United Airlines has selected Honeywell to provide a wide range of avionics for the airline’s new 737 MAX aircraft that will enter service over the next decade.

The order, announced at the UK’s 45th Farnborough International Airshow, includes a suite of technologies such as the industry’s only 3D weather radar, new 25-hour flight data recorders, and advanced traffic avoidance systems.

United Airlines first selected a similar suite of Honeywell avionics in 2018 to equip 161 737 MAX aircraft.

Heath Patrick, president of Americas aftermarket at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, said: “We are proud to continue our long-standing relationship with United Airlines to provide advanced avionics for its growing 737 MAX fleet.

“Our technology reduces pilot workload, improves situational awareness, and supports dispatch reliability.”

United Airlines has selected the following Honeywell cockpit technologies for its 737 MAX fleet:

• IntuVue RDR-4000 3D Weather Radar System: The first automatic commercial radar to accurately depict weather in the flight path of an airplane. IntuVue automatically scans the sky at 17 tilt angles – the most in the industry – and delivers a 3D view of the weather through an intuitive display that pilots can quickly and easily reference.
• Honeywell Connected Recorder – 25: This is made for commercial air transport aircraft to accommodate mandatory flight data and cockpit voice recording. It may result in the potential for better maintenance predictability and operational insight through data analytics.
• Honeywell’s TPA100B Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System and TRA 100B Transponders: This identifies the aircraft to other surrounding aircraft via an airborne collision avoidance system.
• Integrated Multi-Mode Receiver : This is the industry’s leader in radio navigation and combines satellite- and ground-based navigation systems into one receiver. It helps pinpoint precise airplane locations for efficient landings, especially during difficult and new runway approaches.
• The ALA-52B radar altimeter: This assists instrument landings at hundreds of US airports and filters out 5G broadband interference.

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