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Textron Marine & Land Systems Awarded Contract to Produce Turrets and Provide Support for Colombia's Armored Personnel Carriers

NEW ORLEANS, March 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Textron Marine & Land Systems (TM&LS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today a $5.5 million contract award from the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to provide 12 armored turrets, technical support services, vehicle repairs and spare parts for the Colombian Army's (COLAR) Armored Personnel Carriers (APC). The COLAR has 39 COMMANDO(TM) Advanced APCs in operation with its Armored Cavalry units and, under a separate U.S. Foreign Military Sales case, has requested to purchase additional APCs.

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MicroObserver(R) Unattended Ground Sensor System Wins Border Security Award

WILMINGTON, Mass., March 14, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today its

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Overwatch Appraised at CMMI(R) Maturity Level 5 for the Third Time

AUSTIN, Texas, March 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Overwatch, a strategic business of Textron Systems Advanced Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that it has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) Maturity Level 5 by the

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Textron Marine & Land Systems to Build 135 Additional Mobile Strike Force Vehicles for the Afghan National Army

NEW ORLEANS, March 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that it has been awarded a $113.4 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., to produce an additional 135 Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFV) for the Afghan National Army (ANA). The vehicles are being contracted through the U.S. Army Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process.

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Textron Marine & Land Systems Introduces Two New Vehicles to Its Commando(TM) Family of Vehicles

ABU DHABI, Feb. 17, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --