Honeywell to develop new technologies to reduce emissions

Honeywell announced that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop mature technology for fuel-burn reduction and test aviation biofuels for use in Honeywell gas turbine engines. The agreement is valued at approximately US$27 million over the five-year life of the agreement, a cost shared with the FAA. Honeywell will use its TECH7000 turbofan test engine as the basis for its research. The TECH7000 is a turbofan technology demonstrator that is based on Honeywell’s HTF7000 propulsion engine. (June 25, 2010)