Honeywell Aerospace Commits $500M to New Tempe Plant, 600 Jobs
Phoenix – October 29, 2026 -- Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA) will invest $500 million in a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Tempe, Arizona, to expand capacity for commercial aviation and defense programs. The plant is scheduled to open in late 2028.
Digital production system and in-house machining target supply constraints
The facility will feature an integrated digital production system, modular robotics, automated inspection, digital twins and an end-to-end digital thread. It will add internal complex machining capability, which Honeywell describes as a key area of its supply base that is currently constrained.
The plant also moves the company toward a more vertically integrated production system for next-generation products, including Assure advanced actuation systems and Attune vapor cycle cooling subsystems.