Honeywell

As economic conditions continue to improve globally this year, buyers are holding firm to purchase expectations that should see between 4,000 and 4,200 new civil helicopters delivered in the next five years, according to Honeywell’s latest forecast released on the eve of Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, which opened its doors this morning. In its latest […]

Honeywell has achieved FAA certification for its HTF7700L engine, the model of the highly successful engine family designed specifically for the Cessna Citation Longitude. The certification is a big step toward the certification of the Cessna Citation Longitude, which is powered by two HTF7700L engines. The Longitude is expected to achieve its certification by the […]

If you get the sense that a recovery in the beleaguered business aircraft market always seems to be at least “one more year” away, you’re right. Again this year, Honeywell’s annual business aviation forecast moves the goal post for a return to good times by a year to the right, meaning a notable uptick in […]

While there’s been uptick in news about supersonic aircraft this year, FAR Part 91.817 is seldom mentioned. That regulation prohibits operation of a civil aircraft over the Continental United States or at a U.S. airport when the aircraft is capable of true airspeeds greater than Mach 1, the speed of sound. The regulation also represents […]

The last time I had the chance to step aboard Honeywell’s Boeing 757 flying test bed it was to take to the skies over Arizona for trials of the HTF7000 turbofan engine that would power the Embraer Legacy 450 business jet. This time, as I climbed the air stairs on the executive tarmac at New […]

Honeywell is working on adding crowdsourced weather data to its Weather Information Service app. Honeywell says the new capability, called Connected Radar, will deliver the most complete view of weather along an aircraft’s route by aggregating weather data from radar systems onboard other aircraft in flight. Connected Radar could be particularly helpful to helicopter pilots […]

For all the talk about lingering economic uncertainty and struggling aircraft market segments, it’s hard to think back to a more fascinating time for the business aviation industry. From emerging models like the Cessna Denali turboprop and Cirrus Vision Jet to larger airplanes, including the HondaJet, Pilatus PC-24, Citation Hemisphere, Bombardier Global 8000 and Dassault […]

A decade ago, some people scoffed when Embraer announced its intention to create a complete line of business airplanes, from entry-level jets to behemoth bizliners, especially when the sum total of the company’s bizav experience to that point had been creating the Legacy 600 from the ERJ-135 regional jet. But once the Phenom series of […]

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Business aviation orders are likely to continue to see slow growth, according to a report released this week by Honeywell Aerospace. About 8,600 new business jet deliveries worth $255 billion are forecast through 2026. That’s 6 to 7 percent less than the values predicted in last year’s forecast. The Global Business Aviation Outlook report attributes […]