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Honeywell to Split Up Aerospace, Automation Businesses

Aerospace unit builds propulsion, power, cockpit, navigation, and other systems for all kinds of aircraft, from commercial airliners to spaceships.

Friday, February 07, 2025 at 11:25 AM ET

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Honeywell Aerospace counts Boeing, Airbus, Textron Aviation, Lockheed Martin, and other industry titans as customers. [Courtesy: Honeywell]

Key Takeaways:

Honeywell is spinning off its $15 billion aerospace business into a standalone public company by the second half of 2026.
This separation is part of a larger strategy to create three independent companies (aerospace, automation, and advanced materials) to simplify operations and accelerate growth.
The move is intended to allow the aerospace unit to better address anticipated high demand in commercial and defense markets and was partly influenced by an activist investor.

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Honeywell—the massive industrial conglomerate that builds avionics, propulsion, navigation, and other systems for aircraft, rotorcraft, and spacecraft—is splitting its aerospace business into a separate company.

The firm on Thursday said it will fully separate its aerospace and automation units in the second half of 2026, following previously announced plans to spin off its advanced materials business later this year. The result will be three independent companies, each dedicated to a different sector. The aerospace business, which generated $15 billion in revenue for Honeywell last year, will remain headquartered in Phoenix.

Jack Daleo

Jack is a staff writer covering advanced air mobility, including everything from drones to unmanned aircraft systems to space travel—and a whole lot more. He spent close to two years reporting on drone delivery for FreightWaves, covering the biggest news and developments in the space and connecting with industry executives and experts. Jack is also a basketball aficionado, a frequent traveler and a lover of all things logistics.