Textron Marine & Land Systems Awarded Contract Option for Afghanistan Army Armored Vehicles
NEW ORLEANS – March 19, 2012 — Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it received an option award from the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Mich., for 64 additional Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFV) for the Afghanistan National Army (ANA). The additional vehicles are added to the current Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) and have a not-to-exceed value of $71.7 million, with deliveries scheduled by February 2013. Three variants will be produced: MSFV with enclosed Turret; MSFV with Objective