Honeywell is expanding its Phoenix manufacturing operations to include engines powering the planes that the Navy may soon use to train pilots.
The big picture: Honeywell announced Monday that it will begin manufacturing F124 jet engines at its Phoenix Engines campus if the plane it powers is chosen for a Navy training program.
- The Fortune 500 aerospace company chose the Valley for this project because the engine was originally designed and tested here, per John Turco, general manager for military turbofan engines at Honeywell Aerospace.
- It requires expensive specialized facilities, which Honeywell already has in Phoenix and San Tan, he told us.
State of play: The engines will be used for Beechcraft M-346N aircraft.
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- Honeywell plans to begin producing the engines next year…