TEXTRON SYSTEMS
Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC)
Aerosonde® 4.8 HQ
RIPSAW® M5
CottonmouthTM
ATAC’s Mirage F1B—
Fighter Jet Services
Lycoming® 10-390
Textron Systems’ businesses develop and integrate products and services for U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers to support defense, aerospace and other customer missions. Product and service offerings include unmanned aircraft systems, electronic systems and solutions, advanced marine craft, piston aircraft engines, armored and specialty vehicles and other defense and aviation mission support products and services.
2021 Revenues
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2021 revenues
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Key data
| (Dollars in millions) | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Textron Systems | |||||
| Revenues | 1,273 | 1,313 | 1,325 | 1,464 | 1,840 |
| Segment profit | 189 | 152 | 141 | 156 | 139 |
| Segment profit margin | 14.8% | 11.6% | 10.6% | 10.7% | 7.6% |
| Backlog | 2,144 | 2,556 | 1,211 | 1,469 | 1,406 |
| Total assets | 1,980 | 2,054 | 2,352 | 2,254 | 2,330 |
| Capital expenditures | 80 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 60 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 45 | 43 | 48 | 54 | 65 |
MAJOR PRODUCTS
| Air Systems Control Stations and Remote Products Support Solutions |
Textron Systems’ multi-mission-capable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are utilized worldwide. The business’s platforms include the venerable Shadow® Tactical UAS, a system that has surpassed over one and a half million flight hours and has moved into its Block III configuration, as well as the Aerosonde® Small UAS, with over 550,000 flight hours of service, and the vertical-takeoff-and-landing Aerosonde HQ. Textron Systems also manufactures variations of command-and-control systems and collaboration technologies to enable Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUMT) to include the Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS), the U.S. Army program of record One System® Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT™), and the new Soldier Portable OSRVT (SPOT). The business also provides sustainment efforts for UAS, fixed-, and rotary-wing aircraft and marine and land vehicles. Manned and unmanned service offerings include: curriculum development, technical publications and training, maintenance and operation services. End-to-end logistics support offerings include spares, repairs, provisioning and performance-based logistics. Our Field Service Representatives provide reliability, maintainability, availability, repair and supportability analysis. Textron Systems provides full life cycle support for our products from development through manufacture and after sale support. |
| Unmanned Surface Vehicle Marine Craft |
Textron Systems manufactures CUSV®, our Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle, which was selected for the U.S. Navy’s first USV program of record, based on the larger Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program. Our specialty marine craft include the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) and the Motor Lifeboat (MLB). The SSC is the next generation of the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) fully amphibious vehicle, offering increased reliability, service life, maintainability and payload for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The MLB is a rugged, highly survivable, self-righting all-aluminum rescue boat that enhances customers’ ability to perform a variety of operations, including search and rescue in heavy weather conditions. The MLB is not currently in production. |
| Land Vehicles | The business designs, manufactures and supports the next generation of armored vehicles for the U.S. military, international militaries, special operations forces, police forces and civilian entities around the globe. The RIPSAW® M5 gives the Army a highly configurable and leading unmanned ground system with speed, endurance and extreme mobility. The family of COMMANDO® 4x4 armored vehicles offers a range of protection, unmatched on-road and off-road mobility, survivability, lethality, versatility, reliability and sustainability for unique multi-mission capabilities. The purpose-built Cottonmouth™ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) offers the United States Marine Corps amphibious mobility, unrivaled versatility and electronic warfare capabilities in a design built to organically defeat threats, both directly and beyond line of sight. |
| Howe & Howe | Textron Systems’ Howe & Howe subsidiary manufacturers purpose-built designs of land vehicles that operate in extreme conditions, and is the originator of the RIPSAW® vehicle, known around the world for its speed, agility and capability in both manned and unmanned configurations. Its latest advanced robotic land vehicle is the Thermite® family of firefighting robots for first responders, which won the Popular Science 2021 Best of What’s New award for being one of the 100 greatest innovations within the category of Security. |
| Weapons | Textron Systems offers advanced area-attack and area-denial weapon systems, airborne and ground-based sensors, and kinetic and non-kinetic effects for the defense and aerospace industries. Textron Systems is a tier 1 subcontractor to prime contractor Northrop Grumman on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile system responsible for the Reentry System Assembly. |
| Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) |
Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC) provides the U.S. Department of Defense with supersonic and subsonic adversary services for the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force. With more than 20 years of experience, ATAC is a pioneer in commercial tactical airborne training support to the U.S. military and its international allies and partners. ATAC supports flight operations from eight primary locations supporting East and West Coast operations, Hawaii and Japan. ATAC also provides Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) training for Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and the Navy and Marine Corps. |
| Electronic Systems |
Electronic Systems is a leader in the development and production of innovative, high-technology products and services for commercial, military, and government customers in the U.S. and internationally. It designs and manufactures a broad range of radio frequency, electro-optic, laser, and infrared devices used in training, test/evaluation, and operational applications from the laboratory to the range to the battlefield. This segment provides comprehensive end-to-end training solutions for air, land, sea, space, unmanned and electronic warfare platforms. Electronic Systems also offers advanced geospatial intelligence solutions and services, which enable users to achieve enhanced productivity and geospatial awareness through management, discovery and analysis of the variety and magnitude of data at their disposal. For the defense market, products also include complete maintenance training suites for aircraft, such as the C-17 and F-22, and testing equipment for the F-35. |
| Lycoming Engines |
Lycoming Engines offers a complete line of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certificated and Experimental category aviation piston engines: horizontally opposed, air-cooled, four-, six- and eight-cylinder aircraft engines; FAA Certificated aerobatic piston and helicopter piston engines; Integrated Electronic Engines (iE2); a high power density, liquid-cooled, jet fuel-burning diesel cycle engine; and a single-cylinder, jet fuel-burning, spark-ignited engine. In addition, Lycoming Engines offers a complete range of product and support services, from engines to spare parts, for the general aviation and experimental segments. |
| Weapons and Sensor Systems |
Textron Systems offers advanced precision-guided weapons systems, airborne and ground-based sensors and surveillance systems, and protection systems for the defense and aerospace industries. Textron Systems also designs and builds the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) for the U.S. Army and is a subcontractor to prime contractor Northrop Grumman on the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) missile system. |