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1940s

SPERRY, A LEGACY HONEYWELL COMPANY, DEVELOPED THE GYROSCOPE, WHICH WAS THE FIRST PLANE STABILIZER CHANGED FLYING FOREVER AND GAVE BIRTH TO THE SCIENCE OF CONTROLLED FLIGHT.

DEVELOPED BY INVENTIVE GENIUS ELMER SPERRY, THE DEVICE WAS FIRST DEMONSTRATED BY SPERRY’S SON LAWRENCE DURING FRANCE’S AIRPLANE SAFETY CONTEST IN JUNE 1914.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE CELEBRATES OUR PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE OF AEROSPACE INNOVATION BY DELIVERING RESPONSIVE, HIGH PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY THAT MEETS THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

THE ROARING 20S WERE A GLAMOROUS AGE FOR AVIATION AND HONEYWELL LEGACY COMPANIES PLAYED CRITICAL ROLES IN TWO OF THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DECADE . . .

CHARLES LINDBERGH’S HISTORIC SOLO FLIGHTACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN 1927 AND JIMMY DOOLITTLE’S FIRST INSTRUMENTS ONLY “BLIND FLIGHT” IN 1929.

WORLD WAR II WAS A CATALYST FOR UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY.

THE FIRST REFRIGERATION TURBINE TO FLY ON AN AIRCRAFT.

MAJOR TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENTS IN COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY AVIATION.

THE FIRST TIME A HONEYWELL AEROSPACE LEGACY COMPANY PROVIDED MAIN PROPULSION FOR AN AIRCRAFT.

THE FIRST COMPLETE ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE SPACECRAFT AND THE HONEYWELL STABILIZATION AND CONTROL SUBSYSTEMPROVIDED GUIDANCE AND CONTROL THROUGHOUT THE LANDING MISSION.

THE 1960S WERE A BUSY DECADE WHICH SAW THE DEVELOPMENTOF A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT HELPED MAKE HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT POSSIBLE...

THE FIRST SOLID-STATE TRANSCEIVER FOR TWO-WAY VOICE COMMUNICATIONS; AND THE INTRODUCTION OF DIGITAL AVIONICS FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS.

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS IN AVIATION

1930s SPERRY INTRODUCED THE FIRST AIRCRAFT ARTIFICIAL HORIZON; AND AIRESEARCH DEVELOPED THE FIRST ALL-ALUMINUM AIRCRAFT INTERCOOLER.

THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TURBOFAN ENGINE FOR BUSINESS JETS.

THE 1980S SAW CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM WITH SEVERAL SYSTEMS PROVIDING GUIDANCE, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE NEW SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - BETTER KNOWN AS THE SPACE SHUTTLE.

THE FIRST HYBRID GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM/INERTIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM WAS LAUNCHED.

THE AVIATION INDUSTRY’S FIRST 3D WEATHER RADAR WHICH PROVIDES PILOTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AT NIGHT OR IN LOW-VISIBILITY CONDITIONS.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE RESPONDED BY ACQUIRING EMS TECHNOLOGIES IN 2011 AND SIGNING AN AGREEMENT WITH INMARSAT IN 2012 THAT MADE THE COMPANY A LEADING FORCE IN THE EVOLUTION TOWARD THE FULLY CONNECTED AIRCRAFT.

FLIGHT SAFETY ADVANCED IN THE 1990S WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENHANCED GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM.

SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE COMPANIES THAT THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED HAVE COME TOGETHER OVER THE LAST CENTURY TO FORM WHAT IS HONEYWELL TODAY. ALMOST EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE LAWRENCE SPERRY’S HISTORIC 1914 FLIGHT. ONE THING HASN’T: THE COMMITMENT OF HONEYWELL AEROSPACE PEOPLE TO APPLY INDUSTRY-LEADING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER, SAFER, MORE PRODUCTIVE, MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE COMFORTABLE PLACE. YOU CAN FIND HONEYWELL AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY IN THE AIR, ON THE GROUND AND IN THE FAR REACHES OF SPACE. OUR PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS ARE ON ALL KINDS OF AIRCRAFT.

OUR SERVICES HELP OUR CUSTOMERS ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. AND OUR PEOPLE ARE COMMITTED TO PERFORMANCE, INNOVATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN ALL WE DO.

THE FIRST DIGITAL FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM ENTERED SERVICE.

CONNECTIVITY BECAME A HONEYWELL WATCHWORD IN THE 2000S AS AIRCRAFT OPERATORS, FLIGHT CREWS AND PASSENGERS DEMANDED SEAMLESS, HIGH-SPEED INFLIGHT COMMUNICATIONS.

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