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{{Short description|American industrial conglomerate}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Textron Inc.
| logo = Textron.svg
| 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]]
| 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 (2023)
| operating_income = {{Increase}} US$922&nbsp;million (2023)
| profit = {{Increase}} US$921&nbsp;million (2023)
| assets = {{Increase}} US$16.9&nbsp;billion (2023)
| equity = {{Decrease}} US$6.99&nbsp;billion (2023)
| num_employees = {{circa|35,000}} (2023)
| 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=2023AR>{{cite report |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/217346/000021734624000017/txt-20231230.htm |title=Textron Inc. 2023 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=February 12, 2024 |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]], [[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>

==History==
===Early history===
[[File:Charlotte J Sternberg - Textron advertising - Ladies' Home Journal, 1948.jpg|thumb|Textron fabrics ad from 1948]]
Textron started as a textile company in 1923, when 27-year-old [[Royal Little]] founded the '''Special Yarns Corporation''' in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. The company manufactured synthetic [[yarn]]s, a niche product at the time. By the start of [[World War II]], the company was known as '''Atlantic Rayon Corporation''' and manufactured [[parachute]]s. As war production wound down, the company started making civilian products as well and was renamed '''Textron''': "Tex" for "textiles" and "tron" from synthetics such as "Lustron". The company was listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange|NYSE]] in 1947.<ref name="textron.com1">{{cite web|url=http://www.textron.com/About/Company/History|title=History - Textron|work=textron.com|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>

Royal Little began the process of turning Textron into a conglomerate in 1953, with the purchase of Burkart Manufacturing Company (upholstery filling for the automotive industry) in September 1953, followed by the purchase of Dalmo-Victor (airborne Radar Antennae)<ref>{{cite news |title=TEXTRON ACQUIRES UNIT; Gets All Stock of Dalmo Victor, Maker of Radar Antenna |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/01/12/archives/textron-acquires-unit-gets-all-stock-of-dalmo-victor-maker-of-radar.html |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=12 January 1954}}</ref> and MB Manufacturing Company in early 1954.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nyti.ms/2OdeolR|title=Textron Expands Into Non-Textiles; Buys MB Manufacturing Co., Aircraft Parts Maker, as 'Hedge on Depression' |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 5, 2018}}</ref> The push for diversification would see Textron purchase various other manufacturing companies. In 1960, the company also bought Bell Aerospace and E-Z-Go.<ref name="textron.com1" /> The textile division was sold to [[Milliken & Company|Deering Milliken]] in 1963.<ref>{{Cite news |issn=0362-4331 |last=Vartan |first=Vartanig G. |title=TEXTRON LEAVES TEXTILE BUSINESS; Sells Its Ameroton Division to Deering Milliken, Inc. Stock Eases by 1955 Mergers Recalled |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=September 8, 2016 |date=April 17, 1963 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E4DC1F31E63ABC4F52DFB2668388679EDE&legacy=true }}</ref>

Later CEOs included [[G. William Miller]] (1968–1977), Joseph Collinson (1977–1979) and Robert P. Straetz (1979–1986). In 1984, Textron took on more debt and bought [[Avco]], a conglomerate almost as big as itself. Later on, James Hardymon took over as CEO.<ref name="textron.com1" /> This $1.4 billion acquisition included the parent of [[Unum|Paul Revere Insurance Company]]<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[New York Times]]
   |title=Paul Revere Insurance Gets a New President
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/27/business/business-people-paul-revere-insurance-gets-a-new-president.html
   |date=December 27, 1990 |access-date=January 22, 2023}}</ref> (through 1996, when they sold it).<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[New York Times]]
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/07/business/textron-to-invest-in-paul-revere-unit-before-sale.html
|title=Textron to invest in Paul Revere Unit before sale
|date=November 7, 1996
|quote=selling its 83 percent stake to Provident Companies
}}</ref>

===Campbell era===
James Hardymon brought in [[Lewis B. Campbell]], who became CEO in 1998.{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} Starting in 2000, Campbell led a company-wide restructuring program. The share price fell to as low as $13/share in March&nbsp;2003 after the economic downturn following the collapse of Internet companies and the [[September 11 attacks|terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center]]. Diminished demand for helicopters and airplanes led to layoffs at [[Cessna]] and [[Bell Textron]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}}

In 2007, the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that Campbell had received $494,700 in compensation in the form of his use of a corporate jet to travel between his home and office, which made him the most expensive CEO in the country in terms of use of jet travel. Some shareholders have questioned whether it is a good use of shareholder dollars to pay for the personal lifestyle choice of the CEO to live in one state and work in another.<ref>Michael Brush, "The Sky's No Limit for CEO Perks," MSN Money (moneycentral.msn.com), October 17, 2007, citing Paul Hodgson, Up, Up, and Away: Personal Use of the Corporate Jet, The Corporate Library, September 4, 2007.</ref> Shares in Textron plummeted to as low as $10.09 per share in the aftermath of the [[Great Recession|2008 economic downturn]], driving its market capitalization down to just $3.17&nbsp;billion.{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}} While the company lost 75% of its value in the first ten years of Campbell's leadership, he managed to take home over $120&nbsp;million in compensation. His salary in 2008 was $25&nbsp;million, making him the highest-paid executive of a conglomerate. Campbell managed to sell over $40&nbsp;million in Textron stock in April and May&nbsp;2008, at prices over $60 per share.

