One of the two US producers of cluster munitions is Textron Systems, manufacturer of the CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons used by Saudi Arabia in its ongoing military campaign in Yemen against the Houthis and allied forces since April 2015. Human Rights Watch representatives have regularly met with Textron officials to discuss the company’s production of this weapon, which is banned by the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Textron has reportedly said it does not intend to comment on the new US policy suspending transfers before it gets official confirmation from the government.
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