Highlights:
* Collins Aerospace is helping Metro Transit expand its systems by integrating a number of new capabilities. (Photo courtesy of Flickr)
* Will provide communications and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to expanded rail lines
* Company awarded multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp. (NYSE: RTX), was recently awarded two new cont racts to provide communications and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to Metro Transit, the primary public transportation operator in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. The agreement, which builds on an existing relationship between the two organizations, is part of the region's 16-station expansion and extension of its Green Line.
'As the current provider of a number of Metro Transit's systems, including its supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, we're able to provide new applications and integrated technologies that ensure the safety and security for Metro's passengers and enable reliable transit service throughout their operating area,' said Eric Pelli, director of Surface Transportation and Critical Infrastructure Systems for Collins Aerospace. 'We're honored to be selected by Metro Transit to provide them with a comprehensive and turnkey solution.'
Under the agreement, Collins Aerospace will expand the system's functionality and integrate approximately 200 new devices within a number of communications systems, including local and wide area networks, train control and traction power interfaces, tunnel radio, IP camera system, access control, fire emergency systems, customer information public address and variable message signage, rider alert panels and physical and cyber security systems. In addition, Collins Aerospace will conduct testing and training with Metro Transit staff, and serve as systems integrator with the transit agency's control system.
About Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace Systems is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers' toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. With 2019 net sales of approximately $26 billion, the business has 71,000 employees across more than 300 locations globally. It is one of the four businesses that form Raytheon Technologies. For more information, visit CollinsAerospace.com.
About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With 195,000 employees and four industry-leading businesses ? Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ? the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, and quantum physics. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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