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Universal Weather Connects with Honeywell Forge
By: Chad Trautvetter
Caption: Flight planning and trip support data from Universal Weather and Aviation soon will be integrated into Honeywell’s Forge flight management platform.
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Flight planning and trip support data from Universal Weather and Aviation soon will be integrated into Honeywell’s Forge flight management platform for business aviation, the companies announced today. This marks the first trip support provider to be integrated with Forge, according to Universal.

With this new integration, flight departments can now generate Universal flight plans, Aircraft Performance Group (APG) runway analysis reports, and APG weight and balance performance calculations within Universal’s uvGO mission management platform and automatically sync this data into Forge. This allows ground crews to ensure complete mission readiness within a single platform, the companies noted.

Universal customers who become Honeywell Forge Connectivity Services subscribers can use performance-based communication and surveillance monitoring tools that allow operators to check FANS performance following a transoceanic flight. International operators can also find and address issues much quicker to ensure the ability to fly in the reduced-separated track systems.

“Our collaboration with Universal will allow Honeywell to strengthen the services we offer our customers,” said Philippe Chevrier, Honeywell Aerospace’s president of services and connectivity. “We have been actively listening to the needs of both pilots and operators and are continuously looking at ways to simplify the flight management experience for business aviation customers.”

Honeywell Forge is being used to process data from more than 10,000 aircraft.