The IC Initiative is a unique opportunity to directly collaborate with Collins Aerospace, accelerating your capabilities and products and moving from technology to market faster.
Strategic Vision: Join a visionary journey with Collins Aerospace, defining the future of aerospace through strategic initiatives.
Rapid Innovation: We're not just talking; we're investing significantly to demonstrate cutting-edge capabilities and accelerate collaboration through initiatives like the IC Initiative.
Speed of Innovation: Break free from traditional business plans and pitch competitions. The IC Initiative is your express lane to identify and implement advanced technologies and solutions aligned with Collins’ products and customers.
Collaboration Opportunities: Instant fit assessments tailored to your capabilities, a straightforward application process, and potential for rapid progression into funded proof of concept demonstrations.
Aerospace Expertise: Gain access to a network of 17,000 technical professionals.
Global Reach: Utilize unique facilities and assets spanning 30+ countries.
Customer Insights: Tap into use cases and needs derived from the experience with over 70,000 fielded aircraft.
Funding Advantage: Move quickly to funded demonstrations in collaboration with Collins program teams, without diluting your equity.
Holistic Relationships: Forge lasting connections with the 2nd largest aerospace company globally.
Bonus:
While not mandatory, having achieved a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) positions you for rapid collaboration in a proof-of-concept project within 3-6 months.
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How would you collaborate with Collins to increase the intelligence of the next generation spacesuit, improving its ability to act as a scientific platform for data gathering and astronaut monitoring?
A new era of space exploration and travel has begun, fueled by a wave of technologies enabling safer and smarter access to this frontier. Collins is honored by our long history serving NASA with our Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), otherwise known as our space suit and the world’s smallest spacecraft. We are looking to collaborate with providers of miniaturized, low-power approaches to temperature and pressure sensing with experience in deploying systems in extreme environments. Providers with unique approaches to multi-functional sensors are also sought. Collaborators will work with Collins to understand the unique mission requirements for space mobility, conduct evaluation tests of their technology and incorporate their solutions as part of ongoing design activities for EMU upgrades.
How would you collaborate with Collins to develop inherently safe, high-energy density, long-lasting, high-performance battery systems with at least 20 kWh of capacity?
Powertrain electrification has the demonstrated potential to significantly reduce the environmental footprint of transportation technologies. Collins is committed to commercializing these advancements for aerospace, with over $3B invested in the last decade to advance more-electric architectures, including a recent $50M investment in a multi-megawatt power system test facility set to open in 2023. We are looking to collaborate with providers of cell chemistry, system packaging or management/optimization technologies or physical and digital methodologies with a 5-year or less commercialization roadmap. Proposed technologies must dramatically improve safety, life and charge/discharge (??) performance, while still retaining at least 200 Wh/kg of pack level energy density. Such providers will work with Collins to demonstrate their capabilities and incorporate their solutions into ongoing design and validation activities.
How would you collaborate with Collins to increase small UAS utility for search & rescue missions by expanding and integrating platform perception sensing capabilities?
Technology miniaturization continues to accelerate the ability of small, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to assist in a broad range of life-saving missions, from disaster response to search & rescue, law enforcement and beyond. Collins has developed the RapidEdge™ Mission System to enable such vehicles to execute complex missions effectively, including multi-vehicle collaboration. We are looking to collaborate with smart payload and data integration providers through the open interfaces of the RapidEdge™ Mission System. Such providers will work with Collins to deliver new perception capabilities across the electromagnetic spectrum and to optimize those capabilities using existing platform data streams (weather, mission planning, etc.) for a range of small UAS platforms.
How would you collaborate with Collins to transform composite scrap into high quality products with minimal energy usage?
Composite materials have become ubiquitous in aerospace, offering strength and resilience, while reducing component weight. Collins is an industry leader in next-generation composite materials, including thermoplastics. We are looking to collaborate with providers of recycling technologies or manufacturers utilizing upcycled materials to reuse current composite scrap in novel applications. Such providers will work with Collins to understand our current remanent stream, demonstrate their capabilities in small scale, and develop a scalable roadmap for continued material utilization.
How would you collaborate with Collins to increase the intelligence of the next generation spacesuit, improving its ability to act as a scientific platform for data gathering and astronaut monitoring?
How would you collaborate with Collins to develop inherently safe, high-energy density, long-lasting, high-performance battery systems with at least 20 kWh of capacity?
How would you collaborate with Collins to increase small UAS utility for search & rescue missions by expanding and integrating platform perception sensing capabilities?
How would you collaborate with Collins to transform composite scrap into high quality products with minimal energy usage?
