David, I have a question about TRMB and thought you might know it off hand...
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Honeywell, if true to their claim, is a major
supplier to the two biggest a/c makers in the world, but PN does not make any on board equipment, to my
knowledge. Although all those issues are ultimately linked (acceptance of GPS Nav in commercial aviation) the
fact that Honeywell sells to the airlines doesn't create a direct/automatic transfer relationship to ground base nav
aids (which is what the SLS is) although it bodes well. Trimble to my knowledge is the supplier of GPS nav
aids in the cockpit in Honeywell's nav alliance (of which I forget the name now). This is an alliance of 4
suppliers under Honeywell's godfathering, to attempt to corner all segments of the new brave world of GPS
nav, a/c equipments, approach and airport traffic, WAAS and if I am not wrong, air traffic systems
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I thought I read somewhere that Trimble supplied the GPS receivers for Honeywell's GPS receivers on board commercial airliners and business a/c. I am right and what is the extent of the relationship there?
The quote at the top is a message I have written on a different board (Pelorus Nav) and realized afterwards (after the 15 min edit window had elapsed) that I might have been mistaken.
Yours Sincerely,
Stephan Gilbert |
