Asian Aviation Editor Matt Driskill is In Conversation with Stéphane Fymat, vice president and general manager of the Unmanned Aerial Systems and Urban Air Mobility business unit at Honeywell Aerospace.

The UAS business develops new products and serves as a systems integrator for both airframe makers and operators in this fast evolving market. Its area of responsibility spans aircraft systems like avionics, electric and hybrid electric propulsion and thermal management; flight services such as unmanned air traffic management; and ground operations services such as predictive maintenance analytics.
Fymat joined Honeywell in 2017 and previously led the marketing and product management team at BendixKing, Honeywell’s avionics brand for general aviation aircraft. There he oversaw the development of new products, new technology partnerships and the acquisition of TruTrak Flight Systems. Before joining Honeywell, Fymat held leadership roles in software companies Infrascale and Passlogix, and also founded Smartplane, an aerospace software company. He also serves on the board of directors of the Perlan Project, which designs high-altitude gliders. Fymat holds a master’s in business administration from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in aerospace and mechanical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.