Rockwell Collins

Nuclear Weapon Producers

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Company profile

Rockwell Collins, based in the United States, provides design, production and support solutions for customers in the aerospace and military sector, such as cockpit electronics, communications, information management and simulation and training.1

During the financial year that ended 30 September 2013, Rockwell Collins reported revenues of US$ 4.6 billion (€ 3.4 billion), resulting in an operating profit of US$ 880 million (€ 661 million) and a net profit of US$ 632 million (€ 467 million).2

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Nuclear weapons

In 2006, the US Air Force awarded a technology development contract of unknown duration to Rockwell Collins for the Minuteman Modernization Program Upgrade (MMP Upgrade). The company was selected to improve the satellite communications capacity of the Minuteman Launch Control Centers. The upgrade ensures that all Minuteman units receive Emergency Action Messages from the National Command Authority under all circumstances.3

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The following financial institutions have made approximately 6389 million USD available to Rockwell Collins since January 2011.

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  • Affiliated Managers Group
  • Allstate Corporation
  • American Century Companies
  • American Family Mutual Insurance
  • American International Group
  • American United Mutual Insurance
  • Ameritas Mutual
  • Artisan Partners
  • Atlanta Life Financial
  • Aviva
  • AXA
  • Bank of New York Mellon
  • Bessemer
  • BlackRock
  • Boston Private Financial
  • Capital Group

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  • D.E. Shaw & Co.
  • Epoch Investment Partners
  • Farallon Capital Management
  • First Manhattan
  • General Electric
  • Geode Capital Management
  • Guggenheim Capital
  • Hartford Financial Services
  • ING Group
  • Intesa Sanpaolo
  • Janus Capital Group
  • JPMorgan Chase
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • Lincoln National Corporation
  • Madison Investment

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  • National Life Group
  • New York Life Insurance Company
  • Northern Trust
  • Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global
  • Power Financial Corporation
  • Principal Financial
  • Protective Life Corp
  • Prudential Financial
  • StanCorp Financial
  • State Farm
  • State Street
  • The Travelers Companies
  • TIAA-CREF
  • ValueAct Holdings
  • Vanguard
  • White Mountains Insurance

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Notes

  1. Rockwell Collins, “Our company”, Website Rockwell Collins (www.rockwellcollins.com/Our_Company.aspx), viewed May 2014. ↩

  2. Rockwell Collins, “Annual Report 2013”, Rockwell Collins, 12 November 2013. ↩

  3. Rockwell Collins, “Rockwell Collins selected for Minuteman upgrade program”, News Release Rockwell Collins (www.rockwellcollins.com/~/media//Files/Unsecure/News%20Archive/FY07/20061211%20Rockwell%20Collins%20selected%20for%20Minuteman%20upgrade%20program.pdf), 11 December 2006. ↩

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