Honeywell Will Provide R&D Expertise for Air Force's JPALS

The U.S. Air Force has selected Honeywell to provide research and development expertise for the its JPALS (joint precision approach and landing system) aimed at achieving a land-based DGPS (differential global positioning system) that will enhance GPS signals sufficiently to enable category II and III approaches.

Specifically, Honeywell will perform software development studies and conduct program analysis to help the Air Force develop concept and architecture solutions for its JPALS program, under a $5.2 million research and development contract.

JPALS is intended to use DGPS to provide rapidly deployable, mobile, day-night, all weather precision approach and landing capability for all branches of the U.S. military, and replace various legacy approach and landing systems with a single system.  The system would also be interoperable with Honeywell's civil GBAS (ground based augmentation system) slated to be approved by the FAA for category I approaches in 2008.

Honeywell's team, which received a $4.2 million contract in March to support the U.S. Navy's sea-based JPALS program, includes Sierra Nevada, Boeing, and QinetiQ.  08-17-2007.

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