Honeywell Announces $1.3 Billion in New Aerospace Contracts at Paris Air Show.Business Editors Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'AĆ©ronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It is held at Le Bourget airport near Paris, France every odd year, alternating both with the Farnborough International 2003 PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2003 Honeywell Pacts Signed with Customers Including General Electric, easyJet, Continental Airlines, Embraer, Airbus, Boeing Honeywell (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HON) today said that its aerospace business has signed more than $1.3 billion in new contracts with major companies including General Electric, easyJet, Continental Airlines, Embraer, Airbus and Boeing. The pacts, announced at the Paris Air Show, include agreements to deliver avionics, engine controls, auxiliary power units (APU APU Azusa Pacific University APU Auxiliary Power Unit APU Alaska Pacific University APU Asia Pacific University (Japan) APU American Public University APU Anglia Polytechnic University (Chelmsford) ), wheels and brakes and maintenance services. Of the new contracts, Honeywell's largest single pact is a $728 million agreement with easyJet to deliver a variety of products for 120 Airbus A319 aircraft, with options for an additional 120 aircraft. The products to be provided include an avionics suite; APUs, including a 10-year APU maintenance agreement; engine controls; and wing anti-ice valves. "These new contracts demonstrate that major companies believe in Honeywell's ability to add significant value in an increasingly competitive and global aerospace market," said Robert D. Johnson, Honeywell Aerospace's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "By placing their faith in Honeywell products, technologies and services, our customers have acknowledged that we provide the edge they need to reduce costs and increase reliability." In addition to the easyJet contract, the other new pacts are with: -- General Electric - $290 million to supply pneumatic products for the GE-Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance GP7200 engines for the Airbus A380. The package also consists of an Air Turbine Starter and six pneumatic system valves that include an air turbine start valve, high and low pressure turbine clearance control valves Control valves are valves used within industrial plants and elsewhere to control operating conditions such as temperature, pressure, flow, and liquid level by fully or partially opening or closing in response to signals received from controllers that compare a "setpoint" to a , a start transient bleed valve, the core compartment cooling valve and an anti-ice valve for the nacelle nacelle (nəsĕl`): see airplane. . Honeywell is also to supply accessories and valves for GE's CF6-80C2 engines for the U.S. Air Force C-5 transport. -- Continental Airlines - a $115 million wheel and brake services agreement for Continental's fleet of aircraft was extended through 2013. The contract marks Honeywell's continued commitment with the airline for the repair and overhaul of wheels and brakes. The fleet that to be serviced by Honeywell consists of Continental's Boeing 737, 757 and 767, totaling more than 350 aircraft. Additionally, Continental recently selected Honeywell's wheels and brakes for its Boeing 737-900 aircraft. -- Embraer - $100 million to provide Primus Epic integrated cockpits for 100 EMB EMB eosin-methylene blue. 190 aircraft purchased by JetBlue. JetBlue also has an option for 100 additional EMB190 aircraft. Primus Epic is a new avionics technology that integrates multiple aircraft electronic systems and information into a single cabinet for increased reliability and simplified maintenance, while reducing aircraft wiring and weight. -- Airbus - a $30 million agreement in which Honeywell will deliver a next-generation version of the Honeywell/Thales MCS-7000 Multi-Channel Satellite Communications System In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. (SATCOM) to Airbus for its new A380 double-decker jet. The contract extends over 15 years and includes follow-on sales of spare units, product support, and other after-market business. -- Airbus - a $30 million dollar agreement to provide four ozone converters per A380 aircraft. The converters will improve cabin air quality by decomposing ozone gas. -- Boeing - a $30 million agreement to develop and supply a next-generation weather radar for the U.S. Air Force's growing fleet of Boeing C-17 "Globemaster" transport aircraft. The contract was awarded by Boeing on behalf of the Air Force. The new RDR-4000M radar will feature a new capability known as 3D Buffer Processing(R). -- Boeing - Honeywell's certified package of avionics for Boeing 707-300 aircraft can be used to qualify the aircraft for flight on air routes covered by new Reduced Vertical Separation Minima rules. Financial terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. -- China Aviation Supplies Import and Export Group Corp. - Honeywell's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) is a system designed in 1967 by Don Bateman Chief Engineer, Flight Safety Avionics, Honeywell to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground. (EGPWS EGPWS Enhanced Ground-Proximity Warning System ) has been selected by CASGC CASGC China Aviation Supplies Import & Export Group Corporation to provide terrain alerting for 300 aircraft. Financial terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. EGPWS compares aircraft location, as determined by the airplane's navigation system A GPS-based electronic system in a car or truck that provides a real time map of the vehicle's current location as well as step-by-step directions to a programmed destination. See GPS and vehicle tracking. , with a worldwide terrain database. It provides pilots an electronic map of nearby terrain, color-coded according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. terrain elevation. The system also sounds an audible alert if the aircraft comes within approximately one minute's flying time of terrain. -- Lockheed - Honeywell will provide a variety of avionics for Lockheed's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Financial terms of the agreement weren't disclosed. Avionics include the Inertial Navigation System Noun 1. inertial navigation system - a system to control a plane or spacecraft; uses inertial forces inertial guidance system robot pilot, automatic pilot, autopilot - a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady , Tactical Navigation Unit, Low Observable Air Data System, and the Low Probability of Intercept Radar Altimeter. Honeywell International is a US$22 billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; specialty chemicals; fibers; and electronic and advanced materials. Based in Morris Township, N.J., USA, Honeywell's shares are traded on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , London, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges. It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. and is also a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For additional information about Honeywell International, please visit www.honeywell.com. Honeywell's aerospace business is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. It is a leading global provider of integrated avionics, engines, systems and service solutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines, business and general aviation, military, space and airport operations. This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about future business operations, financial performance and market conditions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties inherent in business forecasts as further described in our filings under the Securities Exchange Act. |
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