaining the readiness of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35 and CH-47F fleets by providing local field service engineers, test capabilities and the first F-35 global pilot readiness center. The company recently signed a multi-platform Letter of Intent with the RNLAF to provide support at both Soesterberg, and Woensdrecht Air Base, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A highlight of the Letter of Intent is that it foresees a first-of-its-kind pilot readiness center that would provide on-location helmet fitting, flight simulators and altitude chamber training for F-35 pilots. In addition, Collins Aerospace intends to provide local field service engineers and test capabilities at the Woensdrecht Air Base to reduce turnaround time on CH-47Fs and maintain the RNLAF fleet\u2019s readiness levels. Collins Aerospace has an unmatched level of expertise on both platforms as the original equipment manufacturer for the avionics suite of the CH-47F Chinook, and components in the F-35 Helmet and flight simulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCollins Aerospace and the RNLAF are working toward a common goal of supporting the new F-35 pilot readiness center and maximizing the availability of CH-47F avionics,\u201d said Craig Bries, vice president and general manager, Avionics Service and Support for Collins Aerospace. \u201cOur legacy as an avionics leader makes us the perfect partner to help ensure these fleets are ready at a moment\u2019s notice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work to establish the pilot readiness center, and to place local support personnel, is slated to begin in early 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maxresdefault-2.jpg?fit=640%2C360\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maxresdefault-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maxresdefault-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maxresdefault-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/maxresdefault-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), will play an important role in maintaining the readiness of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35 and CH-47F fleets by providing local field service engineers, test capabilities and the first F-35 global pilot readiness center. The company recently signed a multi-platform Letter of Intent with the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4813,89,5804,1836,5992,2203,4957,3680,5676,5446,1397],"tags":[167,539,2441,3480,160,1917,1002,1643,6288,2135,6285,4776,4287,1780,1268,3802,1102,1041,6292,1483,660,6291,5892,889,1929,412,940,6287,6286,5405,3357,1055,5658,6289,1424,3104,1149,742,1646,6022,1691,1658,3760,1522,444,6290],"class_list":["post-5771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airplane-news","category-aviation-news","category-avionics","category-defense-news","category-economic-news","category-finance-news","category-global-politics","category-helicopter-news","category-international-news","category-military-news","category-stock-news","tag-aerospace","tag-air","tag-air-force","tag-altitude","tag-aviation","tag-avionics","tag-base","tag-capability","tag-cedar","tag-center","tag-ch-47f","tag-chamber","tag-collins","tag-corp","tag-defense","tag-engineer","tag-f-35","tag-field","tag-fitting","tag-fleet","tag-flight","tag-helmet","tag-iowa","tag-military","tag-netherlands","tag-news","tag-pilot","tag-rapids","tag-readiness","tag-reduce","tag-royal","tag-service","tag-simulator","tag-soesterberg","tag-suite","tag-support","tag-systems","tag-technologies","tag-test","tag-time","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-turnaround","tag-unit","tag-united","tag-woensdrecht"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5774,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions\/5774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}