AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Wins USSOCOM MEUAS II Award Valued at Nearly $600 Million
Hunt Valley, Md. — April 11, 2012 — AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it has won the competitive Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) II award from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The three-year award, valued at just under $600 million, includes support operations using AAI’s Aerosonde® Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS). Total initial funding for these activities is $20 million. “The team is galvanized and working closely with our new USSOCOM customer on this critical