RTX’s Collins Aerospace has announced that the company successfully secured a follow-on contract worth up to $904 million over five years to continue to develop the U.S. Navy’s Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC).
The CEC is a network that integrates sensors across surface, land, and air platforms to enhance Integrated Fire Control, providing composite tracking to combat and weapons systems.
Under the new contract, Collins Aerospace will add new capabilities and enhance the system’s interoperability with increased interoperability, expanded weapon and sensor coordination, and integration of new data sources.
Currently, the company has successfully deployed and maintained CEC across more than 174 platforms for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and international partners.
The new contract can also provide the company with significant opportunity and flexibility to affect the CEC mission through future task orders for engineering activities. It also continues the company’s role as the sole provider of the CEC since 1985, following an initial five-year Design Agent contract.
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, is known as a leader in integrated and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Currently, the company has 80,000 employees.
RTX, the parent company of Collins Aerospace, is recognized as the world’s largest aerospace and defense company with more than 185,000 global employees. With sales exceeding $80 billion in 2024, RTX continues to demonstrate strong market performance, reflecting investor confidence in its defense contracts and market position.
This new contract award is expected to boost Collins Aerospace’s contributions to national defense and the Navy’s operational capabilities, including through its other industry-leading businesses, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon.
In other recent news, RTX Corp has expressed interest in acquiring Boeing’s Jeppesen navigation unit, which is up for sale and could reach a price between $6 billion and $8 billion. The company has also won a $529 million contract to supply the Netherlands with a Patriot air and missile defense system fire unit.
Ryan Bunge, vice president and general manager for C4I & Autonomy Solutions at Collins Aerospace, stated that CEC is a key enabler to support the Navy’s expanding Distributed Maritime Operations that has been tested by time and allows integrated fire controls across the Joint Services.
