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Textron Systems

Textron Systems is Textron Inc.'s defense and aerospace segment, developing, manufacturing, integrating, and supporting military technologies across air, land, sea, weapon systems, electronic systems, test, training, and simulation work. Its lineage includes AAI, Textron Defense Systems, and Textron Marine & Land Systems programs behind cataloged systems such as the CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon and M1117 armored security vehicle.

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Textron Systems is the defense-oriented segment of Textron Inc. and describes itself as a developer, manufacturer, integrator, and support organization for military, government, and commercial customers. Its current portfolio spans uncrewed aircraft systems, armored and specialty vehicles, advanced marine craft, electronic systems, weapon systems, training, test, operations, and sustainment work.

The company's current and legacy defense businesses connect land-vehicle, air-system, marine, and ordnance programs that were built under names including AAI, Textron Defense Systems, Cadillac Gage, and Textron Marine & Land Systems. The CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon sits within the weapon-systems lineage, while the M1117 and broader Commando family reflect Textron's armored-vehicle line.

defense technologiesautonomous systemsarmored vehiclesmarine craftair-launched munitionstraining and simulationtest and support services

Notable Systems

CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon, Sensor-fuzed cluster munition, Munitions

CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapon

Sensor-fuzed cluster munition

Air-delivered Sensor Fuzed Weapon whose full-scale development contract was awarded to Textron Defense Systems and whose later export-production discontinuation was reported by Textron.

Sources: GAO SFW Production Review, Textron SEC sensor-fuzed weapon discontinuation
M1117, 4x4 armored security vehicle, Armored Vehicles

M1117

4x4 armored security vehicle

4x4 armored security vehicle from the Textron Marine & Land Systems and Commando vehicle lineage; Textron's company history says the first ASV M1117 production contract was awarded in 1999.

Sources: AAI history, Textron Commando Family

Manufacturer History

  1. AAI founded in Baltimore County

    Textron Systems traces part of its lineage to AAI Inc., founded in Baltimore County, Maryland, in 1950.

    Sources: AAI history

  2. Marine and land lineage expands

    Textron's company history says New Orleans Operations became Textron Marine Systems in 1986 and Cadillac Gage became a wholly owned Textron subsidiary the same year, adding marine craft and land-vehicle lines that later fed Textron Marine & Land Systems.

    Sources: AAI history

  3. First ASV M1117 production contract

    Textron's history page says the first production contract for the Armored Security Vehicle M1117 was awarded in 1999 and produced more than 1,100 vehicles over the multi-year contract.

    Sources: AAI history

  4. Textron reports Textron Systems as a business segment

    Textron's 2025 annual report lists Textron Systems as one of the company's operating segments and describes offerings that include weapons and related components, unmanned aircraft systems, marine craft, electronic systems, and manned and unmanned armored and specialty vehicles.

    Sources: Textron 2025 Annual Report

  5. Hunt Valley operations remain active

    Textron Systems' 2026 site and career pages continue to reference Hunt Valley, Maryland, as a major operating location for current programs and support work.

    Sources: Textron Systems operational footprint, Textron Systems careers

Predecessors
AAI Inc.
Subsidiaries
Howe & HoweATACLycoming Engines
Website links
Textron SystemsAbout Textron SystemsOperational Footprint

Textron Systems is a current Textron Inc. business segment with legacy AAI, Textron Defense Systems, Cadillac Gage, and Textron Marine & Land Systems roots. Reliable public sources identify Hunt Valley as a major operating location, but a single clean headquarters citation was not confirmed.

Manufacturer Sources

  • About Textron SystemsPublisher: Textron Systems | Note: Official company page describing Textron Systems as part of Textron Inc. and summarizing its defense, government, and aerospace focus. | Accessed: 2026-06-22
  • Our CompanyPublisher: Textron Systems | Note: Official company overview supporting the defense, air/land/sea, development, manufacturing, training, fielding, support, and sustainment context. | Accessed: 2026-06-22
  • Where We Work & LivePublisher: Textron Systems | Note: Official careers page naming Hunt Valley, Maryland, as a major Textron Systems location; used for current operational context rather than headquarters. | Accessed: 2026-06-22
  • Operational FootprintPublisher: Textron Systems | Note: Official footprint page supporting current manufacturing, test, training, and support locations used by Textron Systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-22
  • Textron 2025 Annual ReportPublisher: Textron Inc. | Note: Annual report supporting Textron Systems as a Textron segment that develops, manufactures, and integrates products and services for military, government, and commercial customers, including weapons, marine craft, UAS, and armored vehicles. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • AAI historyPublisher: Textron Systems | Note: Company history page supporting the 1950 founding of AAI Inc. in Baltimore County, Maryland, and the legacy business lines that fed into Textron Systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-22
  • GAO SFW Production ReviewPublisher: U.S. Government Accountability Office | Note: Supports Sensor Fuzed Weapon development history and the Textron Defense Systems full-scale development contract. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Textron SEC sensor-fuzed weapon discontinuationPublisher: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Textron Inc. | Note: Supports Textron's 2016 plan to discontinue sensor-fuzed weapon production because of reduced orders and export-approval conditions. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Textron Commando FamilyPublisher: Textron Systems | Note: Official product page supporting current Commando armored vehicle family context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Textron Aerosonde UASPublisher: Textron Systems | Note: Official product page supporting current uncrewed aircraft systems and contracted ISR services context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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M1117, 4x4 armored security vehicle, Armored Vehicles2001 War in Afghanistan, 2003 Iraq War +1 moreM11174x4 armored security vehicleBuilt in: United StatesThe M1117 Guardian is a U.S. 4x4 armored security vehicle built by Textron Systems for military-police, convoy-security, patrol, and protected-mobility missions. It combines a wheeled armored hull, turret-mounted Mk 19 grenade launcher and .50-caliber machine gun, and mine/blast protection features that made it a protected alternative to lighter HMMWV patrol vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan; U.S. security-assistance packages later supplied refurbished M1117s and ordered related MSFV/Commando Select vehicles for Ukraine.

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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