The Honeywell EAGLE-M system for the U.S. Army is an Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (EGI) with M-Code capabilities.
Honeywell has announced that the company along with the U.S. Army has completed the first flight of Honeywell’s EAGLE-M. The EAGLE-M system is an Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System (EGI) with M-Code capabilities. Honeywell has prepared itself to deliver these qualified units featuring next-generation M-code GPS in 2023 to the U.S. Army and other customers.
In collaboration with Honeywell, the Army conducted successful testing of the M-Code-enabled EGI units on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The successful test further validated its airworthiness to be deployed on military aircraft. M-Code is more resilient than the current generations of global positioning systems (GPS). The next-generation navigation solution enhances the resiliency of the GPS navigation solution to enemy actions. The U.S. Army will begin migrating its fleet to the Honeywell EAGLE-M EGI with M-Code in early 2023.
“The demands of conventional aerial warfare have changed significantly in recent years. To gain air supremacy, you need the most advanced technological equipment available today,” said Ricky Freeman, president, Defense and Space, Honeywell Aerospace. “Over the next several years, all military aircraft will need EGI equipment capable of receiving M-Code signals as the current technology is being phased out. We are confident that our next-generation M-Code-enabled EGI units will meet the high expectations of the U.S. Army, the DoD and international partner nations that have been waiting to upgrade their GPS anti-jamming capabilities for more than a decade,” he further added.
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Honeywell is a provider of EGI technologies for military applications with more systems deployed worldwide than any other supplier. Honeywell has provided more than 45,000 EGI units for leading fighter, transport, and vertical takeoff, landing, and rotary-wing aircraft to more than 70 aircraft types in more than 30 countries. Honeywell has delivered over 300 EGIs with M-code to various customers.
