Honeywell’s technologies related to Air Traffic Management, including navigation, guidance, communications, and surveillance technologies, were recently featured on FastCompany.com.
The feature story, “How Honeywell is Redesigning the Skies for Quicker, Greener, Less Painful Flying,” explains how these emerging technologies will dramatically improve Air Traffic Management systems worldwide by enabling airplanes to safely fly closer to each other while giving pilots and air traffic controllers the ability to minimize passenger discomfort and land aircraft on time.
According to the article, tarmac delays and route inefficiencies waste 11% of an airplane’s fuel burn. All of that inefficiency could be eliminated by Honeywell’s technology, says Dr. Bob Smith, Honeywell Aerospace’s Chief Technology Officer.
“The inefficiencies we have today cause damage to the environment, and they put the airlines in trouble. So what you need is to rethink how we use airspace,” said Smith. “I grew up on the Jetsons. I’m waiting for my flying car. I’m waiting for piloting to become much more natural. And, now we have the technology to do that. We’re going to be changing the way people fly and actually touch an aircraft.”
For more information, read the full article.
