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  Nov 17, 2009 AAI and Carter Aviation Technologies Enter Exclusive Licensing Agreement for Slowed Rotor/Compound Technology
     
  Nov 11, 2009 Overwatch’s® AXIS PRO® Awarded Certificate of Networthiness by U.S Army
     
  Nov 10, 2009 AAI's ESL Defence Ltd. Sells 500th Baringa Missile Warning System Test Set
     
  Nov 3, 2009 AAI’s Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Flies 100,000th Mission - Ongoing System Enhancements Boost Performance and Reliability
     
  Nov 2, 2009 Aerosonde® Unmanned Aircraft and Flight Team Participate in Australian Electronic Warfare Demonstrations
     
  Oct 28,2009 Textron Defense Systems’ Nuclear/Radiation Detection System Honored With Homeland Security Award
     
  Oct 20, 2009 AAI’s Aerosonde® Unmanned Aircraft Flies the Antarctic Skies - Missions with University of Colorado Explore Ocean/Atmosphere Interface
     
  Oct 16, 2009 Overwatch® Shipboard Satellite Communications Solutions Selected for Yahsat System
     
  Oct 13, 2009 Textron Defense Systems’ RPG Countermeasure System Completes Phase I Testing
     
  Oct 13, 2009 Textron Marine & Land Systems and L-3 Communications Team on Ship-to-Shore Connector
     
  Oct 12, 2009 Textron Defense Systems’ XM1100 Scorpion™ Completes Simulated Urban Environment Tests
     
  Sep 24, 2009 AAI Flies Shadow® at Opening of U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft System Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center
     
  Sep 22, 2009 AAI and L-3 Deliver Aerial Situational Awareness Architecture for Manned/Unmanned System Installation
     
  Sep 15, 2009 Overwatch® Satellite Communications Antennas Selected for Global Hawk® Unmanned Aircraft
     
  Sep 15, 2009 Symtx to Provide U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Engine Test Instrumentation Systems
     
  Sep 10, 2009 AAI's Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Named to C4ISR Journal’s “Big 25” Technologies
     
  Aug 27, 2009 Michael Kraft to Head Lycoming Engines
     
  Aug 27, 2009 Textron Systems Appoints Ian Walsh Chief Innovation Officer and Tom McNamara Chief Technology Officer
     
  Aug 19, 2009 Overwatch® Assists Jane Goodall Institute in Monitoring African Ecosystems
     
  Aug 17, 2009 NGA Certifies RemoteView 3.0 For Precision Positioning
     
  Aug 11, 2009 AAI Signs Agreement with FAA to Research UAS Integration into National Airspace
     
  Aug 11, 2009 Textron Systems Combines Overwatch Geospatial Systems and Overwatch Tactical Operations
     
  Aug 10, 1009 AAI to Enhance Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems with All-Digital Tactical Common Data Link
     
  Aug 4, 2009 NASA and AAI Complete Blanket Purchase Agreement for Aerosonde® Unmanned Aircraft Flight Services
     
  Aug 3, 2009 AAI’s Charleston Operation Selected for 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
     
  Aug 1, 2009 Jon Percy has been appointed vice president of business development and strategy.
     
  Jul 31, 2009 Textron Defense Systems Creates Directed Energy Weapons Business Line
     
  Jul 23, 2009 Textron Marine & Land Systems Awarded New ASV Contract from U.S. Army
     
  Jul 15, 2009 Textron Defense Systems' XM1100 Scorpion Completes Successful Verification Testing and Critical Design Review
     
  Jul 13, 2009 Overwatch Geospatial Systems Releases RemoteView 3.0.6 Featuring V-TRAC and RVConnect
     
  Jul 6, 2009 AAI Unveils and Demonstrates Its STUAS/Tier II Contender — the Aerosonde® Mark 4.7
     
  Jun 22, 2009 Overwatch Tactical Operations Receives Above and Beyond Award for Supporting America's Warfighters
     
  Jun 12, 2009 AAI Receives Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award
     
  Jun 11, 2009 U.S. Army Signs AXIS PRO Enterprise License Agreement with Overwatch Tactical Operations
     
  Jun 2, 2009 Textron Marine and Land Systems Delivers 2000th ASV
     
  Jun 1, 2009 Lycoming Receives Shingo Medallion
     
  May 26, 2009 Sensor Fuzed Weapon Units from New Assembly Line Successfully Tested
     
  May 14, 2009 AAI's Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Complete a Successful Simultaneous Flight Demonstration
     
  May 11, 2009 Lycoming Offers Zero-time Engines for Price of Overhaul
     
  May 11, 2009 Stoots Aviation Pursuing STC for Lycoming IO-390
     
 
May 11, 2009
AAI's Shadow Unmanned Aircraft Systems Reach 400,000 Total Flight Hours
 
