TEXTRON INC
11-K, 1996-06-28
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             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





                        FORM 11-K

   [X]  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION  15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
        EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995

        Commission File Number 1-5480


        A.   Full title of the plan and address of the
             plan:

                   TEXTRON SAVINGS PLAN
                   40 Westminster Street
                   Providence, Rhode Island 02903

       B.   Name  of  issuer  of the  securities  held
            pursuant to the  plan  and  address of its  principal
            executive office:

                   TEXTRON INC.
                   40 Westminster Street
                   Providence, Rhode Island 02903



         REQUIRED INFORMATION

         Financial Statements and Exhibit

        The following Plan financial statements  and
        schedules   prepared   in  accordance   with   the
        financial  reporting requirements of the  Employee
        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974  are  filed
        herewith, as permitted by Item 4 of Form 11-K:

        Report of Independent Auditors Statement of Net Assets
        Available for Benefits for each of the two years ended
        December 31, 1995 and 1994 Statement of Changes in Net
        Assets Available  for Benefits for each of the two years
        ended December 31, 1995 and 1994

        Notes to financial statements

        Supplemental Schedules:

        Item  27a - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment
        Purposes

        Item 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions

        The  Consent of Independent Auditors is  filed  as
        an exhibit to this Annual Report.

        Pursuant  to  the requirements of the  Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934, the Committee appointed  by  the
        Board  of Directors of Textron Inc. to administer  the
        Plan  has duly caused this Annual Report on Form  11-K
        to   be  signed  by  the  undersigned  hereunto   duly
        authorized.

                             TEXTRON SAVINGS PLAN

                             By: /s/Michael D. Cahn
                                    Attorney-in-fact

                             Date:  June 27, 1996




                    Financial Statements
                 and Supplemental Schedules
                              
                    Textron Savings Plan
                              
           Years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
             with Report of Independent Auditors
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                    Textron Savings Plan
                              
                    Financial Statements
                 and Supplemental Schedules
                              
           Years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994


                          Contents


Report of Independent Auditors                                         1
                                                       
Audited Financial Statements

Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 1995      2
Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 1994      3
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, 
December 31, 1995                                                      4
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, 
December 31, 1994                                                      5
Notes to Financial Statements                                          6
                                                       
Supplemental Schedules
Item 27a - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes            15
Item 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions                        17

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               Report of Independent Auditors


The Benefits Committee
Textron Inc.

We  have  audited the accompanying statements of net  assets
available  for  benefits of the Textron  Savings  Plan  (the
Plan)  as  of  December 31, 1995 and 1994, and  the  related
statements  of changes in net assets available for  benefits
for  the  years then ended.  These financial statements  are
the   responsibility   of   the  Plan's   management.    Our
responsibility  is to express an opinion on these  financial
statements based on our audits.

We   conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally
accepted  auditing standards.  Those standards require  that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about  whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence  supporting  the amounts  and  disclosures  in  the
financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing  the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management,  as  well  as evaluating the  overall  financial
statement presentation.  We believe that our audits  provide
a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In  our opinion, the financial statements referred to  above
present  fairly, in all material respects,  the  net  assets
available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 1995  and
1994,  and the changes in net assets available for  benefits
for  the  years  then  ended, in conformity  with  generally
accepted accounting principles.

Our  audits were made for the purpose of forming an  opinion
on  the  basic financial statements taken as a  whole.   The
accompanying  supplemental  schedules  of  assets  held  for
investment   as   of  December  31,  1995,  and   reportable
transactions  for  the  year then ended  are  presented  for
purposes  of complying with the Department of Labor's  Rules
and  Regulations  for  Reporting and  Disclosure  under  the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and are not
a required part of the basic financial statements.  The Fund
Information  in  the statement of net assets  available  for
benefits  and  the  statements  of  changes  in  net  assets
available   for  benefits  is  presented  for  purposes   of
additional  analysis rather than to present the  net  assets
available  for  benefits  of each  fund.   The  supplemental
schedules  and Fund Information have been subjected  to  the
auditing  procedures  applied in our  audits  of  the  basic
financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly  stated
in  all material respects in relation to the basic financial
statements taken as a whole.

