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Textron Completes Development Of Fury Lightweight Precision Munition

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 15th, 2017

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Textron Completes Development Of Fury Lightweight Precision Munition

Textron's Shadow v2 Tactical UAS shown carrying two Fury precision guided munitions on either side of the fuselage. Photo: Textron

Textron Systems on Monday said its Weapon & Sensor Systems business has successfully test fired the Fury lightweight precision glide munition against moving targets, a key milestone that marks the completion of development of the air-to-ground munition.Textron, Inc. [TXT], parent of Textron Systems, said the Weapons & Sensor Systems team conducted 13 flight tests of the Fury munition totaling nearly 24 hours, including 10 weapon releases from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Two of the tests were conducted from the company’s…

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