Cong. Meehan, Sec. Kimball, Leading Tech Companies Headline Interactive Conference/Media Event on New England's Role in the Future Combat System (FCS).Textron Founded in 1923 as the Special Yarns Company by Royal Little, Textron NYSE: TXT, today is a multi-industry company with a portfolio of familiar brands such as Bell Helicopter, E-Z-GO, Cessna Aircraft, Cadillac Gage and Greenlee, among others. Systems, Textron Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TXT TXT Text TXT Text File (filename extension) TXT Textile TXT Teletext TXT Tecnologia per a Tothom TXT Textron Corporation (stock symbol) ) FCS FCS - Frame Check Sequence Facts: -- 38 leading NE technology companies -- $6.9 billion in high-tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. work for NE --The U. S. Army's largest and most significant modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, program boosts Massachusetts' and New England's economy
What: The "best of industry" team that is equipping American soldiers
for 21st century combat and peacekeeping missions offers exclusive
briefings and round-table discussions of the U.S. Army's premier
modernization initiative, the Future Combat System (FCS). Defense,
industry and political leaders will provide details on this key
modernization program and its vital military and economic impact.
There will be highly visual and interactive demonstrations of some
of the latest military technologies now deployed in Iraq and
Afghanistan, including iRobot's life-saving PackBot robot and the
body armor for the Future Force Warrior.
When: Monday, February 6 at 10:30 a.m. (refreshments served)
Where: Textron Systems
201 Lowell Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
Who: Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA) - House Armed Services Committee
Ranch Kimball - Mass. Secretary for Economic Development
Richard Millman - President, Textron Systems
Jim Regan - President & CEO, Dynamics Research Corp.
Helen Greiner - Chairman, iRobot Corporation
Lt. Gen. Dan Zanini (USA, Ret.) - FCS Deputy Program Manager,
SAIC Senior VP
Capt. Dutch DeGay (USA, Ret.) - Equipment Specialist,
Natick Soldier Systems Ctr.
Why: FCS is one of the Defense Department's largest and most
significant transformation programs, with an estimated value of
more than $120 billion when fully procured. This 30-year
modernization effort has made--and will continue to make--an
enormous impact on our military and our economy. Learn why FCS is
vital to our troops and highly beneficial to Massachusetts and New
England.
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