Rudy Lai

AI @ Honeywell

Aerospace, safety, productivity tech
Industry
Last updated
July 3, 2025 at 10:44 AM

Summary

  • Honeywell has progressively expanded its AI integration from aerospace single-pilot operation advancements in late 2023 to wide industrial autonomy initiatives by mid-2025, embedding AI into products like Guided Work Solutions and Forge Performance+.
  • Strategic collaborations with major partners including Qualcomm, Google Cloud, and Chevron, along with internal generative AI adoption for 95,000 employees, signal a strong commitment to both operational efficiency and AI-driven innovation, targeting over $100 million in value creation by 2024.
  • Recent launches such as the AI-powered TrackWise Manufacturing platform, AI-enhanced building management solutions, and real-time industrial cybersecurity demonstrate Honeywell’s shift toward autonomous operations across energy, manufacturing, aerospace, and life sciences, illustrating mature AI deployment with measurable impacts on cost reduction, risk mitigation, and operational improvement.

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6 AI Use Cases at Honeywell

Building Optimization
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
The AI platform integrates control systems including HVAC, lighting, and security to optimize energy consumption and anticipate maintenance needs in buildings. [1]
Manufacturing Automation
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Honeywell's TrackWise Manufacturing platform uses AI to automate and digitize quality and compliance workflows in life sciences manufacturing. [1]
Employee Productivity
2025
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Revenue
Honeywell deploys generative AI internally to 95,000 employees, acting as AI copilots to enhance employee productivity and decision support. [1]
Industrial Autonomy
2024
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Costs
Honeywell leverages AI and ML with partners like Google and Qualcomm to develop autonomous industrial solutions that enhance operational decision-making and efficiency. [1][2]
Retail Assistance
2024
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
AI-driven speech recognition and task guidance embedded in Honeywell's Guided Work Solutions optimize retail floor operations such as order fulfillment and shelf management. [1]
Pilot Operations
2023
Customer Facing
Traditional
Generative
Agentic
Outcome
Risk
Honeywell uses AI-powered digital assistants to assist single-pilot operations, improving safety and efficiency in aerospace flights. [1]

Timeline

2025 Q3

1 updates

Honeywell launched an advanced AI platform for building management that integrates HVAC, lighting, and security systems, focusing on operational efficiency and energy savings.

2025 Q2

1 updates

Introduced AI-powered TrackWise Manufacturing to digitize life sciences manufacturing workflows and expanded digital suite with AI-enabled cybersecurity, proactive threat detection, and control optimization targeting broader industrial autonomy.

2025 Q1

1 updates

Honeywell scaled generative AI usage to over 16 production use cases accessible to its entire workforce and introduced AI technologies such as Digital Holographic Microscopy in manufacturing contexts.

2024 Q4

1 updates

Significant strategic collaborations formed with Chevron, Google Cloud, and Qualcomm focusing on AI-assisted refining, data integration, and industrial autonomy. Honeywell launched AI solutions aimed at energy plant efficiency and substation automation.

2024 Q3

1 updates

Honeywell began deploying AI-enabled multi-modal intelligent agents powered by Qualcomm and rolled out generative AI tools to benefit 95,000 employees, signaling strong internal user adoption.

2024 Q2

1 updates

Honeywell expanded AI integration into Guided Work Solutions improving retailer operations and launched Honeywell Forge Performance+ for commercial aerospace MRO leveraging cloud-based AI. Company leadership projected $100 million in generative AI value creation.

2024 Q1: no updates

2023 Q4

1 updates

Honeywell initiated AI usage in aerospace through a project in Europe focused on advancing single-pilot operations using AI-powered digital assistants.