Honeywell Provides GPS Systems

The U.S. Air Force awarded a $14.5 million contract to Honeywell Defense and Space Electronic Systems, Clearwater, Fla., to provide GPS systems for a variety of aircraft. Honeywell will provide 29 Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (EGI) retrofit kits for the MH-60/47 helicopter; 149 EGI Production Units for the UH-1Y, MH-60T, VH-60/CH-47 and AH-64D helicopters; 18 EGI Initial Spares for the F-16 and F/A-18 fighters; and 20 EGI mounts for the MH-60T helicopter. The company said it also will provide 22 Contractor Depot Repairs for the Air Force Research Laboratory and the MH-47 helicopter through the Tri-Service EGI Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Honeywell is expected to complete work by March 2009.