Representatives from Honeywell sign a Letter of Intent and Memorandum of Understanding with representatives from COMAC, AVIC, and FACRI to be the fly-by-wire flight control system provider for the new C919 single-aisle commercial airliner.

Honeywell announced it has been selected by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) as the fly-by-wire flight control system provider for the new C919 single-aisle commercial airliner. Mark Howes, President of Honeywell Aerospace Asia Pacific signed the Letter of Intent together with Mr. Lu Guangshan, President of AVIC Electronics Group, and Mr. Wu Guanghui, Senior Vice President of COMAC.

Honeywell was also recently chosen by COMAC to provide the wheels and brake control system, and fuel-efficient auxiliary power unit for the C919 commercial airliner.

Honeywell fly-by-wire flight control technology is used on many commercial aircraft, including COMAC’s ARJ-21 regional jet, the Boeing 787 and the Embraer 170/190 family.  Fly-by-wire systems enable an electronic interface between the cockpit and the aircraft flight control surfaces to ensure a pilot can smoothly and safely handle the aircraft.  The Honeywell system for the C919 includes a complete autoflight system with automatic landing capability.

Honeywell will integrate the fly-by-wire system that includes electronics, actuation, MEMS sensors, sidestick and other cockpit controls to provide the C919 a complete flight control capability that optimizes aircraft performance with reduced weight, volume and power requirements.

 For more information, read the press release.

Honeywell’s Primus Apex® integrated avionics suite has received Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the new Viking Twin Otter Series 400 aircraft.

Primus Apex is Honeywell’s integrated avionics platform for customers that desire an industry standard solution that offers navigation and situational awareness capabilities similar to those offered in global business jets.  Honeywell’s Interactive Navigation (INAV®) graphical flight planning with detailed terrain and sensor overlays is standard on Primus Apex and provides unparalleled situational awareness with the ease of point and click navigation.

The DHC-6 Twin Otter is the largest-selling 19-passenger commuter aircraft in the world, with more than 40 years of operations.

For more information, read the press release.

Honeywell introduced its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Management offering, a comprehensive portfolio of services that use ongoing measurement, monitoring and real-time emissions data to shape mitigation strategies that help customers meet sustainability goals and compliance requirements.

Many schools, universities, municipalities and other institutions have made public commitments to become carbon neutral or significantly cut GHG emissions. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted new regulations in 2009 requiring certain organizations that produce more than 25,000 metric tons of GHGs, through stationary combustion sources such as heating systems in particular, to monitor and measure emissions. Other regulations adopted by EPA this year may require GHG controls under the Clean Air Act, which will create additional incentives to carefully track emissions.

To help address these needs, the GHG Emissions Management service encompasses the whole emissions management cycle, including emissions inventories, audits to identify reduction opportunities, energy retrofits and implementation of renewable technologies, ongoing monitoring and reporting, and carbon monetization.

Honeywell is a global leader in energy and environmental services, working with organizations to conserve energy, optimize building operations and leverage renewable energy sources. Since the 1980s, the company has completed more than 5,000 energy-efficiency projects in facilities across the globe that are expected to deliver nearly $5 billion in savings.

Overall, nearly 50 percent of Honeywell’s product portfolio company-wide is linked to energy efficiency. The company estimates the United States could reduce its energy consumption 20 to 25 percent by immediately and comprehensively adopting existing Honeywell technologies.

For more information, read the press release.

Norm Gilsdorf, President of Honeywell Process Solutions, presents an industry perspective to more than 500 Honeywell customers at the Honeywell Users Group Americas symposium.

This year marked the 35th anniversary of Honeywell Users Group (HUG), a five-day event to enable Honeywell Process Solutions’ (HPS) leaders and customers to share best practices and strategies for enhancing business results. 

The theme of this year’s event was “Dynamic Solutions. Endless Possibilities.” Held in Phoenix, Arizona, the event included the opportunity for customers to come together to learn about the latest HPS technologies and provide input on HPS’ research and development priorities.

Key technologies announcements during HUG included:

• OneWireless™ R200, the process industry’s first truly universal wireless mesh network solution, is now fully compliant with the ISA100.11a standard, which will allow plants to design a wireless network with different types of wireless coverage.
• Experion R400, the newest version of Honeywell’s flagship Experion® Process Knowledge System® (PKS), features enhancements to protect manufacturers from the high cost of evolving technology and includes new turbine-control capabilities for power generators.  Experion PKS is Honeywell’s process automation and control system that sends data from critical plant subsystems directly to operators to help improve decision making in the control room.
• Field Advisor™, Honeywell’s newest addition to its family of mobile productivity solutions, helps industrial facilities keep their equipment running within safe operating limits and at optimum performance.

For more information about the event, visit Honeywell Users Group website.

Honeywell’s Delphi combustion efficiency panel and Reveal touch screen display have been recognized for excellence in product design in the 6th annual Dealer Design Awards Program sponsored by The Air Conditioning Heating & Refrigeration News (The ACHR News), the leading trade magazine in the heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration industries.

