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{{Short description|American industrial conglomerate}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Textron Inc.
| logo = [[File:Textron.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert-image]]
| logo_size =
| logo_alt = Textron logo
| image = Textron building in Providence, Rhode Island.jpg
| image_upright = yes
| image_alt = A tan-color 23-story office building in a dense downtown area
| image_caption = [[Textron Tower]], the company's headquarters
| former_name = Special Yarns Company
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{nyse|TXT}}|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|US8832031012}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|1923}}
| founder = [[Royal Little]]
| hq_location = [[Textron Tower]],<br />{{nowrap|[[Providence, Rhode Island]], US}}
| key_people = [[Scott C. Donnelly]]<br />([[Chief executive officer|CEO]], [[chairman]] & [[President (corporate title)|president]])
| products =
| industry = {{ubl|[[Aerospace industry|Aerospace]]|[[Automotive industry|Automotive]]|[[Defense industry|Defense]]}}
| revenue = {{Increase}} {{US$|13.7|link=yes}}&nbsp;billion (2024)
| operating_income = {{Decrease}} US$777&nbsp;million (2024)
| profit = {{Decrease}} US$824&nbsp;million (2024)
| assets = {{Decrease}} US$16.8&nbsp;billion (2024)
| equity = {{Increase}} US$7.20&nbsp;billion (2024)
| num_employees = {{circa|34,000}} (2024)
| divisions =
| subsid = {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=Subsidiary list
  |1=[[AAI Corporation]] 
  |2=[[Able Aerospace Services]]
  |3=Advanced Information Solutions
  |4=[[Arctic Cat]]
  |5=[[Avco]]
  |6=[[Beechcraft]]
  |7=[[Bell Textron]]
  |8=[[Cessna Aircraft]]
  |9=E-Z-GO
  |10=Geospatial Solutions
  |11=
  |12=[[Jacobsen Manufacturing]]
  |13=Kautex
  |14=[[Lycoming Engines]]
  |15=[[Pipistrel]]
  |16=Textron AirLand
  |17=[[Textron Marine & Land Systems]]
  |18=Textron Weapon & Sensor Systems
  |19=TRU Simulation & Training}}
| homepage = {{URL|textron.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name=2024AR>{{cite report |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/217346/000021734625000017/txt-20241228.htm |title=Textron Inc. 2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=February 6, 2025 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] }}</ref>
}}

'''Textron Inc.''' is an American industrial  [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] based in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]. Textron's subsidiaries include [[Arctic Cat]], [[Bell Textron]], Kautex, [[Textron Aviation]] (which itself includes the [[Beechcraft]] and [[Cessna]] brands), and [[Lycoming Engines]]. It was founded by [[Royal Little]] in&nbsp;1923 as the '''Special Yarns Company'''. In 2020, Textron employed over 33,000 people in 25 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Textron 2020 Fact Book |url=https://www.textron.com/assets/FB/2020/financial-highlight.html#:~:text=Textron%202020%20Fact%20Book&text=Textron%20Inc.%20is%20an%20$11.7,with%20innovative%20products%20and%20services. |access-date=April 7, 2022 |publisher=Textron }}</ref>
The company ranked 265th on the 2021 [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]] of the largest United States corporations by revenue.<ref name="Fortune 500 Companies 2018">{{cite web|url=https://fortune.com/fortune500/2021/search/?name=textron|title=Fortune 500 Companies 2021|website=fortune.com|access-date =March 7, 2022}}</ref>