The 787 is a veritable showcase for the latest technology from U.S. avionics and aircraft systems group Honeywell. The new widebody carries the most comprehensive array of Honeywell equipment on any Boeing airliner, including triple-redundant flight control electronics, liquid-crystal display electronic flight instrumentation, next-generation dual flight management systems, an enhanced ground proximity warning system, navigation radios and antennas, integrated air data, attitude/heading and earth reference systems, external cargo and service, as well as internal cabin lighting, engine anti-ice valves and air/oil heat exchangers for oil and generator cooling. The Honeywell offering for the Dreamliner also includes a crew information system with maintenance data storage and retrieval and communications management functions.
According to Honeywell, its avionics suite carries integration and reversionary capabilities to new levels, with the ability to display and control flight management functions on primary flight and multifunction display screens as well on pedestal-mounted control display units. The Dreamliner flight deck has no mechanical circuit breakers. Breakers are all controllable on the flight management CDU screen. The 787 offers operators an RNP.1 autoland capability option for flight down to a 100-foot ceiling.
