Avionics
Rockwell Collins Tackling Internet of Things
The IMS unit has extened its reach further into biometrics, self-serve stations, dataflow, new pipelines and a nuclear approach to cybersecurity.
Since its acquisition of Arinc five years ago, aerospace giant Rockwell Collins has explored connectivity with a holistic approach, developing what it calls a “connected aviation ecosystem” based on collecting and processing increasingly larger and more complex data.
Since its acquisition of Arinc five years ago, aerospace giant Rockwell Collins has explored connectivity with a holistic approach, developing what it calls a “connected aviation ecosystem” based on collecting and processing increasingly larger and more complex data.

In the five years since its acquisition of Arinc, Rockwell Collins and the Information Management Services (IMS) group that formed from that purchase have embarked on a comprehensive approach to connectivity that begins before passengers set foot in an airport and covers the entire period until they disembark at their final destination. This “connected aviation ecosystem” runs the gamut from using biometrics to smooth the process through the airport, to facilitating multiple data pipelines on an airplane in a secure manner, to a pathway to sharing data among competitors.