Honeywell, which has not manufactured its own head-up display (HUD) as part of its avionics offerings, plans to acquire HUD assets from Saab and integrate a HUD with its Anthem and Epic avionics systems. The acquisition “is subject to certain closing conditions, including the accomplishment of certain development milestones,” according to Honeywell, which didn’t provide a timeline for the deal’s completion.
Once concluded, Honeywell will manufacture the HUD, according to Andrew Barker, v-p of integrated avionics. The acquisition includes Saab’s HUD overhead projection unit (OPU) intellectual property, which he said “will enable us to design, manufacture, and deploy our own OPU." The OPU includes the combiner glass on which HUD imagery is projected. “Honeywell will be the manufacturer, and it will be a Honeywell-led operation,” he noted.
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