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2024 collaboration opportunities now open
Create with us and move from technology to market, faster. Applications close May 10, 2024
- Aerospace expertise
- World-class facilities
- Customer insights
- Non-dilutive funding
- Holistic relationships
Current collaboration opportunities
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Powered by Collins at a glance
The Powered by Collins initiative is a unique opportunity to directly collaborate with Collins Aerospace, accelerating your capabilities and products and moving from technology to market faster.
Value
The power of Collins
Requirements
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 Powered by Collins Initiative.
Speed of innovation: Break free from traditional business plans and pitch competitions. The Powered by Collins 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.
Why collaborate with us?
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 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 second largest aerospace company globally.
Join the Powered by Collins Initiative if your company:
- is an incorporated, legal entity not registered in restricted countries
- employs at least three (3) full-time professionals
- offers solutions aligning with current collaboration opportunities
- is willing to accept the initiative’s terms & conditions
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.
Our process
On a periodic basis, the Collins team will publish open collaboration opportunities to the site. Please review those opportunities and see if your company’s capabilities and solutions are a potential fit. We welcome companies that are actively working aerospace, and equally so for those working in adjacent industries but passionate about exploring the opportunity in aerospace for their offerings.
Tell us more about your company and your technology-enabled solutions via a solution brief. It’s our version of an introductory meeting in a document format. We’re looking for a < 3-page document or < 10 slide presentation (.pdf format preferred), with a total file size not exceeding 2 MB.
Information we’re looking for:
- Description of your solution & why you think it fits the collaboration opportunity scope
- Unique aspects of your solution and the technology enablers to create that uniqueness
- Your capabilities – Your core team and its unique strengths
- Your momentum to date – help us understand where you are in your development journey and some recent milestones and customer traction
- A document with no technical data or controlled technical information
The internal Collins team will evaluate your solution brief submission for a fit with our needs and the likelihood of a successful collaboration together.
Selected solution briefs will be invited to join us for a Collaboration Day to explore, in greater detail, potential opportunities.
Collins may select a subset of Collaboration Day participants to collaborate with through a funded, proof-of concept demonstration.
Program schedule
March 8-11
Launch of Powered by Collins 2024 at SXSW
May 10
Application period closes
June (TBD)
Collaboration Day (invite only)
July
Proof-of-concept awardees selected; demonstration scope finalized
December
Proof-of-concept demonstrations
FAQS
If you’re a global technologist that represents a deep-tech, small-medium enterprise – in aerospace or an adjacent industry – and you share our passion for innovation, we invite you to explore our active collaboration opportunities to see if your company’s capabilities and solutions are a potential fit.
While each interaction will be tailored to the needs of a particular project, some sample benefits could include access to our aerospace expertise and world-class facilities, insights into market needs and use cases, non-dilutive funding through collaborative demonstration programs, along with developing a holistic, lasting relationship with one of the world’s leading aerospace companies.
To submit an application, apply here, or to learn more about our acceleration of transformative technologies, visit Advanced Research & Technology.
We understand how busy the world is, and our goal is to evaluate potential collaborators swiftly while enabling you to get to know Collins and our expertise more thoroughly. To that end, our portal is designed to enable you to tell us more about your company and your technology-enabled solutions via a solution brief.
- It's our version of an introductory meeting in a document format
- A 3-page document or 10 slide presentation (.pdf format preferred), with a total file size not exceeding 2 MB
- Information we’re looking for:
- Description of your solution & why you think it fits the collaboration opportunity scope
- Unique aspects of your solution and the technology enablers to create that uniqueness
- Your capabilities – Your core team and its unique strength
- Your momentum to date – help us understand where you are in your development journey and some recent milestones and customer traction
- A document with no technical data or controlled technical information
Visit Applied Research & Technology for more information about our team.
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The Applied Research & Technology team is a global technology and open innovation resource within Collins Aerospace working on mission-critical projects that push the boundaries of what technology can do. We work on the cutting edge, redefining our industry with innovative partners, government and academia to research and advance transformative technologies that can create a safer, more connected and sustainable world.
With teams located in the U.S., Europe and Asia, we leverage combined engineering expertise across Collins Aerospace and RTX to create differentiated systems-level solutions across a range of disciplines. Working together, we bring breakthrough technologies to market that redefine how the world experiences the present and envisions the future.
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