CEO Lewis Campbell

Against the backdrop of the upcoming closure of Avondale shipyards, last year's work stoppage at NASA's Michoud facility and the state's hunger for more manufacturing jobs, Textron Marine & Land Systems on Thursday unveiled a prototype that it is shopping to the U.S. Navy and, if contracted, would build in the New Orleans area.Textron treated local officials and media to a demonstration of the Common Unmanned Surface Vessel, or CUSV, a 39-foot vessel that can sniff out mines and patrol...Read Full Story

Overwatch Systems. Textron Defense Systems. Textron Marine & Land SystemsTextron Defense Systems - Tactical-Unattended Ground Sensors Textron Defense Systems in Wilmington, MA recently received an initial $3.17 Textron Defense SystemsTextron Defense Systems Textron security Vehicle was displayed at AUSA WInter 2008 by Textron DefenseWhile working on the T-UGS and U-UGS projects at Textron Defense Systems, Developed and produced by Textron Defense Systems, the CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a...Read Full Story

Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, and Granite Tactical Vehicles Inc. announced today that its Survivable Combat Tactical Vehicle (SCTV) system will be shown in outdoor Booth 3328 at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Winter Symposium. The SCTV system is being offered by the Textron/Granite team as the solution to the U.S. Army’s proposed High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) recapitalization program. SCTV is a...Read Full Story

NEW ORLEANS — Technology that sent unmanned aircraft over Iraq and Afghanistan soon could be steering unstaffed naval boats for such dangerous tasks as minesweeping, submarine detection, intelligence gathering and approaching hostile vessels.Defense contractor Textron Inc. demonstrated what it calls its Common Unmanned Surface Vessel technology Thursday at its Textron Marine & Land Systems shipyard in New Orleans.Read More...Read Full Story

Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, and MDT Armor Corporation, a division of Arotech Corporation, today announced a teaming agreement to market, design and manufacture the Tiger light protected vehicle. Based on a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Dodge RAM 5500 platform, the Tiger is a cost effective, light protected class all terrain vehicle with proven, highly reliable armor for a crew of six to nine. The Tiger is ballistic and mine...Read Full Story