Textron Systems Expands Production on U.S. Navy Ship-to-Shore Connector Program with Latest Contract Option Award
NEW ORLEANS, LA – APRIL 13, 2015 – Textron Systems Marine & Land Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) business, announced today it has been awarded a $84,087,095 contract option from the U.S. Navy Naval Sea Systems Command for two next-generation Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles and associated technical manuals as part of the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) program. Marine & Land Systems will assemble crafts 102 and 103 at its New Orleans Shipyard. Deliveries are expected in the fourth quarter of 2019. SSC craft will serve as the evolutionary replacement for the Navy’s existing