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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HOWELL MARY L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TEXTRON INC [TXT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) EVP (Last) (First) (Middle) TEXTRON INC., 1101 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 400 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/1999 (Street) WASHINGTON, DC 20004 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock	(1)	12/31/1999		A		132.84		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	132.84	(3)	2,893.505 (5)	D
Phantom Stock	(1)	12/31/2000		A		212.64		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	212.64	(4)	3,182.193 (5)	D
Phantom Stock	(1)	12/31/2001		A		281.667		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	281.667	(6)	3,556.059 (5)	D
Phantom Stock	(1)	12/31/2002(7)		A		280.308 (7)		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	280.308 (7)	(7)	3,950.337 (5)	D
Phantom Stock	(1)	12/31/2003(8)		A		130.706 (8)		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	130.706 (8)	(8)	4,214.875 (5)	D
Phantom Stock	(1)	12/31/2004(9)		A		150.603 (9)		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	150.603 (9)	(9)	4,459.112 (5)	D
Phantom Stock	(1)	12/31/2005(10)		A		210.565 (10)		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	210.565 (10)	(10)	4,755.74 (5)	D
Phantom Stock	(1)	12/31/2006(11)		A		171.43 (11)		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	171.43 (11)	(11)	5,012.032 (5)	D
Phantom Stock	(1)	07/31/2007(12)		A		85.766 (12)		(2)	(2)	Common Stock	85.766 (12)	(12)	5,137.616 (5)	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HOWELL MARY L TEXTRON INC. 1101 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 400 WASHINGTON, DC 20004			EVP

Signatures

/s/ Ann T. Willaman, Attorney-in-Fact		12/04/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each share of phantom stock is valued based upon the value of one (1) share of Textron Inc. Common Stock.
(2)	Payable in cash upon the conclusion of Reporting Person's employment with Textron Inc.
(3)	Price per share ranges from $72.40 to $92.24.
(4)	Price per share ranges from $45.26 to $66.49.
(5)	Acquired pursuant to the Supplemental Savings Plan for Textron Key Executives; total includes phantom shares acquired in dividend reinvestment transactions not required to be reported.
(6)	Price per share ranges from $34.98 to $57.77.
(7)	Monthly contributions made during FY2002 as follows: 153.345 shares between 1-1-02 and 7-31-02 at prices ranging from $40.07 to $50.71 per share; 25.621 shares on 8-31-02 @ $39.03/share; 27.51 shares on 9-30-02 @ $36.35/share; 26.567 shares on 10-31-02 @ $37.64/share; 23.535 shares on 11-30-02 @ $42.49/share; and 23.73 shares on 12-31-02 @ $42.14/share.
(8)	Monthly contributions made during FY2003 as follows: 26.754 shares on 1-31-03 @ $42.05/share; 30.024 shares on 2-28-03 @ $37.47/share; 35.545 shares on 3-31-03 @ $31.65/share; and 38.383 shares on 4-30-03 @ $29.31/share.
(9)	Monthly contributions made during FY2004 as follows: 10.573 shares on 1-31-04 @ $56.75/share; 9.254 shares on 2-29-04 @ $55.11/share; 9.499 shares on 3-31-04 @ $53.69/share; 9.334 shares on 4-30-04 @ $54.64/share; 9.471 shares on 5-31-04 @ $53.85/share; 8.87 shares on 6-30-04 @ $57.50/share; 13.012 shares on 7-31-04 @ $58.79/share; 16.196 shares on 8-31-04 @ $62.98/share; 16.162 shares on 9-30-04 @ $63.11/share; 15.563 shares on 10-31-04 @ $65.54/share; 14.29 shares on 11-30-04 @ $71.38/share; and 18.379 shares on 12-31-04 @ $73.40/share.
(10)	Monthly contributions made during FY2005 as follows: 14.146 shares on 1-31-05 @ $70.69/share; 18.856 shares on 2-28-05 @ $75.47/share; 15.746 shares on 3-31-05 @ $76.94/share; 16.2 shares on 4-30-05 @ $74.79/share; 15.732 shares on 5-31-05 @ $77.01/share; 15.816 shares on 6-30-05 @ $76.60/share; 23.745 shares on 7-31-05 @ $76.53/share; 16.518 shares on 8-31-05 @ $73.35/share; 17.352 shares on 9-30-05 @ $69.82/share; 17.084 shares on 10-31-05 @ $70.92/share; 15.994 shares on 11-30-05 @ $75.75/share; and 23.376 shares on 12-31-05 @ $77.74/share.
(11)	Monthly contributions made during FY2006 as follows: 14.93 shares on 1-31-06 @ $78.57/share; 13.824 shares on 2-28-06 @ $84.86/share; 12.848 shares on 3-31-06 @ $91.30/share; 12.776 shares on 4-30-06 @ $91.82/share; 12.54 shares on 5-31-06 @ $93.55/share; 19.962 shares on 6-30-06 @ $88.15/share; 13.008 shares on 7-31-06 @ $90.18/share; 13.370 shares on 8-31-06 @ $87.74/share; 13.998 shares on 9-30-06 @ $83.80/share; 13.026 shares on 10-31-06 @ $90.06/share; 12.632 shares on 11-30-06 @ $92.87/share; and 18.516 shares on 12-31-06 @ $95.04/share.
(12)	Monthly contributions made between January and July 2007 as follows: 12.168 shares on 1-31-07 @ $94.83/share; 12.05 shares on 2-28-07 @ $95.76/share; 12.764 shares on 3-31-07 @ $90.40/share; 11.93 shares on 4-30-07 @ $96.72/share; 11.05 shares on 5-31-07 @ $104.42/share; 15.888 shares on 6-30-07 @ $108.94/share; and 9.916 shares on 7-31-07 @ $116.36/share.
Remarks: The numbers of shares and share prices reported hereby have not been adjusted to reflect Textron Inc.'s two-for-one Common Stock split which occurred on August 24, 2007.

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