BEAV B/E Aerospace, Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2017

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1

to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

B/E AEROSPACE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Robert J. Perna

Vice President and Secretary

B/E Aerospace, Inc.

400 Collins Road NE

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

(319) 295-1000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)

With copies to:

Charles W. Mulaney, Jr.

Richard C. Witzel, Jr.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

155 N. Wacker Dr.

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(312) 407-0700

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This post-effective amendment relates to the registration statement on Form S-3 (registration no. 333-210957) (the “Registration Statement”) of B/E Aerospace, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 27, 2016, registering an unspecified aggregate initial offering price or number of shares of common stock of the Company and an unspecified aggregate initial offering price of debt securities of the Company.

On April 13, 2017, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 23, 2016 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Rockwell Collins, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), and Quarterback Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent. As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company has terminated all offerings of the Company’s securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

Accordingly, the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, by means of this post-effective amendment, removes from registration any and all securities of the Company that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold under the Registration Statement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Cedar Rapids, State of Iowa, on April 13, 2017.

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