                               /s/ERNST & YOUNG LLP
New York, New York
May 10, 1996

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<TABLE>
                              Textron Savings Plan
                                        
                 Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                                        
                                December 31, 1995

<S>                           <C>         <C>       <C>          <C>      <C>    <C>
                                 Fund      Fund      Fund       Fund      Loan        
                                   A         B         C         H        Fund      Total
Assets                                             (In Thousands)
Investments, at fair value                                                        
(Notes 2,5 and 8):
  Textron Inc. Common Stock    $941,263    $     -    $      -    $  -     $  -   $  941,263
  U. S. Government securities         -          -      11,858       -        -       11,858
  Common/collective trust funds   2,533     94,755       6,254      24        -      103,566
  Participant notes receivable        -          -           -       -       52           52
                                943,796     94,755      18,112      24       52    1,056,739

Insurance contracts, at
contract value (Notes 2 and 8)        -          -     150,302       -        -      150,302
Total investments               943,796     94,755     168,414      24       52    1,207,041

Receivables:
  Investment income               5,432          1         880       -        -        6,313
  Interfund                          36          -          36       -        -           72
  Other                              31         66          27       -        -          124
Total receivables                 5,499         67         943       -        -        6,509
Total assets                    949,295     94,822     169,357      24       52    1,213,550

Liabilities
Payables:
  Contributions                   1,294        251         295       -        -        1,840
  Investments purchased             826          -         787       -        -        1,613
  Interfund                           2         48          22       -        -           72
Total liabilities                 2,122        299       1,104       -        -        3,525
Net assets available for
benefits                       $947,173    $94,523    $168,523     $24      $52   $1,210,025
See notes to financial statements.
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
                              Textron Savings Plan
                                        
                 Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                                        
                                December 31, 1994

<S>                         <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
                             Fund       Fund       Fund       Fund       Loan         
                               A          B          C          H        Fund       Total
Assets                                            (In Thousands)
                                                 
Investments, at fair value                                                             
(Notes 2,5 and 8):
  Textron Inc. Common Stock  $772,465   $  -       $     -       $  -       $   -     $  772,465
  U S. Government securities        -      -         18,411         -           -         18,411
  Common/collective trust 
  funds                         1,875    67,711      11,437        65           -         81,088
  Participant notes
  receivable                        -         -           -         -          72             72
                              774,340    67,711      29,848        65          72        872,036
Insurance contracts, at
contract value
(Notes 2 and 8)                     -         -     146,995         -           -        146,995
Total investments             774,340    67,711     176,843        65          72      1,019,031
                                                                                  
Receivables:                                                                      
   Investment income            5,394         -         162         -           -          5,556
   Interfund                        -         -         179         -           -            179
   Other                           57        25           -         -           -             82
Total receivables               5,451        25         341         -           -          5,817
Total assets                  779,791    67,736     177,184        65          72      1,024,848
                                                                                  
Liabilities
Payables:                                                                         
   Contributions                2,496       310         367         -           -          3,173
   Interest                       160         -           -         -           -            160
   Investments purchased        2,548         -           -         -           -          2,548
   Interfund                      164        15           -         -           -            179
                                5,368       325         367         -           -          6,060
                                                                                  
Senior note (Note 6)           14,195         -          -          -           -         14,195
Total liabilities              19,563       325        367          -           -         20,255
Net assets available for
benefits                     $760,228   $67,411   $176,817        $65         $72     $1,004,593
See notes to financial statements.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>3

