Honeywell Aerospace Inc

Honeywell Aerospace is a major supplier of the aerospace and arms industry, making navigation, avionics, engines, power systems, and control systems for military and commercial aircraft. Until June 2026, when it became an independent company, it was the largest division of Honeywell International. For decades, it has been consistently ranked among the world’s top 30 arms manufacturers. 

The former parent company, Honeywell International, rebranded as Honeywell Technologies, and focuses on industrial and building automation. While it does not appear to have a significant aerospace/weapons business, it is still listed as the parent company of some global subsidiaries that operate in these industries, such as Honeywell Aerospace UK. However, many of these entities are listed affiliates of Honeywell Aerospace and may eventually be transferred to Honeywell Aerospace. 

This profile focuses on Honeywell Aerospace based on its activities as the Aerospace Technologies division of the former Honeywell International. Nevertheless, Honeywell Technologies, which retained the original company’s logo, website, and ticker (NASDAQ: HON), may still be legally liable for its business activities that occurred before the split. 

Note: the consumer household products branded as Honeywell Home are made by Resideo, which was spun off from Honeywell International and became an independent company in 2018. 

Gaza Genocide 

Honeywell Aerospace produces sensors that are an integral component in many guided bombs, missiles, and drones that are routinely used by the Israeli military, including in suspected war crimes during the Gaza genocide. Components made by the company are also integrated into into every major combat aircraft used by the Israeli Air Force. 

In 2026, Honeywell Aerospace signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to boost production of critical components of major munitions systems. 

Bomb Components 

Honeywell Aerospace specializes in guidance systems and Inertial Measurement Units (IMU): integral components of guided bombs, missiles, drones, and other aircraft. IMUs measure location, velocity, and acceleration, allowing weapons to be guided to their target. 

The company’s HG1700 IMU is the "heart” of Boeing's JDAM kits, which turn unguided bombs into precise munitions and have been one of the main weapons systems used by Israel in Gaza. Similarly, Honeywell's HG1930 IMU is part of Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, which have become Israel’s “weapon of choice” in Gaza in early 2024. 

Honeywell’s components typically leave no trace at the sites the bombings they enable. However, a HG1930 IMU was found intact following a June 6, 2024, Israeli airstrike on the UN al-Sardi school in Gaza. The attack killed 40 Palestinians, including 14 children, and wounded at least 74 others. The marking on the component indicate that it was manufactured in 2022. The same component was also found in the remains of an Israeli airstrike in Shuja'iyya, Gaza, in 2014. Its markings indicate that it was manufactured at Honeywell’s factory in Minneapolis in 2012. The HG1930 IMU is known to be part of Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb, but it can also be part of other weapons systems, and we cannot say definitively what bomb was used in these attacks. 

While these two incidents are the only ones where Honeywell components survived and were documented, every airstrike involving Boeing’s JDAM or GBU-39 bombs potentially implicates Honeywell Aerospace. For a list of such airstrikes and recent transfers of JDAM and GBU-39 bombs to Israel, see Boeing’s profile. 

Aircraft Components 

Beyond bombs and missiles, Honeywell Aerospace components are integrated into Boeing’s F-15 fighter jets and AH-64 Apache helicopters and Lockheed Martin’s F-16 and F-35 fighter jets. These represent the entire arsenal of crewed (manned) fighter aircraft of the Israeli Air Force. 

Honeywell Aerospace is involved in the production of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet, providing 100 unique parts and systems control components, including avionics, inertial navigation systems, engine fuel controls, cooling systems, wheels and brakes, and pilot life support. Most significantly, it provides the F-35’s Power and Thermal Management Unit, an oxygen supply and engine cooling system that has been described as the “aircraft’s heart and circulatory system.” 

Through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, which is funded by U.S. taxpayers, Honeywell supplied Israel with wheel and brake systems for its fleet of F-15 and F-16 warplanes between 2015 and 2017. The company also provided Israel containment rings, which are part of the F-15 engine, from 2023–2024. More such sales have likely occurred but are not publicly disclosed. 

Direct Sales to Israel  

Honeywell has also sold military components directly to Israel. For example, in 2012, the Israeli Ministry of Defense awarded the company a $735 million contract to supply F124-GA-200 turbofan engines for the Israeli Air Force’s fleet of Alenia Aermacchi M-346 ("Lavi") trainer jets. 

Honeywell UK Limited, which still appears to be owned by Honeywell Technologies and not Honeywell Aerospace, applied and received approval for 30 export licenses to sell Israel “military goods” made by its British subsidiaries between 2008 and 2020. The specific products exported are not publicly disclosed. 

Honeywell UK Limited currently holds two open exports licenses issued on Feb. 22, 2023 and May 22, 2023 for unlimited, long-term exports of specific controlled military goods to Israel. While it is not possible to identify the specific parts and components being exported, their listing codes indicate they include components for naval engines, combat aircraft, and military guidance equipment, among others. 

These Honeywell-specific export licenses are in addition to the general license for the open export of F-35 parts and components to Israel, that would permit export by UK subsidiaries of Honeywell Aerospace or Honeywell Technologies of any necessary F-35 parts and components. There is a third open export license for Honeywell Control Systems Limited, also owned by Honeywell Technologies, granted on Jan. 11, 2022 for the export to Israel of submarine components to the value of ₤20,000.  

Business with Israeli weapons manufacturers 

In addition, Honeywell does business with Israel’s largest weapons manufacturers. It has a joint project with state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to produce a GPS anti-jam navigation system for military applications. Between 2007 and 2011, Honeywell participated in another IAI project, providing cockpit avionics systems for the Israeli Air Force fleet of Boeing 707 tankers. Honeywell trained Israeli Air Force pilots on these systems in its factory in the U.S. 

It also purchases commercial products from Elbit Systems, Israel's largest weapons manufacturer, and has collaborated on commercial product manufacturing. It is highly likely that these Israeli weapons manufacturers buy other Honeywell components for their weapon systems, however most of these business-to-business relationships are not publicly disclosed. 

Cybersecurity – Past Activity 

Honeywell’s presence in Israel focuses on cybersecurity. In 2017, Honeywell entered Israel by acquiring cybersecurity firm Nextnine. Following a decision to increase its investments in Israel, Honeywell acquired cybersecurity startup SCADAfence in July 2023. Honeywell’s representative in Israel is G1 Secure Solutions (formerly G4S Israel). These entities are now associated with Honeywell Technologies and not Honeywell Aerospace. 

Other Controversies 

Honeywell has also long been involved in the U.S. nuclear weapons program and produces components for nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles. This includes multi-million dollar contracts for management of several U.S. government national security sites, through the Federal Solutions arm of Honeywell, and Honeywell FM&T. The continuing ownership of FM&T is unclear, but Honeywell Aerospace appears to have taken responsibility in the separation.