Honeywell Teams with Boeing and Sierra Nevada on JPALS

Honeywell has teamed with Boeing and the Sierra Nevada Corporation to develop and demonstrate JPALS (joint precision approach and landing system) for the U.S. military.

Honeywell will serve as team leader for the Department of Defense (DOD) program, and will provide its DGPS (differential global positioning system) SLS (satellite landing system) technology.

JPALS is a family of systems being developed to meet the mission requirements of all DOD service branches.  The DOD wants it to be used anywhere a U.S. military aircraft has to land, whether at fixed bases, tactical bases, or on ships.

John Oelschlaeger, Honeywell's director for satellite landing systems, said Honeywell's DGPS can provide operational availability and integrity on land and at sea, and is interoperable for either military or civil users.

Honeywell and Sierra Nevada will combine their expertise in commercial and military DGPS ground station development and manufacturing with Honeywell's and Boeing's expertise in avionics development, aircraft integration and operational test and evaluation.  04-09-2006.

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