Rockwell Collins to Receive 2010 Eisenhower Award from SBA

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that Rockwell Collins, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and with a manufacturing facility in Coralville, Iowa, is a recipient of one of SBA’s 2010 Dwight D. Eisenhower Awards for Excellence.

The Eisenhower Awards recognize large prime contractors that have excelled in their utilization of small businesses as suppliers and subcontractors. Awards are made in each of the following five categories: manufacturing; service; research and development; construction; and utilities. Rockwell Collins was recognized in the manufacturing category and will be recognized during National Small Business Week Ceremonies in Washington D.C., which will be held May 23-25, 2010.

In recognition of the small business community’s contributions to the American economy and society, the President of the United States designates one week each year as National Small Business Week. Scheduled for the week of May 23 of this year, Small Business Week 2010 will honor the estimated 25 million small businesses in America. Since its establishment in 1963, the highlight of this annual tradition has been the presentation of awards which focus on the outstanding contributions of small business persons and champions at the district, state and national levels.