===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>

On May 28, 2024, [[Textron]] publicly announced the completion of the 400th [[Cessna Citation Latitude]] [[business jet]] at its manufacturing facility in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], Kansas. Scheduled for delivery later this year, the significant achievement was marked by a celebratory event held by employees at the company's Wichita headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=Textron rolls out 400th Cessna Citation Latitude |url=https://www.globalair.com/articles/textron-rolls-out-400th-cessna-citation-latitude?id=7491 |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Globalair.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Divisions==

===Able Aerospace Services===
Able Aerospace Services is an international business and $70 million aerospace enterprise that is performing more than 2,800 proprietary [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]]-approved repairs on aircraft and components.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/textronaviationacquiresableengineeringandcomponentservices/|title=Textron Aviation acquires Able Engineering and Component Services - Vertical Magazine|work=Vertical Magazine|access-date=July 21, 2017 }}</ref>

===ATAC===
[[Airborne Tactical Advantage Company]] (ATAC) is a government contractor based in [[Newport News]], [[Virginia]].

===Arctic Cat===
On March 6, 2017, Textron acquired [[Arctic Cat]] for US$247M. Arctic Cat is a manufacturer of snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, and [[Side by Side (UTV)|side-by-sides]]. Textron operates Arctic Cat as a subsidiary of Textron Specialized Vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2017/01/25/textron-arctic-cat-snowmobile/|title=Textron Is Buying Snowmobile Maker Arctic Cat|work=fortune.com|access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref>

===Bell Textron===
[[File:Bell 429 helicopter C-FNFO at EBACE 2019, Le Grand-Saconnex (EB190195).jpg|right|thumb|[[Bell 429]] Helicopter]]

[[Bell Textron]] is an American [[helicopter]] and [[rotorcraft]] manufacturer headquartered in [[Fort Worth, Texas]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Sandra |title=Bell Helicopter finds airfield site, will reduce flying over Keller |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article150013467.html |access-date=November 17, 2019 |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |date=May 11, 2017}}</ref>

===E-Z-GO===

Acquired by Textron in 1960,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ezgo.txtsv.com/history|title=E-Z-GO History|publisher=Textron|access-date=August 3, 2018}}</ref> E-Z-GO is a designer and manufacturer of light transportation vehicles for golf courses, planned communities, campuses, and other uses. Products include electric and internal combustion golf carts, [[Low Speed Vehicle|low speed vehicles]]<ref>{{cite news|title=E-Z-GO Introduces the 2Five |publisher=BUSINESS WIRE|date=June 30, 2010|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100630005891/en/E-Z-GO-Introduces-2Five%E2%84%A2}}</ref> and other multipurpose utility vehicles under the E-Z-Go, [[Cushman (company)|Cushman]] and Bad Boy Buggy brands.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ezgo.com/press_room/Official-Golf-Car-and-Utility-Vehicle-of-Universal-Orlando.html|title=E-Z-GO Selected as Official Golf Car and Utility Vehicle of Universal Orlando|publisher=E-Z-GO press release|date=August 31, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628052437/http://ezgo.com/press_room/Official-Golf-Car-and-Utility-Vehicle-of-Universal-Orlando.html|archive-date=June 28, 2014}}</ref>

===Greenlee===
[[Greenlee|Greenlee Textron]] is an industrial and electrical tool company headquartered in [[Rockford, Illinois]]. It was founded in 1862 by brothers Robert and Ralph Greenlee to manufacture their invention, a drill surrounded by four chisel blades, used in making the pockets for a mortise and tenon joint for the furniture industry in Rockford. This device is still used in cabinetmaking. The brothers later diversified into a variety of hand woodworking tools as well as machinery for making wooden barrels. The company was acquired by Textron in 1986. Greenlee produces various wire and cable installation tools that are used in a variety of fields. On April 18, 2018, Textron announced that it would sell its Greenlee brand to [[Emerson Electric]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/textron-to-sell-its-tool-business-to-ferguson-based-emerson/article_64249fce-9053-5712-845b-f2edcb190d66.html |title=Textron to sell its tool business to Ferguson-based Emerson |via=Reuters |newspaper=Stltoday.com |access-date=May 8, 2018 }}</ref>

===Jacobsen===
Textron purchased [[Jacobsen Manufacturing]] in June 1978 and continued to produce Jacobsen garden tractors into the 1990s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Will|first=Oscar H.|title=Garden Tractors: Deere, Cub Cadet, Wheel Horse, and All the Rest, 1930s to Current  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITg7npppD9sC&pg=PA55|access-date=October 27, 2013 |date=2009|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-1-61673-161-8|page=55}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=June 3, 1978 |title=Textron Completes Jacobsen Purchase |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/03/archives/textron-completes-jacobsen-purchase.html |access-date=April 7, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Today, Jacobsen sells various products used for turf care: maintenance equipment, vehicles, and other products.

