Textron (NYSE: TXT) has secured a five-year, $386.3M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build additional landing craft, air cushion vehicles designed to transport military personnel, weapons and equipment.

The State Department has approved Tunisia's request to buy four Textron-built (NYSE: TXT) light attack aircraft, related equipment and support services under a potential $325.8M foreign military sales agreement.

The U.S. Army has informed the National Advanced Mobility Consortium that it will award other transaction agreements to QinetiQ North America and Textron (NYSE: TXT) to build two variants of a robotic combat vehicle.  The military service said Thursday it expects to finalize the OTAs in mid-February to procure four light RCV units from QinetiQ NA and four medium RCVs from Textron.

Bell, a subsidiary of Textron (NYSE: TXT), has secured a potential five-year, $815M contract to repair, update or replace 35 items for AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters. The company will also manage inventories, establish metrics for supply response time and provide warehousing under the performance-based logistics contract, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

The U.S. Air Force plans to buy up to six light-attack aircraft from Textron (NYSE: TXT) and a Sierra Nevada Corp.-Embraer team for use in training and experimental activities as part of the National Defense Strategy.

Martin UAV and Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) AAI Corp. subsidiary will compete for orders to provide non-developmental tactical unmanned aerial systems to the U.S. Army under a potential three-year, $99.5M contract. Eleven bids were submitted to Army Contracting Command for the firm-fixed-price contract, which runs through March 27, 2022, the Department …

Textron’s (NYSE: TXT) Bell Helicopter subsidiary has received a four-year, $439.5M contract modification to build 25 lot 16 AH-1Z twin-engine attack helicopters for the U.S. Navy. Bell Helicopter will also provide 25 stores control units as part of the modification, which exercises an option under a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract, the Department …

Textron (NYSE: TXT) closed its acquisition of Waterboro, Maine-based robotic ground vehicle maker Howe & Howe Technologies on Dec. 17, Defense News reported Thursday. Textron announced its intent to buy Howe & Howe in October 2018 in a push to expand its autonomous technology offerings across land, air and maritime domains. Lisa Atherton, president and …

Textron (NYSE: TXT) will obtain additional materials needed to build landing craft air cushion vehicles under a five-year, $314.3M contract modification from the U.S. Navy. The company will use the funds to acquire long lead time components for LCAC class crafts 109 through 123 and to continue pre-fabrication work on crafts 109 …

Textron (NYSE: TXT) is acquiring Waterboro, Maine-based robotic ground vehicle manufacturer Howe & Howe Technologies for an undisclosed sum in a move to expand autonomous technology offerings across land, sea and air domains. The industrial conglomerate said Thursday Howe & Howe’s vehicles and applications will complement its portfolio of unmanned platforms, control systems …