Honeywell Delivers 500th HTF7000 Engine

Fleet Reliability Continues Above 99.96%

(Geneva, May 12, 2009) -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that it has delivered its 500th HTF7000.


The HTF7000 engine fleet recently passed the 500,000 fleet-hour milestone. HTF7000 engines are demonstrating an industry leading 99.96% dispatch reliability, a reliability mark unequaled for entry into service for small turbofan engines.

"We continue development of new technologies making derivative HTF7000 engines even better values for future aircraft applications like Gulfstream and Embraer," said Rob Wilson, President, Business Aviation, Honeywell Aerospace. "A new low-emissions, effusion-cooled combustor has successfully completed rig testing and will begin engine testing later this month and will continue through the summer."

"This new combustor is configured to be a "drop in" replacement for fielded engines," said Ben Driggs, Vice President, Marketing, Propulsion Engines. "Later this summer, we will begin biofuel testing on our Tech7000 propulsion engine and on our APUs," Driggs said.

"By using our "Tech7000" engine to prove new technologies, Honeywell believes that the standard set by the HTF7000 for dependability and low maintenance will continue to improve as new engines and engine programs are developed," Driggs said.

"These developments are all being validated on our B757 flight test bed. The knowledge gained during these flight tests leads to improvements in materials, processes and techniques; improving our HTF7000 family of engines, and staging us for successful future engine programs," Wilson said.

Source : Honeywell International, Inc. (NYSE: HON)