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Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter Book Orders and Make Headlines at NBAA Textron Businesses Flourish at Top Aviation Industry Event Further underscoring its leadership in the global aviation marketplace, Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) today reported that its Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter businesses have - once again - yielded significant customer orders and generated strong customer interest resulting from products announced and/or showcased at the annual National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention, held last week in Las Vegas, NV. During the show, Cessna unveiled its two newest aircraft: the Cessna Citation CJ1+ and CJ2+ --which represent the next generations of the company's popular Citation CJ1 and CJ2 lines of light business jets. The CJ1+, the successor to the market-pacing Citation CJ1, offers customers heightened performance, new integrated avionics and a host of enhanced features and standard equipment. The CJ2+ provides customers with the most advanced avionics suite in its class, as well as increased payload, an upgraded engine and a variety of enhanced standard features. In total, Cessna received 41 customer orders for its Citation business jets. The company also booked six customer orders for Caravan turbo-prop aircraft and, before the show's official start, the company pre-sold 22 orders for the newly announced CJ2+ aircraft. These orders were included in the company's third quarter backlog. Bell Helicopter booked 12 customer orders for aircraft across its commercial helicopter line -- largely for its popular 427i model, introduced earlier this year, and for the fast-selling Bell 407 and 430 models. "Cessna once again led new product announcements at NBAA in the small to mid-size business jet market. In addition, Bell also saw the best sales results in more than five years at the show," said Lewis B. Campbell, Textron's Chairman, President and CEO. "Our success at this year's event not only reflects significant improvements in two of our most critical end-markets, but represents the passion, innovation and ingenuity of literally thousands of Textron employees who design, build and market aircraft and related products that consistently exceed customer needs and expectations." Other highlights of Textron news from last week's NBAA show include: Cessna announced updated performance figures for its new Citation CJ3, which substantially outperformed the originally published - already impressive - estimated specification numbers unveiled at the CJ3's launch in 2002. In a related post-show announcement, Cessna also announced that it has received final type certification from the FAA for the Citation CJ3. Cessna unveiled plans to launch its fifth massive Citation Special Olympics Airlift - the largest peacetime airlift in the world. Cessna expects the 2006 Citation Special Olympics Airlift to include 400 Citations that will transport more than 2,500 Special Olympics athletes and coaches across the nation to the 2006 Special Olympics U.S. National Games at Iowa State University, July 3-8, 2006. Cessna announced its new line of "CES" customer support programs designed to make owning and maintaining Citation business jets even easier. Each of the new CES offerings was designed using input from cross-functional disciplines at Cessna, the FAA, and from a variety of Citation owners and operators. The new CES support programs are available exclusively for Cessna customers. Cessna announced that its Citation Service Centers in Wichita, KS and Orlando, FL have more than doubled in size this year, as Cessna has invested more than $100 million to open more than 600,000 additional square feet of new hangar and office space dedicated to the support of the growing Citation fleet. Cessna reported that it has begun the assembly of the first Citation Mustang fuselage on production tooling at its Pawnee facility in Wichita, KS. Cessna also unveiled several feature upgrades and improvements across a number of its aircraft, including an enhanced vision system (EVS) for the Citation Excel and Citation XLS; the continued rollout of Cessna's Citation Performance Calculator (CPCalc) for Encore, Excel, CJ1 and CJ2 operators; and the addition of an AMSAFE Inflatable Restraint System to new single engine aircraft beginning in 2005. Bell announced that it has won the U.S. Customs and Border Protection solicitation for twin turbine helicopters to help support critical homeland security missions, resulting in a contract award estimated at $164 million to provide Bell 430 helicopters. Bell also reported that, with this contract, the company has won two out of three U.S. Federal Government helicopter competitions this year. The second was for the delivery of three Bell 407s to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Bell introduced its "Fly Smart" Member Program, to assist customers in the management of costs associated with the operation of their aircraft. The first offering includes a unique parts plan that provides fixed, monthly parts costs for customers' helicopters, resulting in the ability for customers to plan parts expenditures months - even years - in advance. Bell reported that the Bell 407 worldwide fleet of 605 has logged in an excess of 1,170,00 flight hours, and that the two aircraft leading the fleet have surpassed the 10,000-hour mark. Bell reported that its new tail fan demonstrator helicopter has successfully completed a round of critical high altitude flight-testing in Leadville, CO. The demonstrator is being used to explore the flight characteristics of a protected, low-noise anti-torque device intended for use on Bell's upcoming Modular Affordable Product Line (MAPL) of light helicopters. Textron Systems showcased its broad line of primary and secondary flight control actuation products, generating significant interest from a variety of current and potential customers. Textron Inc. is a $10 billion multi-industry company with more than 43,000 employees in 40 countries. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO and Greenlee, among others. More information is available at www.textron.com. Forward-looking Information: Certain statements in this release and other oral and written statements made by Textron from time to time are forward-looking statements, including those that discuss strategies, goals, outlook or other non-historical matters; or project revenues, income, returns or other financial measures. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the statements, including the following: [a] the extent to which Textron is able to achieve savings from its restructuring plans; [b] uncertainty in estimating the amount and timing of restructuring charges and related costs; [c] changes in worldwide economic and political conditions that impact interest and foreign exchange rates; [d] the occurrence of work stoppages and strikes at key facilities of Textron or Textron's customers or suppliers; [e] government funding and program approvals affecting products being developed or sold under government programs; [f] cost and delivery performance under various program and development contracts; [g] the adequacy of cost estimates for various customer care programs including servicing warranties; [h] the ability to control costs and successful implementation of various cost reduction programs; [I] the timing of certifications of new aircraft products; [j] the occurrence of slowdowns or downturns in customer markets in which Textron products are sold or supplied or where Textron Financial offers financing; [k] changes in aircraft delivery schedules or cancellation of orders; [l] the impact of changes in tax legislation; [m] Textron's ability to offset, through cost reductions, raw material price increases and pricing pressure brought by original equipment manufacturer customers; [n] the availability and cost of insurance; [o] increases in pension expenses related to lower than expected asset performance or changes in discount rates; [p] Textron Financial's ability to maintain portfolio credit quality; [q] Textron Financial's access to debt financing at competitive rates; and [r] uncertainty in estimating contingent liabilities and establishing reserves to address such contingencies. Kontaktinformationen: Susan Tardanico Director Corporate Communications Textron Inc. 40 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903 401-457-2354 phone 401-457-3598 fax stardanico@textron.com Karen Gordon Manager, Corp. Communications Media Relations Textron Inc. 40 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903 401-457-2362 phone 401-457-3598 fax kgordon@textron.com
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