Textron carries out work for the U.S. Minuteman missiles and is involved in the production of the Minuteman’s successor, the Sentinel.
Nuclear weapons
Textron systems has an outstanding $66 million contract for multiprobe antennas for the Minuteman missiles.[i] Textron also supplies Mod 5F midsections for the Minuteman Missiles, under a contract valued at $3.2 million.[ii]
Textron Systems is subcontracted by Northrop Grumman to develop the re-entry system technology for the Sentinel, the new U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile.[iii]
[i] CONTRACT to TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION | USAspending, 27 September 2013. Available at: CONTRACT to TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION | USAspending (Accessed: 7 April 2026); Contracts for July 12 2019 (2019) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 21 October 2025).
[ii] CONTRACT to TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION | USAspending, 12 June 2025. Available at: CONTRACT to TEXTRON SYSTEMS CORPORATION | USAspending (Accessed: 7 April 2026)
[iii] TEXTRON SYSTEMS AWARDED TASK ORDER FOR GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT. Textron Systems, 29 September 2020. Available at: Textron Systems Awarded Task Order for Ground Based Strategic Deterrent | Textron Systems.
Last updated: 2026-06-08 16:55:38