Delphi, which won a Silver award in the Miscellaneous category, provides flame safeguard control, fuel air ratio control, O2 trim, and variable frequency drive (VFD) control in a single, integrated panel with an easy-to-use touch screen user interface.  Fuel air ratio control with O2 trim can provide energy savings of 5-7% per year.  VFD control can reduce electrical costs by up to 30% per year.

Honeywell’s Reveal™, which provides real-time building automation status information, also received an Honorable Mention in the Commercial Controls Products category. Reveal is small enough for easy mounting in small equipment rooms and is built on the NiagaraAX Framework®.  It interfaces seamlessly with all WEBs-AX controllers and makes information accessible from all systems connected to these controllers.

An independent panel of 30 contractors served as judges in the contest which had more than 100 entries from different industry brands.

For more information, read the story in The ACHR News.

Honeywell announced it has been selected by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) to provide the wheels and brakes, Brake Control System (BCS), and tires for the new C919 airliner.

Honeywell’s 75-year heritage of wheels and brakes development ensures C919 operators will receive long life, up to 2,200 landings per overhaul, and high reliability from their wheels and brakes.

Honeywell operates 10 facilities throughout China, including Aerospace maintenance and manufacturing facilities in Xiamen, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Shanghai.  The Asia Pacific business is based in Shanghai.

Honeywell is collaborating on the COMAC C919 pedal-to-ground solution with Hunan Boyun New Materials Co., Ltd., Changsha Xinhang Wheel & Brake Co., Ltd. A joint venture will be formed to provide the wheels and brakes system for the new C919 airliner.

For more information, read the press release.

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.

Honeywell announced it has been selected to help Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company Ltd achieve safe and efficient production at the Shah Gas Development Project, which is expected to significantly increase the Emirate’s domestic gas supply. When it reaches full production capacity in 2014, the site is expected to process some 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day. Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company Ltd is a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC).

Although the Shah Gas field was discovered more than 40 years ago, dangerously high levels of hydrogen sulfide have prevented ADNOC from extracting the gas, which is critical to domestic and industrial growth in the region. To help reduce the risk of safety incidents, Honeywell is providing its Experion® Process Knowledge System® (PKS) and Safety Manager technologies, which can be integrated to give personnel a complete view of process and safety information across the site. This approach helps operators more effectively manage the safety systems throughout the plant. In addition to this core system, Honeywell will design, engineer and implement a broad array of new technologies and advanced applications that will help the plant operate as efficiently as possible from the first day of production.

Honeywell will provide its OneWireless™ industrial wireless network both inside the plant and at the gathering field well pads to track key personnel and assets during both construction and operational phases. Operations staff will be equipped with wireless gas detectors that will transmit alerts when dangerous gases are detected. They will also have Honeywell’s wireless Dolphin™ handheld and Webpad computers that will allow them to develop consistent and safe operating rounds and procedures and view and manage key control parameters.

For more information, read the press release.

Honeywell announced that its Spectra Shield® and Gold Shield® materials will provide bullet-resistance to body armor for Indian paramilitary and police forces.

As part of a contract awarded by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs to MKU Pvt. Ltd., an India-based supplier of body armor, Honeywell’s Gold Shield and Spectra Shield composite materials will be the primary ballistics protection incorporated into 59,000 jackets that each contain two breast plates. The first shipment of armor is likely to be sent to the Central Reserve Police Force by the end of June 2010.

Modernization of India’s police forces has been a top priority for the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to Informa, PLC, an international market research firm, the Indian homeland security budget is set to grow by 25 percent in 2010, making it the fastest-growing market for homeland security equipment in the world.

The body armor, designed and manufactured by MKU, is intended to protect against a variety of pistol, ground and small arms threats. The soft armor containing Gold Shield can substantially reduce injuries caused by a bullet’s impact, but with improved weight, flexibility and comfort. The breast plates containing Spectra Shield offer protection from multiple bullet hits, angle shots and high-velocity rifle rounds.

MKU is one of the leading suppliers of personal and platform ballistic protection solutions globally. Its products are in service in more than 60 countries around the world. It currently has several innovative products in the pipeline and various patent applications pending.

For more information, read the press release.

Honeywell announced the appointment of Pritam Bhavnani as President of Honeywell Aerospace in India. Pritam will relocate from Honeywell Aerospace, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, where he was most recently the Vice President of Customer and Product Support. He will be based in Gurgaon, India.

In his new role, Pritam will work to provide direction to the various operations and to drive Honeywell initiatives and strategies for aerospace and defense.  Over the last five years, Honeywell’s Aerospace business in India has been growing rapidly, driven by strong capabilities in new technologies that are committed to India’s safety and security. 

Pritam holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University in Wisconsin and an MBA from University of Phoenix in Arizona.

For more information, read the press release.