Honeywell expands engine manufacturing in Phoenix to support new Navy training jets

PHOENIX — Honeywell Aerospace will begin manufacturing engines in Phoenix for aircraft designed to train Navy pilots, the company announced Monday.

The engines will power the Beechcraft M-346N, which Beechcraft hopes to secure a Navy contract for in 2027.

The Navy plans to procure more than 200 aircraft, so if the Beechcraft M-346N is selected to train pilots, the contract could be a major driver for Honeywell’s Phoenix operation.

Honeywell Aerospace said it will assemble the F124-GA-200 engines on site in Phoenix. The move comes a month after the company pledged $500 million to expand its defense manufacturing capacity.

Honeywell Aerospace to help form ‘technological backbone’ of military

The March announcement outlined the investment as part of a multiyear agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense, which said this will accelerate the creation of components that “form the technological backbone” of the country’s military.

Honeywell Aerospace, which will spin off from its parent company Honeywell International Inc. in the third quarter of this year, is the highest-grossing aerospace and defense company in Phoenix, according to ZoomInfo data.

One of its major divisions is Honeywell Aerospace Technologies Engines & Power Systems.

Dave Marinick, president of the division, said the F124 and the Augmented F125 engine family has flown more than 1.5 million hours in military service in both coastal and desert environments worldwide.

“Honeywell’s Phoenix Engines campus has produced tens of thousands of world-class engines and auxiliary power units over more than 75 years,” Marinick said in a statement. “We’re proud to start building our F124 engines in Phoenix as we support the U.S. Navy in its new jet trainer program.”

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