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• Pablo Diaz
Embraer is working with Honeywell to resolve a satellite-navigation instability affecting E190-E2 and E195-E2 jets worldwide. The GPS fault has led to flight cancellations and delays, while Embraer says it does not compromise operational safety and is pursuing a software-based remedy.
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Honeywell’s FMS Guided Visual database now includes departure procedures, extending its library of coded visual flight procedures. The company says the procedures are designed to improve safety and passenger comfort; the announcement does not specify aircraft types, availability or the scope of the database update.
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Three Phoenix-area airports will test Honeywell Aerospace’s SURF-A system, which is designed to give pilots aural and visual alerts when their aircraft is on a collision course with a ground vehicle. The trial will put the runway-safety technology into airport operations, though the available report gives no schedule or performance results.
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Embraer is working with Honeywell to resolve a satellite-navigation instability affecting E190-E2 and E195-E2 jets worldwide. The GPS fault has led to flight cancellations and delays, while Embraer says it does not compromise operational safety and is pursuing a software-based remedy.
Honeywell Aerospace is proposing the P40 power and thermal management system upgrade for Lockheed Martin’s F-35, offering a 25% increase in onboard cooling capacity. The company says the interim upgrade could be rolled out in three to four years, with a 40-kilowatt PTMS milestone announced for September 2026.
Honeywell has integrated a power source for Project Newborn, which is proceeding to ground demonstration tests for hydrogen propulsion. The milestone moves the effort from system integration into testing, although the available information does not specify the power-source architecture, test schedule or propulsion system’s intended application.
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Rolls-Royce will lead Clean Aviation’s ELEVATED project to embed a hybrid-electric system into a donor gas-turbine engine, demonstrating propulsion technology for future ultra-efficient short- and medium-range aircraft. The initiative is part of €290 million in newly approved EU funding supporting 19 projects and €664 million in total research effort.
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Honeywell Aerospace and 17 European partners have made a reported breakthrough in developing a megawatt-class hydrogen-electric propulsion system. The effort marks progress toward higher-power hydrogen propulsion architectures, with potential relevance to future aircraft electrification and aviation decarbonization programs.
Honeywell Aerospace is evaluating whether to bring some manufacturing work back in-house, reflecting a broader shift among aerospace companies seeking greater control over supply chains. The move would reverse portions of its prior outsourcing strategy, though the company’s plans and scope remain unclear.
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