===Kautex Textron===
Kautex Textron is a supplier to the [[automotive industry]]. The company produces plastic [[Fuel tank|fuel systems]], selective catalytic reduction systems, windshield and headlamp washer systems, and other products. In August 2019, Textron Inc. was looking to spin off or sell this division to focus on higher-margin parts of their business.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-textron-divestiture-idUSKCN1UV1BW|title=Textron exploring options for fuel tanks unit|date=August 5, 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=August 5, 2019 }}</ref>

===Textron AirLand===
'''Textron AirLand, LLC''' is a joint venture between Textron Inc. and AirLand Enterprises, LLC that is currently developing the [[Textron AirLand Scorpion]] aircraft as a private venture.<ref name="avweb2">{{cite web|last=Niles |first=Russ |url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Scorpion-May-Not-Be-Built-By-Cessna221062-1.html |title=Scorpion May Not Be Built By Cessna |publisher=Avweb |date=December 1, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>

===Textron Aviation===
[[Textron Aviation]] is a new venture formed in March 2014 from Beechcraft and Cessna, retaining the Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker aircraft type names as brands.<ref name="textronaviation" />
* [[Beechcraft Corporation]] is an American manufacturer of [[general aviation]] and [[military aircraft]], ranging from light, single-engined aircraft to twin-engined turboprop transports and military trainers.
* The [[Cessna|Cessna Aircraft Company]] is an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in [[Wichita, Kansas]]. It was merged into Textron Aviation in March 2014.<ref name="textronaviation">{{cite web|url=http://investor.textron.com/newsroom/news-releases/press-release-details/2014/Textron-Completes-Acquisition-of-Beechcraft/default.aspx|title=Textron Completes Acquisition of Beechcraft|date=March 14, 2014|publisher=Textron}}</ref>

===Textron eAviation===
In March 2022 Textron agreed to buy [[Slovenia]]n aircraft builder [[Pipistrel]] and form a new division for [[electric aircraft]] development, called [[Textron eAviation]]. Pipistrel will continue as a [[brand]] and retain its existing headquarters and operations in Slovenia and Italy. Textron will invest in the division to hasten future aircraft development and production. Pipistrel's founder and CEO, Ivo Boscarol, will stay on as a minority shareholder and also as the ''Chairman Emeritus''. The purchase was completed in April 2022, for a price of US$235M.<ref name="OConnor17Mar22">{{cite web|url= https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/textron-to-acquire-pipistrel/|title= Textron To Acquire Pipistrel|access-date= March 17, 2022|last= O'Connor|first= Kate|work= AVweb|date= March 17, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220317132155/https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/textron-to-acquire-pipistrel/|archive-date= March 17, 2022|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Niles20Apr22">{{cite web|url= https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/textron-completed-235-million-purchase-of-pipistrel/|title= Textron Completes $235 Million Purchase Of Pipistrel|access-date= April 21, 2022 |last= Niles|first= Russ|work= AVweb|date= April 20, 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220421121844/https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/textron-completed-235-million-purchase-of-pipistrel/|archive-date= April 21, 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Textron Systems===
[[File:USMC-01522.jpg|thumb|[[RQ-7B Shadow]] UAV]]
Textron Systems is an aerospace and defense development and manufacturing firm headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. The company reported 2012 annual sales in the Textron Systems segment as $1.7 billion.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Its operating units are:
* [[AAI Corporation|Support Solutions, Electronic Solutions, Unmanned Systems]] ([[Hunt Valley, Maryland]])
* Advanced Information Solutions ([[Austin, Texas]])
* Geospatial Solutions ([[Sterling, Virginia]])
* [[Lycoming Engines]] ([[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]])
* [[Textron Marine & Land Systems|Marine & Land Systems]] ([[Slidell, Louisiana]])
* TRU Simulation & Training ([[Tampa, Florida]])
* Weapon & Sensor Systems ([[Wilmington, Massachusetts]]): a maker of weapons such as anti-vehicle mines <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/trump-land-mines.html |title=Trump Administration Expected to Loosen Military's Limits on Land Mines |first=John |last=Ismay |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 30, 2020 }}</ref> and surveillance systems.

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==External links==
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