Manufacturer catalog
Honeywell is a U.S. industrial and aerospace manufacturing lineage whose defense-relevant work spans avionics, navigation, engines, power systems, control systems, sensors, and legacy naval weapons development. Cataloged Honeywell-linked systems include the Honeywell-Garrett MK 50 lightweight torpedo program and the Honeywell AGT1500 gas-turbine engine used in M1 Abrams fleets.
2 weaponsThe Honeywell name covers several corporate eras. Honeywell's own history records the 1999 combination in which AlliedSignal acquired Honeywell and retained the Honeywell name; later portfolio changes separated Solstice Advanced Materials in 2025 and Honeywell Aerospace in June 2026, leaving Honeywell Technologies as the automation-focused company trading under HON.
For defense manufacturing context, the most relevant current successor is Honeywell Aerospace. Honeywell Aerospace describes itself as an independent aerospace and defense supplier whose technologies are deployed on commercial air transport, business aviation, defense, and space platforms, with a portfolio that includes avionics and navigation systems, engines and power systems, and control systems. That current aerospace business continues the public product line that includes the AGT1500 tank engine, while older records may cite legacy Honeywell, Honeywell-Garrett, or AlliedSignal-era sources.
GAO and naval history sources identify Honeywell or Honeywell-Garrett as central to the MK 50 advanced lightweight torpedo development program selected after the Ex-50/Ex-51 competition.
Sources: GAO MK-50 Propulsion System Procurement, U.S. Navy Torpedoes - NSL Archive
Honeywell Aerospace identifies the AGT1500 as the gas-turbine engine used by U.S. Army and allied M1 Abrams fleets and lists it among defense power-and-propulsion products.
Sources: Honeywell AGT1500 gas turbine engine, Honeywell Aerospace DefenseHoneywell's corporate history traces the Honeywell line to Mark Honeywell's 1906 founding of Honeywell Heating Specialty Co. in Wabash, Indiana.
Sources: Honeywell History
Naval Submarine League history says the Honeywell-Garrett Ex-50 was selected in 1981 and became the MK 50 lightweight torpedo.
Sources: U.S. Navy Torpedoes - NSL Archive
A GAO procurement report described the MK 50 as a full-scale-development Navy torpedo program and noted long-lead material and support-equipment contracting with Honeywell before low-rate initial production decisions.
Sources: GAO MK-50 Propulsion System Procurement
Honeywell's official history records that AlliedSignal acquired Honeywell in 1999 and retained the Honeywell name for the combined company.
Sources: Honeywell History
Honeywell announced that Honeywell Aerospace completed its spin-off from Honeywell Technologies and began Nasdaq trading as HONA, establishing the aerospace and defense business as a separate public company.
Sources: Honeywell Aerospace Spin-Off
Honeywell weapon and component records may cite several related names from different eras, including Honeywell, Honeywell-Garrett, AlliedSignal, Honeywell Technologies, and Honeywell Aerospace. Existing records use Honeywell where sources name that lineage directly; the prose distinguishes current corporate structure from legacy program naming.
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Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.
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Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.
