Honeywell’s in-development Anthem integrated avionics suite is well into the flight-testing phase onboard the company’s Pilatus PC-12 testbed, in preparation for some likely airframer announcements that are expected soon. The PC-12 has logged more than 120 flight-test hours with various Anthem systems and less than two weeks ago it flew for the first time with the complete integrated flight deck and also fully managed by the system, according to Honeywell. The milestone flight in the Phoenix area was piloted by test pilots Ed Manning in the left seat and Bill Lee in the right seat, with support from flight engineers Paul Carter and Will Quinn.
So far, two advanced air mobility companies—Lilium and Vertical Aerospace—have selected Anthem for their aircraft, and this illustrates one of Anthem’s core features: it is scaleable from small aircraft to large and anything in between. It is also designed for both forward-fit applications on new aircraft and retrofits to existing aircraft.
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