WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army has selected Bell Helicopter Textron (Fort Worth, Texas) and Sikorsky Aircraft (Stratford, Connecticut) for the design and testing of the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) Competitive Prototypes to continue into phase two of the program.
The two vendors selected are
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems, a joint venture of Raytheon Company and Rheinmetall Defence, has selected Textron Systems as the U.S. chassis manufacturer for the Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The team is offering Lynx to meet the U.S. Army's requirement for an Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV).
HUNT VALLEY, Md. Officials at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Armaments Center and Joint Services Small Arms Program (JSSAP) received the first Next Generation Squad Weapon-Technology (NGSW-T) prototype demonstrators from Textron Systems, a business of Textron Inc.
HUNT VALLEY, Md. IMSAR and Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. business unit, team up to to integrate and demonstrate the IMSAR?s NSP-3 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system on Textron Systems? Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS)
ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force second phase of the Light Attack Experiment at Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico is now underway. Pilots are flying the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano and the Textron Aviation AT-6B Wolverine during a three-month, live-fly experiment to gather additional information about aircraft capabilities, as well as partner nation interoperability, prior to a potential light attack purchase.
PHOENIX. Defense companies deployed their technology to aid in hurricane disaster efforts. The undertakings by Raytheon, Cubic Missions Systems, and Textron Systems enabled government officials to gather data on hurricanes as well as aid in the recovery efforts in the affected areas over the past month.
HUNT VALLEY, Md. Textron Inc.'s subsidiary Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has been selected to compete for Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) III task orders from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The contract is spans over 54-month period and has a maximum ceiling value of $475 million.