Oil Rigs Added to Honeywell EGPWS Database

Honeywell added some 5,000 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and 4,000 European land-based structures to its terrain databases for its helicopter EGPWS. The unit uses GPS transmissions to compare aircraft position with the built-in terrain database to generate a moving map display.

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