 
 
May 6, 2009
Textron Defense Systems Selected to Provide Heat Shield Materials for NASA's Orion Spacecraft
 
 
 
May 4, 2009
Textron Defense Systems' XM1100 Scorpion Successful in Recent Test Events
 
 
  Apr 30, 2009 Lycoming names UAS Program Manager
 
 
  Apr 21, 2009 IO-390-A1A6 Joins Lycoming's Certified Engine Family
     
  Apr 21, 2009 Lycoming Shares Expertise on Future of Aviation Fuel with Customers
     
  Apr 21, 2009 Lycoming Chooses T&T Aviation for Final Product Development on IO-233-LSA
     
 
Apr 21, 2009
Textron Defense Systems Holds Second Annual Earth Day Celebration
 
 
 
Apr 3, 2009
Textron Completes Sale of HR Textron to Woodward Governor Company
 
 
  Mar 26, 2009 Overwatch Tactical Operations Receives Award from Thales for Ka/Ku-Band Shipboard Satellite Communications Antennas
 
 
  Mar 11, 2009 Lycoming to Receive $1.5 Million State Grant
     
 
Mar 9, 2009
AAI to Unveil Aerosonde® Mark 4.7 Unmanned Aircraft
 
 
 
Mar 5, 2009
Overwatch Geospatial Systems’ ELT/5500 PRO 4.0 For Precision Positioning Receives NGA Certification
 
 
  Mar 4, 2009 Third ASTIS Contract Awarded to Overwatch Tactical Operations
 
 
 
Mar 3, 2009
Textron Marine & Land Systems to Build 15 Additional Armored Security Vehicles for U.S. Army
 
 
 
Feb 27, 2009
Textron Reaches Agreement to Sell HR Textron Operating Unit to Woodward Governor Company for $365 Million
 
 
  Feb 25, 2009 Overwatch Tactical Operations to Demonstrate its Command and Control (C2) Applications at AUSA Winter
 
 
 
Feb 24, 2009
AAI Flies New Orbiter Miniature Unmanned Aircraft System
 
 
 
Feb 17, 2009
AAI Awarded U.S. Army STOC II Training Contract
 
 
 
Jan 29, 2009
Textron Defense Systems Named to Top 10 "Best Companies for Women to Work" by IEEE Women in Engineering
 
 
  Jan 21, 2009 Lycoming Engines to star on ‘How It’s Made’
     
 
Jan 20, 2009
Overwatch Geospatial Systems Upgrades Urban Analyst
 
 
  Jan 19, 2009 Norwegian Nansen Frigates Tap Thales for SATCOM Solution
 
 
 
Jan 5, 2009
AAI Conducts Successful Test Flight of its New Aerosonde® Mark 5 Unmanned Aircraft
 
 
  Dec 17, 2008 Dolan to Lead Overwatch Geospatial Systems, Brown to Retire
     
 
Dec 11, 2008
U.S. Army Awards AAI Sole-source Contract for Continued Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Development
 
 
 
Dec 3, 2008
Textron Defense Systems Awarded Funding for the DARPA HELLADS Program
 
 
 
Dec 1, 2008
U.S. Army Chooses AAI's PDCue® Gunshot Detection Systems for Integration and Fielding with Weapons Stations
 
 
 
Nov 3, 2008
Textron Marine & Land Systems Awarded M1117 ASV Reset Phase II Program
 
 
 
Oct 15 , 2008
AAI and U.S. Army Successfully Conduct Live-Fire Testing of Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Laser Designation Capability
 
 
 
Oct 14 , 2008
AAI Receives $242.1 Million Contract Award for Additional Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Award Comes as Shadow Achieves 350,000 Total Flight Hours
 
 
 
Oct 13 , 2008
AAI's One System® Ground Control Station (GCS) Automatically Launches and Lands Sky Warrior® Unmanned Aircraft
 
 
 
Oct 09, 2008
Lycoming Engines Donates $10,000 to Shepherd of the Streets
 
 
 
Sep 29, 2008
AAI Corporation and Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. Team to Provide Orbiter® Unmanned Aircraft
 
 
 
Sep 29, 2008
Overwatch Geospatial Receives National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Certification for Advances in Precision Targeting
 
 
 
Sep 22, 2008
Lycoming Engines Receives National Safety Council Award
 
 
 
Sep 18, 2008
AAI's New Technologies support NATO Interoperability Standards for Unmanned Air and Ground Vehicles
 
 
 
Sep 15, 2008
Textron Marine & Land Systems Awarded $313 Million for 424 Additional M1117 Armored Security Vehicles and 10 M1200 Armored Knight Vehicles
 
 
 
Sep 3, 2008
Lycoming's Ian Walsh to Keynote 2008 Western Region Shingo Prize Conference
 
