TEXTRON SYSTEMS’ AEROSONDE® UAS TAKES FIRST FLIGHT ABOARD LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP
January 29, 2024
Aerosonde UAS Demonstrates Continued Support of Maritime Contractor-Owned/Contractor-Operated Missions Hunt Valley, Md., JANUARY 29, 2024 – Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that the Aerosonde® Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) took its inaugural operational flight from its first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the LCS-28 USS Savannah. In June, Textron Systems was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command Center (NAVAIR) to provide UAS operational support to one Freedom Class and two Independence Class LCS variants. The Aerosonde UAS will support the LCS missions of forward presence, maritime security, sea control and deterrence with overwatch and extended intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services with enhanced payloads. The Independence Class LCS marks the fifth class and seventh total ship the Aerosonde system has been contracted to support. “Teaming an uncrewed Aircraft System with a crewed ship