Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced that the Aerosonde® Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) took its inaugural operational flight from its first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the LCS-28 USS Savannah.

Textron Systems Corporation announced that it has been awarded an initial contract valued at up to $19.5M by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command to provide UAS operational support to two Independence Class LCS and one Freedom Class LCS variants

Textron Systems Corporation and Anduril Industries completed a successful demonstration of a Textron Systems Aerosonde® Hybrid Quad (HQ) UAS operated with multiple payloads onboard to simulate and geolocate threat emitters.