Textron Marine & Land Systems













































Textron Marine & Land Systems
Type
Private (subsidiary of Textron)
Industry Defense
Predecessor Cadillac Gage/Textron Marine
Founded 1994 (1994)
Headquarters
Slidell, Louisiana, U.S.
Area served
 Worldwide
Products
Armored Vehicles, Advanced Marine Craft, Surface Effects Ships, and weapons sub systems
Parent Textron
Website http://www.textronmarineandland.com

Textron Marine & Land Systems, formerly Cadillac Gage, is an American military contractor that manufactures armored vehicles, turrets, advanced marine craft, surface effects ships, and other weapon systems. It is owned by Textron, and was formed in the merger between Cadillac Gage and Textron Marine in 1994.[1]



Products


Today, as Textron Marine & Land Systems it produces:




  • M1117 Armored Security Vehicle – for the U.S. Army


  • Textron Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle – for the Canadian Army


  • Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) – for the U.S. Navy


  • 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) – for the U.S. Coast Guard


  • NAIAD Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat

  • Cadillac Gage turret systems[1]

  • Tiger Light Protected Vehicle[2]


The main office for Textron Marine & Land Systems is located in Slidell, Louisiana.



History


Cadillac Gage, located in Warren, Michigan manufactured many Vietnam-era military vehicles and artillery pieces:




  • Stoner 63 machine gun/Assault rifle 1963-1971


  • Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando Armored Personnel Carrier

    • V-100

    • V-150

    • V-200


    • LAV-300 light armored vehicle


    • LAV-600 light armored vehicle

    • Commando Scout




  • Cadillac Gage Ranger/Peacekeeper Armored Personnel Carrier - based on Dodge Ram/Dodge D Series chassis

  • Stingray light tank

  • Stingray 2


On March 31, 2015, Textron signed a contract with US Navy worth $84 million to build two new Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicles, LCACs 102 and 103. The craft are part of the Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) program, developed to replace the existing fleet of LCACs.[3]



Notes and references





  1. ^ ab Textron Marine & Land Systems


  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2012-09-19.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "Flurry of Contracts Spark US Navy Shipbuilding". Retrieved 11 August 2016.













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