 
 
Aug 26, 2008
AAI Awarded $11.9 Million Contract for Training Systems to Support National Guard Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Units
 
 
 
Jul 28, 2008
Lycoming Announces IO-390 Engine
 
 
 
Jul 28, 2008
Textron Systems Adds Stuart Grief to Leadership Team
 
 
 
Jul 24, 2008
Overwatch to Host Free Software Training at ESRI User Conference
 
 
 
Jul 17, 2008
Textron Marine & Land Systems To Build Search And Rescue Boats For Mexican Navy
 
 
 
Jun 10, 2008
AAI Receives Second Annual Frost & Sullivan North American Unmanned Systems Technology Innovation of the Year Award
 
 
 
Jun 2, 2008
Textron Systems Names Rob Powers Senior Vice President, Human Resources
 
 
 
May 22, 2008
AAI Wins Air Force Contract for Its Joint Service Electronic Combat Systems Tester
 
 
 
May 19, 2008
AAI's Shadow® Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Reach 300,000 Flight Hours
 
 
 
May 2, 2008
GeoEye RoadTracker Now Available for Overwatch Geospatial Systems Feature Analyst
     
 
Apr 28, 2008
AAI Services Wins Contract from Lockheed Martin to Develop F-35 Lightning II Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainer
 
 
 
Apr 22, 2008
First M1117 ASV rolled out at Red River Army Depot, Kicking off Reset Pilot Program
 
 
 
Apr 14, 2008
Textron Systems and Boeing Add SAIC as Full Team Member for JLTV Program; Ford Joins as Subcontractor
 
 
 
Apr 9, 2008
Textron Systems Appoints Fred Strader as COO, Ellen Lord to Lead AAI
 
 
 
Mar 24, 2008
Textron Systems' Adaptable Radiation Area Monitor Designated as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology
 
 
 
Mar 20, 2008
AAI Services Corporation's Training and Simulation Division Achieves Level 3 Assessment from the Software Engineering Institute
 
 
 
Mar 20, 2008
AAI Services Corporation's Electronic Combat Trainer for U.S. Air Force Exceeds 100,000 Service Hours
 
 
 
Mar 19, 2008
Textron Marine & Land Awarded $58 Million for 82 Additional Armored Knight Vehicles
 
 
 
Mar 12, 2008
AAI Services Wins $12.6 Million Contract from Boeing to Provide Maintenance Training System for U.S. Air Force F-22
 
 
 
Feb 14, 2008
Textron Marine & Land Systems Selected For T-Craft Phase II Award
 
 
 
Jan 24, 2008
Textron Marine & Land Awarded $228 million for 329 additional U.S. Army M1117 Armored Security Vehicles
 
 
 
Jan 14, 2008
Textron Marine & Land Completes ASV M1117 Sale to Bulgaria
 
 
 
Dec 18, 2007
Textron Completes Acquisition of United Industrial Corporation
 
 
 
Oct 29, 2007
Averitte to Lead Overwatch Tactical Operations
 
 
 
Oct 8, 2007
Textron Reaches Agreement to Acquire United Industrial Corporation
 
 
 
Jul 2, 2007
Textron Defense Systems Awarded $2 M Contract for Clean Lightweight Area Weapon (CLAW) Munition
 
 
 
Jun 22, 2007
Textron Defense Systems Awarded $24 M Contract to Develop and Test Heat Shield Materials for the NASA Orion Spacecraft
 
 
 
Jun 21, 2007
Textron Marine & Land Awarded $255.5 million for 369 more U.S. Army M1117 Armored Security Vehicles
 
 
 
May 29, 2007
Textron Defense Systems Awarded Contract for Enhancements to Universal Aerial Delivery Dispenser
 
 
 
May 21, 2007
Textron Marine & Land to Consolidate Engineering, Administration to Slidell Site
 
 
 
May 8, 2007
Textron Sees Continued Strong Demand for Armored Security Vehicle
 
 
 
Apr 3, 2007
Textron Systems Achieves Success in U.S. Army Tests of Future Combat Systems Technologies
 
 
 
Mar 8, 2007
Overwatch Awarded Contract by U.S. Army for Software Development
 
 
 
Feb 15, 2007
Lycoming Engines Achieves AS9100 Registration
 
 
 
Jan 22, 2007
Overwatch Delivers on Follow-On Satellite Contract
 
 
 
Jan 18, 2007
HR Textron Awarded Contract for U.S. Navy F-35 Stealth Fighter
 
 
 
Oct 9, 2006
Overwatch Systems Displays Dual-Band X/KA Feed at Milcom Show
 
 
 
Oct 3, 2006
NemesisNXT Wins at the 2006 Reno Air Races with a Lycoming Engine