WICHITA, Kan., May 24, 2010 - Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced its 2009 STARS award to 21 suppliers, including two - Aerospace Optics, Inc., located in Fort Worth, Texas, and O2 Corporation, located in Wichita, Kan. - that obtained the gold level for outstanding performance excellence.

The award is part of a Supplier Tracking and Rating System called STARS, which is a Supply Chain Management scorecard that measures direct material suppliers on a 12-month rolling average in the areas of quality, reliability, schedule and cost. Suppliers with a rating of one in all categories are a gold level and those rated two are at a silver level.

“The STARS award winners demonstrate the hard work and dedication we value in our supply chain. Their exceptional levels of performance are crucial to the success of our company as well as their own,” said Ryan Doerksen, Cessna’s director of strategic sourcing.

Suppliers that meet the performance expectations of Cessna’s customers are given additional opportunities for new programs. This performance recognition program is supporting Cessna’s effort of being the “customer of choice” for its suppliers.

Below is the complete list of winners:

• Aerospace Optics, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, switches
• O2 Corporation, Wichita, Kan., aircraft oxygen equipment
• A.E. Petsche Co., Inc., Arlington, Texas, wire and interconnect products
• Aero-Cables Corp., Plainfield, Ill., aerospace cables
• AMI Metals, Inc., Wichita, Kan., raw material
• B/E Aerospace Consumables, Miami, Fla., aerospace fasteners
• Carlisle Interconnect Technologies – ECS, Franklin, Wis., integrated electrical & supporting structural solutions
• Integrity Manufacturing Corp., Dayton, Ohio, machine parts
• Kalogridis International, Dallas, Texas, Citation carpet
• Lee Air, Inc., Wichita, Kan., electrical components
• Lycoming Engines, Williamsport, Pa., piston engines
• Omni Aerospace, Inc., Wichita, Kan., electrical components and assemblies
• Parker Composite Sealing Systems, San Diego, Calif., aerospace seals and access panels
• Precision Tube Bending, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., tube bending
• Quaker City Plating Ltd., Whittier, Calif., Citation decorative plating
• RBC Bearings, Oxford, Conn., bearings
• Teledyne Battery Products – Gill Batteries, Redlands, Calif., lead acid batteries
• Triumph Controls, Inc., North Whales, Pa., aerospace control cables
• TTI, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, interconnect, passive, electromechanical and discrete components
• Vought Aircraft, Inc., Nashville, Tenn., Citation X wing skin assemblies
• Wolfe Machine, Inc., Mulvane, Kan., machine parts

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Cessna is the world’s leading general aviation company, based on unit sales, with five major lines of business: Citation business jets, Caravan single-engine turboprops, Cessna single-engine piston aircraft, aftermarket services and lift solutions by CitationAir. In 2009, Cessna delivered 754 aircraft, including 289 Citation business jets, and reported revenues of about $3.3 billion. Since the company was originally established in 1927, more than 192,000 Cessna airplanes have been delivered around the world, including more than 6,000 Citations, making it the largest fleet of business jets in the world. More information about Cessna Aircraft Company is available at www.cessna.com.

Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its global network of aircraft, defense, 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 Company, Jacobsen, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Greenlee, and Textron Systems. More information is available at www.textron.com.