Technology company Honeywell has signed a deal with United Airlines to supply a suite of avionics tech for the company’s incoming Boeing 737 MAX aircraft over the next ten years.
The US company will supply five technologies for the planes, including a 3D weather radar and ‘intuitive’ display for pilots, a 25-hour flight data recorder, and a radar altimeter to assist instrument landings and filter out 5G interference.
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Heath Patrick, president of Americas aftermarket for Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, said: “We are proud to continue our long-standing relationship with United Airlines to provide advanced avionics for its growing 737 MAX fleet.
“Our technology reduces pilot workload, improves situational awareness and supports dispatch reliability.”
The agreement continues United’s use of Honeywell avionics in its 737 MAX fleet after the airline signed a similar deal with the supplier in 2018.
Other equipment to be supplied under the latest order includes an integrated multi-mode receiver, which provides “pinpoint precise” aeroplane location for efficient landings, and a traffic and collision avoidance system, which identifies a plane to surrounding aircraft.
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By GlobalDataUnited is one of the 737 MAX’s biggest customers but recently admitted it was expecting fewer aircraft to be delivered to its fleet this year amid Boeing’s ongoing production issues, including restrictions on its output from the Federal Aviation Administration.
In April, the airline said it had decreased its expected aircraft arrivals from 183 narrowbody planes to just 61 in 2024, and converted some of its MAX 10 orders, set for delivery from 2025, to MAX 9s, just before Boeing delayed the aircraft’s certification to mid-2025 at the earliest.
