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The Motley Fool February 2, 2009 Rich Smith	Textron: The Original Bad Bank If only they'd stick to what they do well.
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The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: A Trend at Textron? In advance of third-quarter earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Textron to remain profitable.
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The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Rich Smith	Textron Could Double Down on This Deal The Afghan army aims to acquire armored vehicles.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2010 Rich Smith	Terrible, Terrifying Textron What should we make of this mess?
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The Motley Fool October 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 4 A look at Raytheon, one of the players in the unmanned aerial vehicles sector.
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The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Rich Smith	L-3 Adds One And ups its game in UAVs.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Rich Smith	Budget Deficit? What Budget Deficit? The Pentagon has plenty of money for new toys.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing: Can't Join 'Em? Beat 'Em! Boeing may be top o' the heap in commercial airliners and military transports, and it may even do a decent job on helicopters. But when it comes to the next big thing in aeronautics -- unmanned aerial vehicles the company's looking like a bit of an also-ran.
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The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Rich Smith	Lockheed Defenseless? Boeing Busted? Maybe, but there are also winners aplenty in the Pentagon's new budget.
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National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright	If You Can't Afford a UAV, Rent One The U.S. military hires contractors to operate certain unmanned aerial vehicles in combat zones. Federal agencies might one day do the same here in the United States.
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The Motley Fool November 10, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Unmanned aerial vehicles spread wings and take flight around the globe. Invest in this trend today. Move too slow, and it may fly away from you.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 3 It's time to catch up with the latest developments regarding unmanned aerial vehicles.
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National Defense July 2009 Stew Magnuson	Countries Big and Small Set Out to Make Their Own Pilotless Aircraft The U.S. military's success using the technology in recent years is driving more countries to either obtain or build their own aerial drones.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Revenge Of The Robots Things are evolving fast in the unmanned aerial vehicle business, and they're starting to get just a wee bit dangerous too.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2009 Rich Smith	Time to Buy Textron? They're still losing money, but gaining momentum.
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The Motley Fool May 17, 2011 Jeremy Phillips	Time to Sell Textron? Today I'm laser-focused on Textron, ready to evaluate its price, valuation, margins, and liquidity.
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