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June 2020

• • June 8, 2020
  • Special Missions

  Civil Air Patrol and Textron Aviation Special Missions continue long-standing collaboration

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) for the sale of 17 Cessna piston engine aircraft. Using fiscal year 2020 funds, ...

May 2020

• • May 20, 2020
  • Turboprop

  Textron Aviation awarded contract for two Beechcraft King Air 350CER aircraft for U.S. Customs and Border Protection

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, was awarded a contract for two additional Beechcraft King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Ai...

April 2020

• • April 21, 2020
  • Jet

  First Cessna Citation Latitudes configured for Flight Inspection enter service

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron, Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, recently delivered the first two Cessna Citation Latitude aircraft configured for flight inspection missions. The aircraft were delivered...

February 2020

• • February 24, 2020
  • Turboprop

  Textron Aviation to supply fleet of Beechcraft King Air 350 air ambulance aircraft to Pel-Air in Australia

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron, Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today a purchase contract with Pel-Air, based in New South Wales, Australia, for five Beechcraft King Air 350 air ambulance turb...

November 2019

• • November 16, 2019
  • Jet

  Textron Aviation develops special mission-configured Cessna Citation Longitude for Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced it is configuring the newly certified Cessna Citation Longitude for flight inspection missions. The aircraft, which is anti...

July 2019

• • July 25, 2019
  • Piston

  Embry-Riddle selects the ultimate training aircraft, the Cessna Skyhawk

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced a Memorandum of Understanding to supply Cessna Skyhawk aircraft to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Embry-Riddle has a...

• • July 23, 2019
  • Piston

  ATP Flight School expands fleet with the world's leading flight training aircraft, the Cessna Skyhawk

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced at the 2019 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture an agreement with long-term customer, ATP Flight School, for...

May 2019

• • May 21, 2019
  • Jet

  Textron Aviation displays special mission strength; showcasing air ambulance configured Citation Latitude at EBACE

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, is showcasing its first air ambulance configuration of the popular Citation Latitude at its static display at the 2019 European Business Av...

April 2019

• • April 16, 2019
  • Jet

  Textron Aviation Joint Venture receives order from CFIC for fleet of eight Citation XLS+ aircraft for flight inspecti...

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced that Cessna-AVIC Aircraft (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd., a Textron Aviation joint venture in China, has signed agreements with the Fli...

July 2018

• • July 29, 2018
  • Special Missions

  Textron Systems and Textron Aviation Defense Successfully Integrate Synturian® Mission Control Software and Scorpion ...

  Textron Systems and Textron Aviation, businesses of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), announced today the successful integration and demonstration of the company’s manned-unmanned teaming capability via th...

• • July 27, 2018
  • Piston

  ATP Flight School grows fleet, orders 10 Skyhawks from Textron Aviation

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced at Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture 2018 that longtime customer ATP Flight School has placed an order for...

May 2018

• • May 29, 2018
  • Jet

  Textron Aviation delivers first Citations for Guernsey AOC operations in Channel Islands

  Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced it has delivered a Cessna Citation M2 and a Cessna Citation CJ3+ to ORTA°C (AOC) Ltd. — the first business to operate Citat...