US Marine Corps awards Textron Aviation $18.6 million for another Beechcraft UC-12W+

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The US Marine Corps has awarded Textron Aviation an $18.6 million contract for an additional Beechcraft King Air 360CER, designated the UC-12W+. The award expands the service’s utility transport fleet with another aircraft in the UC-12W+ configuration.

Discovered 2026-11-11T15:05:17.121214-08:00 | 2026-11-11T15:05:17.121214-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The $18.6 million award adds another UC-12W+ to the Marine Corps’ utility transport fleet, providing a specific data point on military demand for Textron’s King Air 360CER derivative.
  • The contract connects Textron’s civil aircraft platform to a military procurement program, relevant to tracking defense-market work across the company’s aerospace portfolio.

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