Honeywell’s Digital Cabin Management System Certified by FAA

“Discerning business passengers expect reliable connectivity so they can be just as productive onboard their plane as they are in the office,” said Tony Brancato, vice president for Business and General Aviation Aftermarket at Honeywell Aerospace.  “Based on more than 35 years of cabin suite expertise, Honeywell Ovation Select offers the latest technological advancements to deliver exceptional passenger in-flight entertainment, productivity as well as seamless and easy connectivity – whether passengers are connected via their BlackBerry?, using their laptops or conducting a video conference call.”

With Ovation Select, Honeywell has incorporated digital interfaces needed to connect high-speed satellite communications with the latest consumer electronics, enabling passengers to simply carry on their personal devices and plug them in for in-flight use.  Moreover, Ovation Select is designed to accommodate the growing demands of tomorrow’s high-tech devices.

The modular, lightweight and flexible cabin management system provides component command and control, high-quality, crystal-clear surround sound audio, vivid full high-definition (1080p) video and digital distribution throughout the cabin, which can be tailored to any business or entertainment need.  Accessing and controlling the total cabin environment is accomplished through enhanced icon-based, touch-screen interfaces that offer a similar look and feel, whether it’s the full-size monitor, drink-rail-mounted personal control units, wireless hand-held remote, or their own iPad or iPod.

In addition to controlling the system’s entertainment and productivity components, Honeywell Ovation Select also puts lighting, seats, temperature, galley and window shade controls at the passengers’ fingertips.

Honeywell Ovation Select can be customized with unique user interface graphics and languages, including a 3-D model of operator’s own aircraft rendered inside the JetMap? HD moving map.  Honeywell’s pioneering JetMap HD moving map application features high-definition 3-D moving maps with worldwide 15-meter satellite imagery resolution.  This HD map capability is easily customizable and allows users to view their flight path from up to 18 different perspectives, such as the view from the cockpit, passenger window or from an aerial surround view of their jet.  Its superior and unrivaled zoom capabilities also allow users to zoom up close to the terrain below to see street-level details or zoom out to see the entire globe. 

Honeywell Ovation Select is built on a 100-percent digital architecture and Ethernet backbone, which reduces installation time versus competing systems, and facilitates the standard end-to-end self-diagnostic and troubleshooting capability.  The architecture is scalable from general aviation aircraft up to and including air transport category business and personal aircraft.