Honeywell to Provide A350XWB's Flight Management and Surveillance Systems

Airbus will use Honeywell's FMS (flight management system) and AEES (aircraft environment surveillance system) on its new long-range, wide-body A350XWB.

AESS combines Honeywell's TCAS (traffic alert collision avoidance system), Mode S (select) transponders, EGPWS (enhanced ground proximity warning system) and RDR-4000 3-D volumetric weather radar, into a single unit. Honeywell says the system, which is already on the A380, will be enhanced for the A350XWB.  It is the first and only integrated surveillance system to obtain FAA TSO (technical standard order) approval, Honeywell says.

According to Honeywell, its RDR-4000 radar is the first and only weather radar system certified to the FAA's MOPS (minimum operation performance standard) for enhanced turbulence detection out to 320 nautical miles, and its FMS will be capable of RNP (required navigation performance) procedures.  03-19-2008.

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