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  The U.S. Army reports that Textron Systems Advanced Systems' Lightweight Small Arms Technologies met the mark during recent user testing. View Article
   

Recent News Releases
   
Jan 30, 2012 AAI Logistics & Technical Services Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract for B-1B Training System Support
  AAI Logistics & Technical Services, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the company has received an award from the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to provide logistics support and concurrency modifications for the B-1B Training System. The award has a total potential value of $162 million over seven years.
   
Jan 23, 2012 Overwatch Awards IM-PACT™ Excellence in Policing Grants to 16 Law Enforcement Agencies
  Overwatch, a strategic business of Textron Systems Advanced Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that 16 law enforcement and homeland security organizations are recipients of the company's IM-PACT™ investigative analysis software as part of its Excellence in Policing competitive grant program.
   
Jan 23, 2012 AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and ViaSat Enter Strategic Alliance
  AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) announced today that the organizations have entered into a strategic alliance to align AAI's advanced unmanned aircraft and command and control technologies with ViaSat integrated airborne and terrestrial satellite communications, as well as its Internet Protocol-based networking and security technology. Under the agreement, the organizations intend to develop and mature beyond-line-of-sight satellite communications capabilities for current and next-generation AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems aircraft.
   
   
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August 15, 2011 Two Textron Systems experts will serve as panelists at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Unmanned Systems North America 2011 event.