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1 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Rockwell Collins SAE ACGSC Meeting 102 General Committee Briefing October 15, 2008 Damien Jourdan, Ph.D, Control Technologies

2 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Agenda Acquisition of Athena Strategy behind acquisition What Rockwell Collins brings to UAS market – new capabilities and complete solutions Sample customer programs Convergence of manned & unmanned aviation Automated flight management –Sense and avoid solutions –TCAS/ADS-B/collision avoidance and 4D Nav High reliability aircraft control systems –Redundancy systems –Engine controls –Damage Tolerance

3 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Insert pictures into these angled boxes. Height should be 3.44 inches. About Rockwell Collins A global company operating from more than 60 locations in 27 countries 20,000 employees on our team A uniquely balanced business across markets we serve —Government – 50% of sales —Commercial – 50% of sales $4.42 billion in sales (2007)

4 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Why Rockwell Collins and Athena Expanded Integrated Solutions capabilities for the UAS market –Rockwell Collins core competencies Communications Navigation Sensors –Athena core competencies Athena Family of versatile, compact and cost-effective flight control systems –End to end life cycle support –Additional synergies emerging

5 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Total solutions for the UAS market Thales/Elbit Systems Watchkeeper –UK Watchkeeper program Redundant INS/GPS system with Athena 411 AAI Corporation’s Shadow –US Army Controlled by Athena 211e More than 300,000 flight hours in Iraq General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Sky Warrior –Joint US Army/Air Force program Athena 511 INS/GPS and air data sensor suite Dual back-up navigation capabilities Alenia Aeronautica Sky X –First UCAV configuration to fly in Europe Athena 311 provides entire flight control and mission management system CEI Corporation BQM-167A Target –Air Force Subscale Aerial Target Athena 111 Aurora Flight Sciences GoldenEye80 –Developed under DARPA OAV-II program Flight control and navigation with Athena 111m Autonomous obstacle avoidance through dynamic rerouting Sky Warrior Shadow Watchkeeper

6 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Solutions for Manned and Unmanned Aviation 6

7 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Automated Air Traffic Management within the ROI

8 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Damage Tolerance Flight 2 – 60% Wing Loss 8

9 © Copyright 2008 Rockwell Collins, Inc. All rights reserved. Proprietary Information Damage Tolerance Military Manned and Unmanned Aircraft –Reduce loss of UAVs and manned aircraft in combat –Security of US intellectual property –Facilitates greater use of UAVs –Combined with flight control redundancy; improves reliability exponentially Civilian Manned and Unmanned Aviation –Fault tolerance –Upset recovery –Panic button autoland –With Rockwell Collins solutions, facilitates the convergence of manned and unmanned aviation in commercial airspace 9

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