Honeywell and NXP Collaborate to Advance Autonomous Flight Innovation

Aviation cooperation Honeywell and NXP Collaborate to Advance Autonomous Flight Innovation

2025-01-13 From Susanne Braun | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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At the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Honeywell and NXP announced a renewed collaboration. Building on their existing partnership, the companies aim to drive innovation and accelerate advancements in autonomous flight technology.

Torsten Pilz (Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer of Honeywell), Rafael Sotomayor (Executive Vice President and General Manager Secure Connected Edge of NXP), Lars Reger (Executive Vice President and CTO of NXP), Vimal Kapur (Chairman and CEO of Honeywell), Kurt Siever (President and CEO of NXP) Suresh Venkatarayalu (Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer and President of Honeywell Connected Enterprise), Jim Currier (President and CEO of Honeywell Aerospace Technologies) and Andrew Hardy (Senior Vice President, Sales of NXP).(Image: NXP) — Torsten Pilz (Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer of Honeywell), Rafael Sotomayor (Executive Vice President and General Manager Secure Connected Edge of NXP), Lars Reger (Executive Vice President and CTO of NXP), Vimal Kapur (Chairman and CEO of Honeywell), Kurt Siever (President and CEO of NXP) Suresh Venkatarayalu (Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer and President of Honeywell Connected Enterprise), Jim Currier (President and CEO of Honeywell Aerospace Technologies) and Andrew Hardy (Senior Vice President, Sales of NXP).
(Image: NXP)

NXP Semiconductors and Honeywell, who first announced their partnership in building management systems in 2024, are expanding their collaboration into aviation in 2025. This partnership merges Honeywell’s aerospace expertise and its Honeywell Anthem avionics system with NXP’s high-performance computing (HPC) architecture. The aim is to enhance efficiency in aviation, encompassing optimized planning and management, faster integration of advanced chipsets and technologies, and progress in autonomous flight capabilities.

Specifically, NXP and Honeywell want to further develop large-scale cockpit displays, for example with thin-walled and high-resolution screens. At the same time, the aim is to investigate how the lifecycles of critical aviation technologies can be extended and how migration to newer avionics systems can be facilitated. Honeywell Anthem is a cloud-connected cockpit system that has been developed for various aircraft and is currently being used in testing and development phases of certain aircraft - Sonic Boom's supersonic aircraft, the Boom Overture, is expected to use Anthem. Anthem is also being tested in Vertical Aerospace's eVTOL aircraft.

"The path to autonomous flight in avionics requires a unique combination of high-performance processing and artificial intelligence, advanced connectivity and protection, and functional safety," said Kurt Sievers, President and CEO of NXP Semiconductors. "NXP's broad portfolio and systems-centric approach make us a natural partner for Honeywell on the path to developing innovative, intelligent and autonomous avionics systems that can see, think and act." (sb)

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