Honeywell’s Observer III tracker coming to the U.S.
After acquiring Skyforce, a small UK-based avionics company, in 1998, AlliedSignal (now Honeywell) focused on the European market for the helicopter missio
After acquiring Skyforce, a small UK-based avionics company, in 1998, AlliedSignal (now Honeywell) focused on the European market for the helicopter mission management systems that became Skyforce’s forte. Skyforce transitioned into Honeywell’s Mission Systems business and now the company is expanding its mission management system offerings to U.S. law enforcement and public service markets.
Interest in adapting the Skyforce moving maps for law enforcement missions grew from a request from a UK police department, which saw the potential of combining the moving map with other data sources to place in front of an observer ground-
derived information, including terrain and non-aviation maps and inputs from cameras mounted on the helicopter.
