Textron‘s Airborne Tactical Advantage Company subsidiary has secured a five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide Mirage F1 aircraft to conduct chase flight services in support of the F-35 program. Three Mirage F1 planes will be used to support F-35 aircraft with flight operations set to begin late this year or early 2023 at the […] More

Textron has secured a $48.4 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to help the U.S. Navy test the performance of integrated electronic warfare systems. The company’s systems business will develop hardware for an EW integration test environment as part of the IDIQ award from Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, the Department of Defense said Monday. Contract work […] More

A Textron subsidiary will continue to help the U.S. Navy operate unmanned aircraft systems for an expeditionary sea base under a potential four-year 18.3 million contract. The company said Thursday its systems group works with service personnel assigned to ESB-4, formally known as USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, in the deployment and management of the small […] More

Textron Systems has received a $41.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the service branch’s unmanned mine influence sweeping technology. The defense contractor will provide engineering and technical services and incidental materials for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System Unmanned Surface Vehicle program, the Department of Defense said Friday. Textron will perform […] More

Frank Muth and John Roberti, former military officers who are now private sector executives, have been named independent members of the National Defense University Foundation's board of directors. Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of defense company Govini and a former Department of Defense staffer, also joined the board with Muth and Roberti, NDU Foundation said Tuesday.

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Textron's Bell subsidiary has marked the third anniversary of the V-280 Valor's initial flight and touted that the tiltrotor aircraft recorded 200 mission hours.

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Textron Systems has been selected to provide a reentry platform for the intercontinental ballistic missile system Northrop Grumman is developing as the prime contractor of the U.S. Air Force's Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program.

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Textron Systems has deployed two new air-cushion vehicles to the sea after a series of acceptance trials with the U.S. Navy. Ship-to-Shore Connector Craft 100 and Landing Craft Air Cushion 101 took the final leg of the vessels' trip to the Panama City, Florida-based Naval Surface Warfare Center after departure from a company-run shipyard in New Orleans, Textron said Wednesday.

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Bell has opened an office in Wichita, Kan., that will house the Textron subsidiary's corporate, manufacturing, supply chain and engineering functions and programs that support aerospace customers. The new facility is part of an investment to grow Bell operations after the U.S. Army selected the aircraft manufacturer to participate in two of the service branch's modernization programs, Textron said Thursday.

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Textron’s Bell subsidiary has awarded contracts to Rolls-Royce and aerospace technology manufacturer Astronics to provide propulsion and power generation systems to support Bell’s bid for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition.

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David Phillips and Wayne Prender, senior vice presidents at Textron, have said that the U.S. Navy should consider deploying vessels with unmanned or optionally manned configurations to prevent further challenges in fleet sustainment.

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Textron Systems has secured a pair of contracts worth $46.4M combined to manufacture five small unmanned aircraft systems for the U.S. Army.

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