<TABLE>
                              Textron Savings Plan
                                        
            Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
                                        
                                December 31, 1995
                                        
<S>                                 <C>         <C>       <C>       <C>          <C>      <C>
                                      Fund       Fund      Fund        Fund       Loan        
                                        A          B         C          H         Fund     Total
                                                         (In Thousands)
Additions to net assets                                                         
attributed to:                                                                  
   Investment income:                                                          
   Net appreciation (depreciation)
   in fair value of investments
   (Note 8)                          $246,117    $25,360   $    792   $    -      $   -    $  272,269
   Dividends                           22,740          -          -        -          -        22,740
   Interest                                97         35     10,749        2          -        10,883
                                      268,954     25,395     11,541        2          0       305,892
Contributions, net:                                                             
   Participants                        49,349      9,565      8,437        -          -        67,351
   Employer                            17,295          -          -        -          -        17,295
                                       66,644      9,565      8,437        -          -        84,646
Total additions                       335,598     34,960     19,978        2          -       390,538
                                                                                
Deductions from net assets                                                             
attributed to:
   Benefits paid to participants     (143,238)    (9,736)   (29,394)     (43)       (20)     (182,431)
   Forfeitures                         (1,209)         -          -        -          -        (1,209)
   Interst expense                       (262)         -          -        -          -          (262)
   Administrative expenses               (914)      (105)      (185)       -          -        (1,204)
Total deductions                     (145,623)    (9,841)   (29,579)     (43)       (20)     (185,106)
Net increase (decrease) prior to
interfund transfers                   189,975     25,119     (9,601)     (41)       (20)      205,432
Interfund transfers, net               (3,030)     1,993      1,037        -          -             -
Net increase (decrease)               186,945     27,112     (8,564)     (41)       (20)      205,432
                                                                                
Net assets available for benefits:
   Beginning of year                  760,228     67,411    176,817       65         72     1,004,593
   End of year                      $ 947,173  $  94,523  $ 168,253    $  24       $ 52    $1,210,025
                                       
See notes to financial statements.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>4

<TABLE>
                              Textron Savings Plan
                                        
            Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
                                        
                                December 31, 1994

<S>                                 <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>          <C>        <C>
                                      Fund       Fund        Fund       Fund        Loan         
                                        A          B          C           H         Fund       Total
                                                          (In Thousands)

Additions to net assets
attributed to:                                                                     
  Investment income:                                                             
  Net appreciation (depreciation)
  in fair value of invesetments
  (Note 8)                          $(121,615)  $ 1,032     $ (1,378)  $   -        $   -      $ (121,961)
  Dividends                            22,565         -            -       -            -          22,565
  Interest                                 57         -       11,110       2            6          11,175
                                      (98,993)    1,032        9,732       2            6         (88,221)
Contributions, net:                                                                
  Participants                         51,732     9,999       10,158       -            -          71,889
  Employer                             20,874         -            -       -            -          20,874
                                       72,606     9,999       10,158       -            -          92,763
Total additions                       (26,387)   11,031       19,890       2            6           4,542
                                                                                   
Deductions from net assets
attributed to:
  Benefits paid to participants       (107,390)  (7,234)     (25,898)      -            -        (140,522)
  Forfeitures                           (2,178)       -            -       -            -          (2,178)
  Interest expense                        (699)       -            -       -            -            (699)
  Administrative expenses                 (657)     (94)        (134)      -            -            (885)
Total deductions                      (110,924)  (7,328)     (26,032)      -            -        (144,284)
Net increase (decrease) prior
to interfund transfers                (137,311)   3,703       (6,142)      2            6        (139,742)
Interfund transfers, net                  (625)    (267)         862      41          (11)              -
Net increase (decrease)               (137,936)   3,436       (5,280)     43           (5)       (139,742)
                                                                                   
Net assets available for benefits:
  Beginning of year                    898,164   63,975      182,097      22           77       1,144,335
  End of year                        $ 760,228  $67,411     $176,817    $ 65         $ 72      $1,004,593
See notes to financial statements.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>5

                      Textron Savings Plan
                                
            Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

                      Textron Savings Plan
                                
                  Notes to Financial Statements
                                
                   December 31, 1995 and 1994
                                


1.  Description of Plan

The  Textron  Savings  Plan (the "Plan")  is  an  employee  stock
ownership  plan.   For a description of the Plan,  refer  to  the
Summary  Plan Description that is on file with the Department  of
Labor and available at the Human Resources office of Textron Inc.
("Textron").

