Honeywell Aerospace Debuts as Independent Entity with Drive for Growth

Farnborough Airshow 2026

Company investing in organic growth with flexibility to strategically deploy capital

Honeywell Aerospace is at Farnborough International Airshow as a standalone company. © David McIntosh/AIN

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

July 21, 2026

Honeywell Aerospace is marking the 2026 Farnborough International Airshow as its public debut as a standalone company with 36,000 employees and 10,000 customers across the defense, commercial, business, general aviation, and space sectors. Farnborough is its first major airshow appearance since completing its spinoff on June 29, when it emerged as an independent company trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “HONA.” Honeywell Aerospace is in a “quiet period” now in advance of its first public financial results report—for the second quarter—on August 5.

However, speaking to reporters ahead of this week’s event, Honeywell Aerospace CEO Jim Currier outlined a vision and plans moving forward for the new entity. Noting that the spinoff occurred in 15 months—ahead of original plans for completion in the latter part of 2026—Currier said that the accelerated timeline “was incredibly demanding.” It required bringing on board 2,500 employees, 1,900 from corporate Honeywell and 600 new hires, to ensure it could operate independently, including in areas such as finance, IT, human resources, and legal and contracts.

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