Editing Textron (section)

===After Campbell===
[[Scott C. Donnelly]] became CEO in December 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.textron.com/about/leadership/corp-management/bios/donnelly-scott.php |title=About Textron: Leadership: Biography |publisher=Textron.com |access-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref> Textron acquired Mechtronix in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], and OPINICUS in [[Tampa, Florida]], in 2013. Donnelly combined these flight simulation companies, along with Textron's AAI Logistics & Technical Services, to form TRU Simulation & Training in 2014.<ref name="textron.com1" />

On December 26, 2013, Textron agreed to purchase [[Beechcraft]], including the discontinued Hawker jet line, for $1.4 billion. The sale closed in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/2013/12/26/3197897/textron-buys-beechcraft-in-14.html|title=Textron buys Beechcraft in $1.4 billion deal|work=kansas.com|access-date=April 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227172111/http://www.kansas.com/2013/12/26/3197897/textron-buys-beechcraft-in-14.html|archive-date=December 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/textron-to-buy-beechcraft-parent-for-1.4bn-394431/|title=Textron to buy Beechcraft parent for $1.4bn|work=FlightGlobal|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name="avweb1">{{cite web |url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Textron-Confirms-Beech-Acquisition-Updated221180-1.html |title=Textron Confirms Beech Acquisition |publisher=Avweb |date=December 26, 2013 |access-date=December 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Niles30Dec13">{{cite news|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Textron-Fleshes-Out-Beech-Deal221194-1.html|title = Textron Fleshes Out Beech Deal|access-date = December 30, 2013|last = Niles|first = Russ|date = December 30, 2013| work = AVweb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Textron Completes Acquisition of Beechcraft |url=https://investor.textron.com/news/news-releases/press-release-details/2014/Textron-Completes-Acquisition-of-Beechcraft/default.aspx |access-date=April 7, 2022 |website=investor.textron.com }}</ref> The company formed a new company called [[Textron Aviation]] to market the products of Beechcraft, [[Cessna]] and Hawker as individual [[brand]]s.<ref name="textron.com1" />

From 2013 to 2016, [[R&D]] investments were 4.3%, 4.0%, 4.6%, and 4.2% of its revenues ($13.78 billion in 2016) and totaled more than $2.2 billion as it developed seven aircraft: the [[Bell 525 Relentless]], [[Bell V-280 Valor]] tiltrotor, [[Cessna Citation Longitude]], [[Cessna Citation Hemisphere]], [[Beechcraft Denali]] single-engine turboprop, the [[Cessna SkyCourier]] twin cargo hauler and the [[Textron Scorpion]] close support jet after the certification of the [[Bell 505 Jet Ranger X]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/textron-set-busy-new-year |title=Textron Set For Busy New Year |date=December 15, 2017 |first=William |last=Garvey |work= Aviation Week & Space Technology |url-access= subscription}}</ref>

In March 2022, Textron agreed to acquire [[Pipistrel]], an electrically powered aircraft manufacturer based in Italy and Slovenia.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Textron to Acquire Electric Aircraft Pioneer Pipistrel |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/textron-acquire-electric-aircraft-pioneer-110000277.html |access-date=April 7, 2022 |publisher=[[BusinessWire]]|via=finance.yahoo.com }}</ref>

On April 5, 2022, U.S. authorities announced criminal as well as civil charges in a Manhattan federal court against the former head of a now-defunct London-based company, Xcalibur Aerospace Ltd., for making a fraudulent bid to buy Textron for $13.8 billion. The Department of Justice and the SEC claimed that Xcalibur Aerospace was never in a position to complete a tender offer for Textron and lacked the finances to do so.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stempel |first=Jonathan |date=April 5, 2022 |title=U.S. charges fraud over bogus $13.8 bln Textron takeover bid |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-sec-sues-over-bogus-138-bln-textron-takeover-bid-2022-04-05/ |access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>