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AVIONICS

FUTURE BUSINESS

JET AVIONICS

By Kelsey Reichmann

with a large or ultra-long range aircraft.” 300 aircraft, the Challenger 350 aircraft,

In terms of advanced avionics devel- Gulfstream G280, and the Embraer Legacy

oneywell Aerospace President opments, Honeywell will be working on 450/500 aircraft. And there are different

Hand CEO Mike Madsen discussed open software architecture flexibility and options there I think you'll see those kinds
of things, all-inclusive maintenance plans,"

interconnectivity, Madsen said. This would
some of the new avionics and engine tech- be something similar to what the military is Madsen said.
nologies the company is developing during doing with the Future Airborne Capability In 2021 Honeywell will also introduce
a virtual press event as part of the Virtual Environment (FACE). a new lightweight micro-power unit
NBAA Business Aviation Conference and “The way we're thinking about this is to mechanical system for smaller business

Exhibition held last year. think about core features that are tied to aircraft that do not come equipped with

Honeywell Aerospace is focusing on sup- our fundamental aircraft performance and an auxiliary power unit (APU), and they will

porting new and next generation business safety features, those things being sort of also be releasing updates to their RDR 7000

aircraft by innovating with propulsion and hard-coded but functionality, that's tailor- weather radar system. The avionics maker

avionics systems, Mike Madsen, the presi- able wrapped around that,” Madsen said. will also be developing new compact fly

dent and CEO of Honeywell Aerospace, said. “We want to make that available to the by wire systems not only for business and
Madsen discussed the current climate of operators and to the airframers. It gives general aviation, Urban Air Mobility (UAM),

business aviation and a long-range forecast them a chance to make the aircraft a bit and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

for the industry as well as Honeywell’s plans more be-spoke to that brand, or even to The impact of COVID-19 is likely to still

to address both topics during the webinar. the operator that owns the aircraft. We have consequences on the business avi-

Madsen said Honeywell will continue to think that's going to be absolutely required ation industry through 2022, however, in

upgrade the HTF engine family and create in going forward.” five years Madsen said he sees the industry

an entirely new engine centre line for larger Another area where Honeywell sees in- growing again. The five-year purchase plans

and super midsize aircraft. terest is in connected offerings like satellite Honeywell is tracking for aircraft have been

“We're working on product improvement connectivity for cockpit and maintenance largely unchanged, he said.

upgrades and technology assertions for the applications. He said the connected main- “We're expecting some strong growth,

HTF 7000 series engines," Madsen said. tenance plans would be offered in con- really growth in every segment, but the

“We are also working on a new centreline junction with maintenance service plans strongest segments for growth over the

engine that I will just say will be larger than already offered. next 10 years will we expect to see in the

the HTF engine and more to come on that. Among the connected aircraft applica- super midsize and large cabin aircraft,

You know when you're in the engine busi- tions under development are methods for Madsen said.

ness, you never get out of the game. You're automatically downloading engine data, “I think it's an evolving situation, the

constantly investing in these products. Wi-Fi auto-billing and continuous engine buyers of super midsize and large cabin

They have a long life, but they do need to health diagnostics, according to Madsen. aircraft continue to rate operating costs,

be refreshed occasionally and we do see “Honeywell has introduced in a cell direct operating cost, and cabin size, either

this general migration toward larger air- maintenance service plan for each for its first and second or vice versa.” Q

craft and the need and desire to be able to HTF family of engines that now includes

do with a mid-size airplane or a super mid- the new cell system and the components. Article courtesy: https://www.

sized airplane what today can only be done This is for the Lombardi A Challenger aviationtoday.com/2020/12/02/

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