2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

General

The  Plan  is administered under the terms of a Trust  Agreement,
dated May 1, 1989, with Bankers Trust Company (the "Trustee").

Investment Options

The Plan allows employee contributions to be invested in Fund  A,
B,  or  C,  based on the election of the employee.  The  employee
must  contribute at least 50% to Fund A.  Fund H is available  to
any  participant who has attained age 55 and completed ten  years
of Textron service.  Employer contributions are entirely invested
in Fund A.

Fund  A  invests primarily in Textron Common Stock that is either
purchased by the Trustee or contributed by Textron.

Fund  B  invests primarily in the BT Pyramid Large Capitalization
Equity  Index  Fund  which is principally a portfolio  of  common
stocks constructed and maintained with the objective of providing
investment  results which approximate the overall performance  of
the  common  stocks included in the Standard &  Poor's  Composite
Index of 500 stocks.

Fund  C   may be invested in bonds, notes, debentures, government
obligations,  insurance contracts, short-term  securities,  money
market  instruments  and other fixed income  instruments  at  the
discretion of Textron Inc. or an Investment Manager designated by
Textron.

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                            Textron Savings Plan

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2.  Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Fund  H is invested in the BT Pyramid Directed Account Cash Fund,
which  is a portfolio of short-term instruments, primarily demand
master notes, certificates of deposit, and commercial paper.

At  the discretion of the Trustee or other Investment Manager,  a
portion of the assets of Fund A, B, C, or H may be maintained  in
cash  or  invested in short-term securities (BT Pyramid  Directed
Account  Cash  Fund  and  BT Pyramid Discretionary  Account  Cash
Fund).

At   December   31,   1995,  there  were   approximately   30,200
participants in Fund A, 11,600 in Fund B, 14,600 in Fund C and  2
in Fund H.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Textron  Common  Stock is valued at the New York  Stock  Exchange
closing  price on the last business day of the Plan  year.   U.S.
Government  securities are valued at fair value as determined  by
quoted  market price.  The BT Pyramid Large Capitalization Equity
Index  Fund  and BT Pyramid Equity Index Fund are valued  at  the
redemption  price  established by the  fund's  Trustee  which  is
generally based on the fair value of the underlying assets.   The
BT   Pyramid   Directed  Account  Cash  Fund   and   BT   Pyramid
Discretionary   Account  Cash  Fund  include   pooled   temporary
investments  and  are  stated at cost which  approximates  market
value.   Insurance contracts are valued at contract  value  which
represents contributions made, plus accrued interest, less  funds
used  to  pay  employee withdrawals and administrative  expenses.
Participant   notes   receivable  are  valued   at   cost   which
approximates fair value.

Purchases  and sales of investments are recorded on a  trade-date
basis.   Interest  income  is  recorded  on  the  accrual  basis.
Dividends  are  recorded  on  the ex-dividend  date.   Dividends,
interest  and  other  distributions  received  by  the  Plan  are
reinvested in the fund in which earned.

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                              Textron Savings Plan

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)



2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Fair Value of Insurance Contracts

The  fair  values presented in Note 8 are estimates of  the  fair
value  of  the  insurance contracts at a specific point  in  time
using  available  market  information and  appropriate  valuation
methodologies.   These  estimates are subjective  in  nature  and
involve   uncertainties   and   significant   judgment   in   the
interpretation  of  current  market data.   Therefore,  the  fair
values  presented are not necessarily indicative of  amounts  the
Plan  could  realize  or settle currently.   The  Plan  does  not
necessarily  intend to dispose of or liquidate  such  instruments
prior to maturity.  See Note 8 for further information about fair
values of financial instruments.

