Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (TXT) company, announced that it has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement or CRADA with the U.S. Special Operations Command or USSOCOM Program Executive Office or PEO Fixed Wing for development of standoff precision guided munition capability.
Initial activities will focus on Textron Defense Systems' Guided Clean Area Weapon or G-CLAW, a cost-effective, lightweight, guided precision unitary weapon providing anti-personnel and anti-material capabilities, as well as features for low collateral damage and hazardous unexploded ordnance or UXO prevention, the company said.
Under the CRADA, the organizations intend to integrate the G-CLAW into PEO Fixed Wing's common launch tube dispenser and complete the required testing to secure flight and weapons safety certifications. From there, Textron Defense Systems and USSOCOM will conduct inert and live-fire demonstrations of precision unitary munition delivery from a tactical carrier aircraft such as the MC-130W Dragon Spear.
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