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Dubai / Emirates Business
In line with its commitment to support aerospace innovation across the Middle East, Honeywell (NYSE:HON), has brought its industry-leading test aircraft to Dubai for a three-day stop as part of final testing for a revolutionary new GX Aviation, high-speed inflight Wi-Fi network arriving to airlines and business jets later this year.
Honeywell has a long history of milestones on its Boeing 757 test bed aircraft. The jet has been used for research and development since 2008, and arriving in Dubai this week it had completed more than 400 flight tests in over 15 countries, spending in excess of 1700 hours in the air.
As a country that places the aviation industry at the heart of its long-term economic growth, the UAE is an essential destination for Honeywell to showcase – and implement – its pioneering industry vision and leading-edge technology solutions.
The aircraft is currently taking part in a global test of Inmarsat’s GX Aviation network and Honeywell’s portfolio of JetWave satellite communications equipment, which together provide a high-speed, inflight wireless broadband service delivering “home equivalent†Wi-Fi in the air.
The unique test capabilities of the 757 include Honeywell’s industry-leading communications hardware; in addition to the company’s most advanced avionics including the pioneering Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, which has reduced Controlled Flight into Terrain accidents from about one in every 3 million flights to less than one in every 20 million flights.
Other demo features of the 757 test bed aircraft include Honeywell’s Traffic Collision Avoidance System that gives pilots previously unavailable air traffic information to help manage airspace and air traffic, and SmartRunway / SmartLanding systems designed to assist pilots in reducing the likelihood of runway incidents.