                                
Contributions

Participants  of  the  Plan are entitled  to  elect  compensation
deferrals within the limits prescribed by Section 401(k)  of  the
Internal Revenue Code (the "Code").  Contributions from employees
and  employee  compensation deferrals, which are matched  50%  by
Textron  subject to certain ERISA restrictions and  plan  limits,
are   recorded   when  Textron  makes  payroll  deductions   from
participants'  wages.   The total of the  matching  contributions
(net  of employee forfeitures) made by Textron is limited by  the
Textron  Board of Directors to $40 million for an calendar  year.
For  the  years  ending  December 31,  1995  and  1994,  employee
contributions  included rollovers of approximately  $1.8  million
and $.9 million, respectively.

Textron  makes  contributions  to the  Plan  based  on  estimated
contribution levels.  In addition, Textron may make, at  its  own
discretion,  additional  contributions.   To  the  extent  actual
contributions   by   the  participants  differ   from   estimated
contributions, a contribution receivable or payable from  Textron
will  result.   All  forfeitures arising out of  a  participant's
termination  of  employment  for reasons other  than  retirement,
disability   or   death,  are  used  to  reduce  future   Textron
contributions.  Textron's contributions are also reduced  by  the
market  value of any excess shares that are released as a  result
of  the loan payment (see Note 5).  For the years ending December
31,  1995  and  1994,  employer  contributions  were  reduced  by
approximately $23.2 million and $22.8 million, respectively.

Additional contributions required by Textron to fund debt service
payments on the senior note amounted to $8.3 million in 1995  and
$7.7 million in 1994 (see Note 6).  No such contributions will be
required  in the future as the senior note was paid  in  full  in
1995.

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                            Textron Savings Plan

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


2. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Administrative Expenses

All administrative expenses are paid from Plan assets.

3.  Unit Valuation

Plan equity is reported on a unit valuation basis except for Fund
A,  which  is  reported on a per share basis.   Unit  values  are
determined by dividing the Plan equity in each fund by the number
of fund units outstanding.

At  December 31, the number of units outstanding and  the  values
for each unit were:

                    1995                         1994
                                                   
Fund     Number of     Value per      Number of     Value per
         Units         Unit           Units         Unit
  B      22,949,673    4.048529       22,676,686    2.972701
  C      74,169,927    2.211828       88,759,885    2.110999
  H      13,393        1.778853       39,095        1.662617

4.  Benefits

In  the  event a participant ceases to be an employee or  becomes
totally  disabled while employed, all of his or her  accounts  to
the extent then vested shall become distributable.  Distributions
of  more that forty whole shares of Textron stock shall be in the
form  of Textron Common Stock.    Distributions of forty or  less
whole shares of Textron Common Stock shall be in the form of cash
unless  the participant or beneficiary expressly requests Textron
Common  Stock.  All other distributions shall be in the  form  of
cash.  An account will be distributed in a single payment if  the
value  of the account is less than $3,500 when the account  first
becomes distributable.  If the value of the account is $3,500  or
more  when the account first becomes distributable, a participant
is  not  required  to take a distribution immediately.   However,
current  federal  law  requires Textron to  begin  to  distribute
accounts  by April 1 of the year following the year in which  the
participant  reaches age 70 1/2.  A participant is always  vested
in  those portions of his or her account attributable to  his  or
her   own  contributions  and  compensation  deferrals   and   to
discretionary   contributions   by   Textron.     Employees    of
discontinued operations become fully vested upon approval of  the
Textron Management Committee.  The Plan provides for full vesting
of  a  participant's  plan account in the event  of  his  or  her
termination of employment, other than for cause, within two years
after a change in control of Textron.

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                       Textron Savings Plan

                  Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


4. Benefits (continued)

Textron's 50% matching contributions vest based on the length  of
participation in the Plan as                       follows:

       Months of Participation                 Ownership Interest
                                               
       24 months but less than 36 months       25%
       36 months but less than 48 months       50%
       48 months but less than 60 months       75%
       60 months or more                       100%

A  separate  account  is maintained for each participant  and  is
increased  monthly  by  (a) the participant's  contributions  and
compensation  deferrals, (b) Textron's 50% matching contribution,
and  annually  by the pro rata share of additional  discretionary
contributions made by Textron, if any, and (c) the pro rata share
of income.

