Honeywell's Inertial Navigation System Becomes Standard Equipment On Airbus

• System Offers Operators Low Cost of Ownership and High Reliability

(Phoenix, April 30, 2010) -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that its Air Data Inertial Reference System (ADIRS), which provides navigational data, has become the standard inertial reference system for the Airbus A320, A330/A340 and A380 family of aircraft.

The ADIRS provides critical flight control and navigation information to multiple aircraft systems by autonomously tracking aircraft motion. ADIRS' advanced navigation accuracy is a key component for next-generation air traffic management capabilities, enabling more direct routing and flying precise satellite-based navigation approaches to airports to reduce flight delays and fuel costs.

Operators can save more than $15,000 per aircraft annually in maintenance and fuel costs with Honeywell's ADIRS," said Justin Ryan, Honeywell Aerospace vice president for Airbus accounts. "When compared to competing systems, Honeywell's ADIRS has more than two times the reliability, averaging 40,000 hours of service, and weighs 39 pounds less."

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