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Team Submits Proposal Combining Unique
Expertise and Game-changing Technologies for the Best Value
and Balance of Performance, Protection and Payload
Wilmington, MA, St.
Louis, MO, and McLean, VA– April 14, 2008. –
Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, The Boeing
Company (NYSE: BA) and Science Applications International
Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced the addition of SAIC
as a full team member and Ford Motor Company as a subcontractor
on the team competing for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle
(JLTV) program. The team submitted its proposal today for
the 27-month Technology Development (TD) phase of the JLTV
program, a multiservice initiative for a family of future
light tactical vehicles and companion trailers for the U.S.
Army and U.S. Marine Corps.
The Textron Systems-Boeing-SAIC team combines best-in-class
defense experience with unique commercial automotive design
and development expertise to produce the best-value solution
for Soldiers and Marines. Other participating team members
include Ford Motor Company., offering engine options and expertise
in power train integration; MillenWorks, leveraging its off-road
racing heritage specializes in advanced mobility solutions
and rapid prototyping; and Carlson Technology, focusing on
pit-stop engineering for maintenance simplicity.
This team offers a survivable, high-performance and affordable
family of vehicles, featuring a modular design and vehicle
commonality that will accommodate performance upgrades and
reduce production and sustainment costs over the life of the
program. The team’s game-changing innovations deliver
greater survivability and tactical mobility, and excellent
performance in off-road or urban environments. These innovations
also deliver improved transportability and driver and crew
visibility, as well as rapid crew ingress and egress. Additionally,
hybrid electric drive technology is used to provide extended
periods of silent watch capability and organic exportable
power, without generators, for purposes other than vehicle
operation.
“Combining mature systems design with game-changing
technology and unique expertise in armored vehicle manufacturing,
systems integration, vehicle electronics and engineering for
life-cycle management, the Textron Systems-Boeing-SAIC solution
provides the best balance of protection, performance and payload
for Soldiers and Marines,” said Frank Tempesta, president
of Textron Systems. “We are fully committed to delivering
a JLTV family of vehicles with unmatched capabilities.”
“The Textron Systems-Boeing-SAIC team is leveraging
its expertise in tactical wheeled vehicle production, along
with its proven experience in large-scale systems engineering
and integration, to provide a best-of-industry approach,”
said Roger Krone, president, Boeing Network and Space Systems.
“In addition, we’ve incorporated the talents and
legacy of the commercial automotive industry to ensure a new,
yet balanced approach to the design and development of the
JLTV family of vehicles for our nation’s warfighters.”
“Our team’s solution takes advantage of hybrid
electric drive technology in the drive train, implemented
with a focus on achieving JLTV required capabilities,”
said Jed Dunbar, SAIC’s vice president for Landforce
Systems Operation. “The drive train is part of the balanced
contribution to the ‘iron triangle’ of protection,
payload and performance, enabling a space- and weight-efficient
crew compartment. This allows for maximum protection while
maintaining payload capability and achieving exceptional mobility
performance and increasing acceleration.”
The JLTV family of vehicles is intended to replace part of
the aging fleet of light Tactical Wheeled Vehicles (TWV),
including the HMMWV, or Humvee. With an estimated 10-year
contract value of $30 billion, JLTV is a three-phase program
with awards for the TD phase scheduled for summer 2008.
About the Textron Systems-Boeing-SAIC Team
As the primary contractor for the JLTV team, Textron Systems
provides expertise in manufacturing armored vehicles such
as the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) produced at Textron
Marine & Land Systems in Louisiana. The ASV has been delivered
to the U.S. Army for use in operations around the globe, with
an average operational readiness rate more than 90 percent
during the past year.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems provides expertise in systems-of-systems
platform and C4I integration, as well as vehicle electronics.
It offers proven strengths in the design and integration of
complex systems modeling and simulation and networking architectures.
Boeing has proven CMMI Level 5 Systems Engineering processes
on Department of Defense contracts since 2000.
SAIC provides systems engineering expertise, as well as industry-leading
hybrid electric drive and technology integration capabilities
for military ground vehicle applications. It brings a special
focus and orientation toward equipping the warfighter, with
leadership in human factors and vehicle safety engineering.
About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology
applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to
solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world,
in national security, energy and the environment, critical
infrastructure, and health. The company’s approximately
44,000 employees serve customers in the Department of Defense,
the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected
commercial markets. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.9 billion
for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. For more information,
visit www.saic.com. SAIC:
From Science To Solutions®
About Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
(www.boeing.com/ids/) is one of the world's largest space
and defense businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven
customer solutions. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems is a $32.1 billion business with 71,000 employees
worldwide.
About Textron Systems
Textron Systems Corporation (Textron Systems) has been providing
innovative solutions to the defense, homeland security and
aerospace communities for over 50 years. Known for its precision
smart weapons, intelligent battlefield systems, surveillance
systems, intelligence software solutions, aircraft control
components, piston engines, armored vehicles and unmanned
aircraft systems, Textron Systems includes AAI, HR Textron,
Lycoming Engines, Overwatch Tactical Operations, Overwatch
Geospatial Operations, Textron Defense Systems, and Textron
Marine & Land Systems. Textron Systems Corporation is
an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Textron Inc. More information
is available at www.textronsystems.com.
About Textron Inc.
Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) is a $13.2 billion multi-industry
company operating in 34 countries with approximately 44,000
employees. The company leverages its global network of aircraft,
industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with
innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around
the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter,
Cessna Aircraft Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO,
Greenlee, Fluid & Power, Textron Systems and Textron Financial
Corporation. More information is available at www.textron.com.
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