Hyderabad, January 23: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of Honeywell Technology Solutions campus, constructed at a cost of Rs.100 crore, and the world class Flight Operation Centre, besides laying the foundation stone for the second phase of the facility, at Nanakramguda here.
Speaking to the media after the inauguration of the R & D Centre, Dr Krishna Mikkilineni, President, Honeywell International, said the Flight Operations Centre (FOC) launched today is a unique and most advanced facility in the world, and will monitor the flight passage directions and operations using latest information technology appliances. The Company had relocated some of its operations from its FOC in Washington. The FOC in Hyderabad can monitor 14,000 commercial and business flights across the world. Nearly half of the aircrafts in the world use systems designed and developed by Honeywell, the world”s largest maker of cockpit electronics. The first phase of R & D centre would employ 1,000 persons when fully commissioned by end of this year.
He said India, China and Middle East remained the high growth markets for the company in aerospace, automation and control solutions, transportation systems and specialty materials. Honeywell International, which posted global sales of over $33 billion in 2010, employs more than 11,000 people in India, accounting for eight percent of its global headcount. The R&D team of Honeywell in India accounts for 25 to 27 percent of its R&D personnel in the world. The Company supplies advanced cockpit controls, safety products, engines and other mission critical systems for commercial and business aircrafts, fighter jets and spacecraft.
The company has collaboration with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for several products including manufacturing of engines for the global market and to power the Dornier 228 aircraft of the Indian Navy and Coast Guard. Honeywell systems and sub-systems are key components of India’s indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) and advanced light helicopter (ALH).
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