Reading Time: < 1 minute United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has reached a definitive agreement to buy Rockwell Collins for $30 billion, a mega-merger of aircraft parts and systems suppliers that will reshape the global aerospace manufacturing landscape. The $30 billion transaction value includes $23 billion in equity and Farmington, Connecticut-based UTC assuming $7 billion in Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell’s debt. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Rockwell Collins has announced an agreement to acquire aircraft interiors supplier B/E Aerospace for $6.4 billion in cash and the assumption of $1.9 billion in net debt. The transaction, which is expected to close in 2017 subject to board approvals of both companies, will blend B/E’s portfolio of galleys, lavatories and oxygen and lighting systems […]