Rockwell Collins is building advanced weather radar technology that analyzes storm clouds to provide aircraft pilots with predictions for hail, wind shear, and lightning threats in the plane’s flight path. The new radar, called “Threat Track Weather Radar” is built in the company’s Cedar Rapids and Decorah plants. Dean Borg travels hundreds of miles with engineers to see a demonstrate of this new technology in an experimental aircraft flying over the Rocky Mountains.
Testing New Weather Radar Over the Rocky Mountains
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Rockwell Collins Senior Systems Engineer, Gregory Koenigs, explains the advanced radar displays aboard the company’s experimental aircraft which is analyzing storm clouds in the flight path.";
Photo by Dean Borg
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The oversized nose cone accommodates Rockwell Collins’ new radar systems which the company is building at its Cedar Rapids and Decorah plants. The advanced radar will be installed on new Boeing 777 and 737 aircrafts.";s
Photo by Dean Borg