Textron slated to complete production of sensor fuzed weapon by March

By Marjorie Censer / September 7, 2016 at 3:04 PM
After announcing last week it will discontinue manufacturing the sensor fuzed weapon, Textron says it expects to end production by next March. In a statement provided to Inside Defense , Ellen Lord, chief executive of Textron Systems, said the company has two orders to complete before stopping production of the sensor fuzed weapon. Matthew Colpitts, a company spokesman, declined to identify the two remaining customers. Lord said the decision to close out manufacturing of the weapon was made by Textron...

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