Honeywell Canada is launching a $31.4-million R&D project into secondary electric power distribution (SEPD) systems for aircraft, with the assistance of $9.4 million from Technology Partnerships Canada. The SEPD project builds upon previous R&D the firm has conducted for commercial and military aircraft programs and will help it determine the future direction of its electric power technologies program. These will likely include software, hardware and advanced system monitoring R&D. SEPD technologies focus on components, sub-systems and systems with high-performance electrical load requirements…