Avionics
Safran To Buy Collins Actuators and Pilot Controls Unit
Subject to regulatory approval, the acquisition is expected to be finalized in the first half of next year.

Safran has signed an agreement to acquire Rockwell Collins’s actuators, pilot controls, and special products business, the French company disclosed in its first-half financial results. Subject to regulatory approval, the acquisition is expected to be finalized in the first half of next year. A Collins spokesperson confirmed the sale of this business will help clear antitrust hurdles for Collins’s acquisition by UTC.