Rockwell Collins has been selected over Honeywell to supply a new digital flight control system (DFCS), with Category IIIb automatic landing capability, for the Boeing Next Generation 737 family. Boeing's long-awaited move brings the aircraft into line with the Airbus A320 family, which already has full Cat IIIb automatic landing capability. The move may boost Boeing's efforts to market the aircraft in Europe, where sales have been disappointing. Rockwell Collins is to begin deliveries of the first DFCS to Boeing in mid-2002, with certification of the Cat IIIb capability in October 2002, and entry into service around January 2003.
Source: Flight International
