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Rockwell Collins Ships ECCM Modules To India

March 31, 2010

Rockwell Collins was awarded a contract for electronic counter-counter measure (ECCM) radio modules by Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL). The hardware cards will be integrated into ground-based UHF radios for use by the Indian Defence for command and control of ground-to-ground and ground-to-air communications. The contract also includes Global Positioning System (GPS) hand-held receivers. Thud Chee "TC" Chan, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, for Rockwell Collins, remarked that "This is a strategic win for Rockwell Collins as it begins a highly valued relationship with a major defense company in India. Our proven ECCM technology and GPS systems will enable ECIL to provide a complete secure, high precision communication system to the Indian Defence."

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.