Kortrijk, Belgium, 2 August 2022 – Barco, a world leader in projection technology for the Training & Simulation market, is proud to announce that Raytheon Technologies has honored the Barco Simulation Team with its 'Premier Award for overall excellence in Technology & Innovation'. This award recognizes Barco for the technical and business value the company has brought to this partnership over the past year.

Collins Aerospace is a business segment of Raytheon Technologies. The Premier Award is an annual recognition platform under the Raytheon Technology Performance+ Program, designed to recognize suppliers with superior performance and that have provided exceptional value to Raytheon Technologies. There are four key categories: Cost Competitiveness, Technology & Innovation, Business Management/Customer Service and Collaboration. Barco has been selected to receive the Premier Award for overall excellence in Technology & Innovation.

In 2021, Barco has worked with Collins Aerospace on multiple projects. Projectors used in Collins' innovative simulation systems include Barco's F70 and FL40 projectors.

"Being recognized for this award is a great honor! Raytheon Technologies awards only the best of the best. The goal is that together, our companies can meet the strict requirements, perform with unrivaled quality, deliver unsurpassed service, and demonstrate complete commitment to excellence serving Collins Aerospace's customers", says Greg Skaggs, Barco's Key Account Manager for Collins Aerospace.

"This award is the result of all the hard work we've put in, both from a technical as well as a business perspective. It is wonderful to see that teaming up globally to enable our customers' success results in not only the opportunity to work with amazing people and technologies on a variety of programs, but that it can also lead to prestigious awards and recognition such as this", Greg concludes.

Collins Aerospace will personally be handing over the award to Barco in Kortrijk, Belgium, in September.