Marco Leon asked,
Anyone have anything to share (rumors, non-public info, or predictions) on
what the "new" Bendix King will be?

Here's my prediction -- background first:

At Oshkosh several years ago I talked to the founder of a new avionics
company who was showing an outstanding product. I thought it was terrific
and so did everyone else.

During a lull, I asked him why King hadn't bought them. He then told me an
interesting story. I later had him repeat it and, with his permission,
recorded it. At the time, AlliedSignal owned Bendix/King. Then Honeywell and
AlliedSignal merged and took the name Honeywell -- but I digress. Here's the
transcript:

"He (the president of AlliedSignal) called me and he said, 'How would you
like to be part of AlliedSignal?' And I said, 'Sounds interesting. What's in
it for me?' He said, 'Well, we've got 300 engineers, we've got 25 attorneys,
we have ten R & D aircraft, we've got world wide sales distribution support,
marketing, etc., etc.' I said, 'Well, if you have all that, why don't you
just make one of these things yourself?' He said, 'Well, because we've got
300 engineers, 25 attorneys, ten R & D aircraft, world wide sales marketing
distribution support, and it's just too complicated to start something from
scratch like this and actually get it through the cogs of the organization.'
"

Prediction:

Honeywell Bendix/King is now even more too big to do anything. It'll be some
other engineers (like Gary Burrell and Min Kao) who leave and start a new
company.

Jon