Honeywell… Fine With The FAA (SATCOM)

[SatNews] Designed for business passengers aboard aircraft…

Honeywell’s (NYSE: HON) Ovation Select cabin management system has been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Business passengers today expect an aircraft cabin system that is on par or better than the digital systems they have in their homes and offices. With certification, Honeywell Ovation Select is now available to deliver an optimal on-board experience, enabling business passengers to stay connected, informed and productive. Honeywell has incorporated digital interfaces needed to connect high-speed satellite communications with the latest consumer electronics, enabling passengers to simply carry on their personal devices and plug them in for in-flight use. Moreover, Ovation Select is designed to accommodate the growing demands of tomorrow’s high-tech devices. The modular, lightweight and flexible cabin management system provides component command and control, high-quality, crystal-clear surround sound audio, vivid full high-definition (1080p) video and digital distribution throughout the cabin, which can be tailored to any business or entertainment need. Accessing and controlling the total cabin environment is accomplished through enhanced icon-based, touch-screen interfaces that offer a similar look and feel, whether it’s the full-size monitor, drink-rail-mounted personal control units, wireless hand-held remote, or their own iPad or iPod. In addition to controlling the system’s entertainment and productivity components, Honeywell Ovation Select also puts lighting, seats, temperature, galley and window shade controls at the passengers’ fingertips.


Honeywell Ovation Select can be customized with unique user interface graphics and languages, including a 3-D model of operator’s own aircraft rendered inside the JetMap™ HD moving map. Honeywell’s pioneering JetMap HD moving map application features high-definition 3-D moving maps with worldwide 15-meter satellite imagery resolution. This HD map capability is easily customizable and allows users to view their flight path from up to 18 different perspectives, such as the view from the cockpit, passenger window or from an aerial surround view of their jet. Its superior and unrivaled zoom capabilities also allow users to zoom up close to the terrain below to see street-level details or zoom out to see the entire globe.

Honeywell Ovation Select is built on a 100-percent digital architecture and Ethernet backbone, which reduces installation time versus competing systems, and facilitates the standard end-to-end self-diagnostic and troubleshooting capability. The architecture is scalable from general aviation aircraft up to and including air transport category business and personal aircraft.