FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Duffy Julie G	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
7/17/2017 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

TEXTRON INC [TXT]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

TEXTRON INC., 40 WESTMINSTER STREET	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
Executive VP - Human Resources /	
(Street)

PROVIDENCE, RI 02903       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
Common Stock  	12831  	D  	
 	
Common Stock  	10736.62  	I  	Held on behalf of the Reporting Person by the Textron Savings Plan (as of 07/17/2017).  	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				
Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy  	  (1)	3/1/2024  	Common Stock  	6562  	$39.70  	D  	
 	
Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy  	  (2)	3/1/2025  	Common Stock  	5727  	$44.31  	D  	
 	
Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy  	  (3)	3/1/2026  	Common Stock  	7009  	$34.50  	D  	
 	
Employee Stock Option - Right to Buy  	  (4)	3/10/2027  	Common Stock  	6260  	$49.48  	D  	
 	
Stock Units  	  (5)	  (5)	Common Stock  	420.94   (6)	  (7)	D  	
 	
Stock Units  	  (5)	  (5)	Common Stock  	60.891   (8)	  (7)	D  	

Explanation of Responses:	
(1) 	This option vested in three (3) equal annual installments. The first, second and third installments became exercisable on March 1, 2015, March 1, 2016 and March 1, 2017 (respectively).	
(2) 	This option vests in three (3) equal annual installments. The first and second installments became exercisable on March 1, 2016 and March 1, 2017 (respectively), and the third installment will become exercisable on March 1, 2018.	
(3) 	This option vests in three (3) equal annual installments. The first installment became exercisable on March 1, 2017, and the second and third installments will become exercisable on March 1, 2018 and March 1, 2019 (respectively).	
(4) 	This option will vest in three (3) equal annual installments. The first, second and third installments will become exercisable on March 1, 2018, March 1, 2019 and March 1, 2020 (respectively).	
(5) 	Payable in cash following the conclusion of Reporting Person's employment with Textron Inc.	
(6) 	Acquired pursuant to the Textron Spillover Savings Plan.	
(7) 	Each stock unit is valued based on the value of one (1) share of Textron Inc. Common Stock.	
(8) 	Acquired pursuant to the Deferred Income Plan for Textron Executives.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Duffy Julie G
TEXTRON INC.
40 WESTMINSTER STREET
PROVIDENCE, RI 02903			Executive VP - Human Resources		

Signatures		
/s/ Ann T. Willaman, Attorney-in-Fact		7/27/2017	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and

appoints each of E. Robert Lupone, Jayne M. Donegan and Ann T. Willaman, signing singly, the

undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity

as an officer and/or director of Textron Inc. (the "Company"),

Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which

may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,

complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such form

with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock

exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of

the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in

such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause

to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not

assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to

the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of the 17th day of July, 2017.

Signature:  /s/ Julie G. Duffy

Print Name:  Julie G. Duffy