Army Receives Textron-Built Automatic Rifle Prototype
Textron Systems has delivered an automatic rifle prototype to the U.S. Army for an initial demonstration under the military service’s Next Generation Squad Weapon-Technology program.
View ArticleTextron Lands $51M Minuteman III Missile Antenna Delivery Contract Modification
Textron Systems has received a 10-year, $51.3M contract modification to provide multiprobe antenna systems for the U.S. Air Force’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.
View ArticleArmy to Move Forward With Squad Weapons Prototyping
The U.S. Army seeks to test squad weapon prototypes from General Dynamics, Textron Systems and Sig Sauer with a new fire control system this April, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.
View ArticleTextron Eyes Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle for Marines’ Logistics Drone...
Textron Systems believes the common unmanned surface vehicle could help meet the need of the U.S. Marine Corps for a long-range unmanned surface vessel designed to resupply troops deployed in the...
View ArticleTextron Completes Delivery of Craft 100 Ship-to-Shore Connector
Textron Systems handed over to the U.S. Navy a ship-to-shore connector platform built to serve as a test and training craft for the service branch.
View ArticleArmy Orders Textron UAS, Spares & Support Services
Textron Systems has secured a pair of contracts worth $46.4M combined to manufacture five small unmanned aircraft systems for the U.S. Army.
View ArticleTextron Releases Initial Navy Ship-to-Shore Connector Vehicles
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...
View ArticleTextron to Supply Reentry Tech for Air Force’s Next ICBM Weapon System
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...
View ArticleTextron, Shield AI Form Unmanned Systems Integration Partnership; Wayne...
Textron Systems has partnered with Shield AI to integrate the latter’s artificial intelligence technologies into Textron's land, air and sea-based unmanned systems for various multidomain defense...
View ArticleCompanies Work on AI-Based Sensors, Weapons for Use in Image Processing,...
Defense contractors are working on artificial intelligence-powered sensors and other partially autonomous machines that could help the U.S. Army process images and identify targets, Breaking Defense...
View ArticleReport: Global Military Drone Market to Reach $24B by 2027
A Fortune Business Insights report estimates that the global military drone market will grow to $23.78B by 2027 at a 12.12 percent compound annual growth rate partly driven by the increase in military...
View ArticleArmy Issues RFP for Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Design Phase
The U.S. Army has released a request for proposals for the concept design phase of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program aimed at deploying a replacement to the service branch’s Bradley...
View ArticleNorthrop Completes Ground Based Strategic Deterrent EMD Baseline Review;...
Northrop Grumman completed an engineering and manufacturing development baseline review for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program in November 2020. More than 100 people participated in the...
View ArticleFive Contractors Shortlisted for Australian Maritime UAS Requirement
Australia has downselected BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies, Textron Systems and the Insitu subsidiary of Boeing for the next phase of the country's program to buy maritime-based...
View ArticleBAE, General Dynamics Bid for Army Bradley Replacement Competition
Industry teams led by BAE Systems and General Dynamics have submitted bids to the U.S. Army for a competitive program to replace the branch's Bradley infantry fighting vehicle platform. The two...
View ArticleOshkosh-Hanwha Team Submits Bid for Army OMFV Combat Vehicle Program
South Korea-based armored troop carrier developer Hanwha and Oshkosh, a maker of military trucks, have partnered to pursue the U.S. Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program that seeks to...
View ArticleFormer DOD Leaders Join SAIC’s New Strategic Advisory Board; CEO Nazzic Keene...
Science Applications International Corp. has formed a strategic advisory board consisting of former Department of Defense leaders and notable Wash100 Award recipients David Norquist, Ellen Lord and...
View Articlekrtkl, Partners to Develop Sensor Fusion Platform for Army Robotic Combat...
The U.S. Army has tapped krtkl to build a sensor fusion platform for enabling robotic combat vehicle’s monitoring and communication operations. krtkl will collaborate with VISIMO and Textron Systems to...
View ArticleTextron to Continue Supporting Navy’s Unmanned Minesweeping System Under New...
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...
View ArticleTextron Lands 2nd UAS Support Work Aboard Navy Expeditionary Mobile Base
A Textron subsidiary will help the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command handle unmanned aircraft system operations for the USS Miguel Keith expeditionary sea base under a five-year, $22 million...
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