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June 15, 2020 View in browser   •   Email Editor Honeywell Focuses New Unit on UAS and UAM Sectors Honeywell is forming a new Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) business unit to advance the aerospace group’s ambitions in the fast-emerging UAS and urban air mobility (UAM) sectors. The new division, announced this morning, will have its own engineering and sales resources and will offer aircraft systems including avionics, hybrid and electric propulsion, thermal management, air traffic management, and ground services such as predictive maintenance. The new Honeywell division will have a strong focus on developing software to advance key technological needs for UAS and UAM aircraft. These include fly-by-wire autopilot to ensure aircraft stability, detect-and-avoid algorithms to automatically fly an aircraft around oncoming traffic, and artificial intelligence to track landing zones. “We can provide unified systems that will make [the operation of the aircraft] more simple and intuitive, which is especially important for operators who will need to depend on less well trained and experienced pilots,” said Stephane Fymat, Honeywell's v-p and general manager of the new business. “We’re taking a unified holistic approach to developing core technology for this sector and we believe we can help to make it happen and not just chase opportunity.”