Sandel Avionics Wins Patent Infringement Case Against Honeywell International

Vista, CA, December 09, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Sandel Avionics had its third and final win in its appearance in Delaware Federal Court, responding to allegations of patent infringement by Honeywell International concerning aircraft terrain warning systems. The weeklong trial concluded December 5, 2008 when a jury ruled in favor of Sandel.

Gerry Block, President and CEO of Sandel Avionics, had the following statement: “Sandel has paid a great price with respect to these repeated, baseless lawsuits by Honeywell, who has been trying to preclude legitimate competition over aircraft terrain warning systems. It took a jury only 5 hours of deliberation to dispose of 6½ years of relentless litigation by Honeywell against Sandel. Sandel is now free to continue to manufacture, sell, license, and improve its superior TAWS technology without interference by Honeywell. My thanks go out to our customers, employees and ever-patient Board of Directors for their support through this ordeal, and to our great legal team at Fish and Richardson for their fine legal work on our behalf.”

Sandel Avionics, located in Vista, California, is a privately held company that designs and manufactures high-performance 3- and 4-ATI Primary Attitude and Navigation Displays, completely self contained Class A and B Terrain Awareness and Warning Sytems (TAWS) and solid-state Attitude Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for retrofit in general aviation, business aviation, air transport, government and military aircraft. Sandel’s products have been installed in tens of thousands of aircraft throughout the world since its first shipment in 1998. Additional information can be found at www.sandel.com. Images may be downloaded from www.sandel.com/images.

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