From August 24 through September 10, members of the Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI),
the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Program (Mass MEP), Rockwell Collins and
Metis Design met with host company Textron Systems in an historic collaborative effort
to map the enterprise value stream of Textron’s Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) program.
The workshop also included participation from the US Air Force, Alliant Techsystems,
Cessna Aircraft, Herley Industries, and Pioneer Aerospace
