HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL SRO

Their core work

Honeywell International SRO is the Czech R&D arm of Honeywell Aerospace, focused on avionics, air traffic management systems, and aviation safety technologies. They develop and validate navigation, surveillance, and communication systems for both manned and unmanned aircraft — including GNSS-based landing systems (GBAS), ADS-B surveillance, and U-space infrastructure for drone traffic management. Their Prague facility is a key contributor to the European SESAR programme for modernizing air traffic management, and they perform flight testing and certification work for aircraft icing detection and protection systems under Clean Sky 2.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2014–2018, Honeywell's Prague office was deeply embedded in foundational SESAR Wave 1 projects — airport surface management, runway throughput optimization, wake vortex separation, and departure sequencing (PJ01, PJ02, PJ03, PJ28). Their early work was heavily airport-centric: radar, LiDAR, AMAN/DMAN tools, and runway safety nets. From 2019 onward, the focus shifted decisively toward airspace-level technologies: GNSS-based navigation, ADS-B surveillance, U-space for drone integration, and aircraft icing certification — reflecting the industry's move from ground-based to satellite-based ATM and the emergence of unmanned traffic as a real operational challenge.

Honeywell Prague is moving from airport-level ground systems toward airborne and satellite-based technologies — expect future work in GNSS resilience, urban air mobility infrastructure, and certified drone operations in controlled airspace.

How they like to work

Honeywell SRO operates predominantly as a third-party contributor (20 of 37 projects), which is characteristic of large aerospace companies feeding specialized expertise into SESAR Joint Undertaking projects through their affiliated members. They have coordinated 6 projects directly — typically mid-sized, focused R&D efforts (PACMAN, TAIRA, AAL2, EMPHASIS) — showing they can lead when the topic aligns with their core avionics competence. With 323 unique partners across 31 countries, they are a high-connectivity node in European aerospace R&D, but their partnerships are driven by the SESAR and Clean Sky 2 ecosystems rather than by bilateral choices.

Extensive network of 323 partners across 31 countries, built primarily through the SESAR and Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertakings. This means deep connections to Europe's major air navigation service providers, airframers, avionics companies, and aerospace research centres.

What sets them apart

Honeywell SRO is one of the few organizations that spans the full aviation technology stack — from ground-based airport systems to airborne avionics to satellite navigation — within a single H2020 portfolio. Their dual presence in both SESAR (ATM modernization) and Clean Sky 2 (aircraft technology demonstration) is rare and means they can bridge the gap between air traffic infrastructure and onboard aircraft systems. For consortium builders, they bring not just technical depth but also the testing, certification, and flight campaign capabilities that only a major aerospace OEM can provide.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GAM-2020-LPA
  Largest single funding allocation (EUR 6.7M) — large passenger aircraft demonstrator integrating advanced propulsion, wing design, and fuselage technologies under Clean Sky 2.
• SENS4ICE
  Addresses a critical flight safety gap — developing next-generation icing detection sensors and certification pathways for supercooled large droplet conditions.
• PACMAN
  One of their coordinated projects (EUR 1.5M) in predictive maintenance for aerospace — signals expansion beyond traditional avionics into data-driven maintenance.