We continue to expand our presence in the Asia Pacific region by making ongoing investments, forming strategic alliances and building on trusted relationships with our customers. With a team of employees spanning key locations throughout the region, we are well-positioned to serve the needs of a growing military and commercial aviation customer base in the Asia Pacific.
Our sales and customer-service engineers are located throughout Asia Pacific, with service centers in China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. And we have on-site engineers in Shanghai to support COMAC's ARJ21 and C919 programs and XAC's MA-60/600 programs, as well as in Nagoya, Japan, to support Mitsubishi's MRJ program.
We opened our first engineering facility in Hyderabad, India, in 2008. The Hyderabad center is dedicated to hardware and software development, with initial work focused on the design of displays and flight management systems. Today, our Hyderabad location has nearly 300 employees, with plans for 500 employees by 2015.
With headquarters in Singapore, and led by Thud Chee (TC) Chan, vice president and managing director, Rockwell Collins Asia Pacific can effectively serve the needs of a growing military and commercial aviation customer base in the Asia Pacific region.