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USNI News Marines Seeking Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle Prototypes After Unsuccessful Attempts to Replace LAV May 4, 2021 3:17 PM Textron’s Cottonmouth vehicle is the company’s pitch for the Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle program to replace the aging Light Armored Vehicle for recon Marines. Textron photo. The Marine Corps has collected proposals to design and build a prototype Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle, meant to far surpass the capabilities of the legacy Light Armor...

By Dominic Perry2021-05-04T13:00:00+01:00 Scott Donnelly, the chief executive of Textron – owner of Beechcraft, Cessna and Bell – has seemingly ruled out the imminent launch of an urban air mobility (UAM) vehicle, stressing that battery technology has not advanced sufficiently to support such an application. The US firm earlier this year formed a new division, eAircraft, headed by company veteran Rob Scholl, which brings together expertise from its Textron Aviation, Bell and Textron Syste...

Sig Sauer Shows off Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon Submission Sig Sauer feels they have a dominating submission to the Armys futuristic new Next Generation Squad Weapons program.  Designed to replace 5.56 NATO caliber small arms – M4 series carbines and M249 Squad Automatic Weapons – in frontline use with new platforms sharing a common 6.8mm cartridge, the NGSW program has been underway since 2018. Currently, Sig Sauer is one of three teams, along with Maryland-based AAI Corporatio...

AAR Elects Ellen M. Lord to its Board of Directors April 16, 2021 08:30 ET | Source: AAR Corp AAR Corp Wood Dale, Illinois, UNITED STATES Wood Dale, April 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AAR (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs and OEMs, announced today that Ellen M. Lord, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment for the United States Department of Defense, has been e...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine Appointed to Chair Voyager Space Holdings, Inc. Advisory Board April 7, 2021 GMT DENVER, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Voyager Space Holdings, Inc. (Voyager), a global leader in space exploration, today announced Jim Bridenstine will join the company’s advisory board as chairman. The former NASA Administrator will join an esteemed group of industry experts guid...

Textron Wins $13M Unmanned Influence Sweep System Contract Our Bureau 971 Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV) @Textron The U.S. Navy awarded Textron Systems $13 million to exercise an option for an additional low rate initial production (LRIP) unit for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) unmanned surface vehicle (USV) program. UISS is based on Textron’s Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV), a multi-mission surface vehicle designed to operate as a mine countermeasure (MCM), intel...

Army Aims to Develop Light Electric Vehicle By 2025 TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES 3/16/2021 iStock illustration The Army is working on electrification technologies for its platforms, and the service plans to build an electric light vehicle demonstrator that will be ready for testing as early as 2025, an official said March 16. “That is in the realm of the possible,” said Alfred Grein, acting director for Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Groun...

Army Drone Rodeo Will Feature Textrons Vertical Takeoff UAS Textron Systems Aerosonde Hybrid Quad which will be participating in the Army Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System Rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia in March 2021. (Photo courtesy of Textron) 1 Mar 2021 Textron Systems is preparing to show off its vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial system in an Army drone rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia, for companies competing to replace the services RQ-7B Shadow. The Future Tactical Unmanned ...

Textron Systems Wins $34.4M Unmanned Influence Sweep System USV Contract Our Bureau 2396 Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) The U.S. Navy has awarded Textron Systems $34.4 million to support for the Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Unmanned Surface Vehicle program. Designed for the littoral combat ship (LCS) as part of the mine countermeasures mission package, the UISS consists of a mine countermeasures unmanned surface vehicle (USV) and a towed minesweeping payload for influence s...

23 February 2021 AAUS is once again proud to be hosting an Industry Awards night to recognise individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to the Australian unmanned systems industry. This year, over 80 nominations were received for the 5 award categories highlighting the strength of our rapidly developing industry.  Of interest was that over a quarter of these were nominated for the Innovation Award.  All nominations were high quality and consisted of an impressive...