Safety

Runway incursions and excursions stand as one of the greatest ongoing safety concerns to the airline industry. In recent years, runway related accidents have been responsible for more aviation fatalities than any other cause. With one incident reported on average every day globally, these potentially high profile events can represent a significant cost to an airline’s bottom line as well as negatively impact an airlines’ brand and reputation.

To mitigate the risk of runway incursions and excursions, Honeywell has developed SmartRunway and SmartLanding. These simple software upgrades to the existing EGPWS drastically increase safety by improving situational awareness for pilots and crew members during taxi and takeoff, approach and landing.

For more information visit: SmartRunway / SmartLanding

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Efficiency

IntuVue®

IntuVue® 3-D Weather Radar

IntuVue® – Honeywell’s family of advanced 3-D weather radar systems for air transport, business and military aircraft.

Did you know weather costs the aerospace industry billions of dollars each year? Weather-related delays & cancellations cost the U.S. economy $18B in 2007. Turbulence-related incidents cost airlines on average $150K/incident. Total cost to the industry exceeds $100M/year. Business jet operators experience approximately 180,000 flights that are delayed due to weather, costing an estimated $340M.

Key Benefits

IntuVue® helps to minimize the financial impact of severe storm activity while providing maximum aircraft efficiency, safety and performance over traditional radar systems:

•    Enables rerouting sooner through longer-range weather hazard detection.
•    Increases crew efficiency by reducing pilot workload through automatic operation and intuitive displays.
•    Provides greater safety using the most advanced predictive windshear and MOPS certified enhanced turbulence detection and alerting capability.
•    Enhances crew and product performance through fleet commonality, increased reliability and advanced weather hazard detection and analysis.

These features and advanced technology enable pilots to quickly identify and analyze weather hazards at up to 320 nautical miles, for improved safety, fuel efficiency and on-time arrivals. Pilots have demonstrated a 26 percent improvement in decision making using IntuVue™

IntuVue Blog Post: How IntuVue® Helps Pilots Weather Storms

For more information visit: IntuVue® 3-D Weather Radar

Download an IntuVue® overview (including RDR-4000M technical specifications)

 

Mandates

With commercial airspace becoming increasingly crowded, safety and efficiency upgrades mandated by international regulatory agencies are a fact of aviation life.

However, airline and aviation infrastructure costs are not getting any lower, so aircraft owners and operators ─ who bear much of the burden of installing equipment and software ─ are naturally reluctant to add more costs, which include aircraft downtime and maintenance as well as the purchase price for the upgrades.

With all the conversation about mandates, costs benefits and deadlines, it's critical for aerospace decision- makers to understand exactly what they are. This is where Honeywell can help.

Through the information contained on this site, Honeywell intends to provide clarity around the upcoming mandates and how they impact aircraft owners spanning air transport, regional, business and general aviation operators.

For more information visit: Understanding the Mandates Landscape

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