Air Force chooses Honeywell to build integrated aircraft GPS and INS avionics

摘要

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. - U.S. Air Force guidance experts needed system that blends the Global Position System (GPS) satellite navigation and guidance system with inertial navigation system (INS) technology. They found their solution from the Honeywell Inc. Aerospace segment in Clearwater, Fla. Officials of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., announced a potential $3.5 billion 15-year contract to Honeywell to build and sustain the airborne Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/ Inertial Navigation System (INS)-Mod-ernization, or EGI-M system.