While Textron has not expressed any intent to terminate the Plan,
it  is  free  to do so at any time.  In the event of termination,
each  participant automatically becomes vested to the  extent  of
the balance in his or her separate account.

5.  Unallocated Shares

During  1989, coincident with the conversion of the  Plan  to  an
employee  stock ownership plan, the Plan purchased  from  Textron
Inc.  3,652,969 shares of Textron Common Stock with the  proceeds
of a $100 million bank loan (see Note 6).  Such shares of Textron
Common  Stock  were released for allocation to  the  accounts  of
participants  as  the  loan  was  repaid.   The  Plan  made  loan
repayments  with  dividends received on  unallocated  shares  and
certain  other  shares and contributions received  from  Textron.
Unallocated  shares were collateral for the loan.  The  value  of
the  Textron Common Stock allocated as matching contributions and
dividends is the average

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                       Textron Savings Plan

            Notes to Financial Statements (continued)




5.  Unallocated Shares (continued)

fair market value for the period the shares are allocated to  the
participants'  accounts, even though the  shares  may  have  been
purchased  earlier  at  a different value  as  part  of  a  block
purchase  made by the Trustee.  At December 31, 1995  all  shares
were  allocated;  at December 31, 1994, Fund A  included  433,754
shares  with  a  market  value  of  $21,850,353  and  a  cost  of
$11,873,990 that were unallocated.

6.  Senior Note

The  Plan had a senior note payable to a bank that was guaranteed
by  Textron  which related to a $100 million term loan  agreement
entered into during 1989.  The agreement provided for the note to
be  repaid  over  a  seven-year period in quarterly  installments
beginning  April  3, 1990.  The maturity date  of  the  note  was
subsequently changed to October 3, 1995.  The note bore  interest
at 85% of either the lower of the Eurodollar rate or a base rate.
Such  rate was 4.50% at December 31, 1994.  The note was paid  in
full October 3, 1995.

7.  Participant Loans

The  Textron  Capital Accumulation Plan and the  Textron  Capital
Accumulation  Plan  for  Hourly Employees (collectively,  "TCAP")
were merged into the Plan effective May 1, 1989.  The TCAP, prior
to  their  merger into the Plan, allowed participants to  receive
loans from their pre-tax contribution accounts.  Because the Plan
does not provide for participant loans, no new loans were made to
former  TCAP  participants after April 30, 1989.  Existing  loans
must  be  repaid  with  interest  to  the  participant's  pre-tax
contribution  account.  The loan repayments and related  interest
will  be  invested in the investment funds in the same manner  as
the  optional contributions to the Plan the participant  is  then
making.   If the participant is not then making contributions  to
the Plan, the loan repayments will be invested in Fund C.

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                      Textron Savings Plan

               Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


8.  Investments

The  fair  value of individual investments that represent  5%  or
more of the fair value of the Plan's net assets is as follows:

                                                December 31
                                            1995          1994
                                         (Share and dollar amounts in
                                                  thousands)

Investments at fair value as determined 
 by quoted market price
   Textron Inc. Common Stock*, 13,945 and
    15,334 shares, respectively             $  941,263     $772,465

Investments at estimated fair value
 BT Pyramid Capitalization Equity Index
  Fund*, 69 and 67 shares, respectively         94,755       67,711
Total Investments at fair value             $1,036,018     $840,176

*Indicates party-in-interest to the Plan.

During 1995 and 1994, the Plan's investments (including
investments  bought, sold, and held during the year)  appreciated
(depreciated) in fair value by $272,269,000 and $(121,961,000) as
follows:
                                                  December 31
                                              1995           1994
                                                (In thousands)

Investments at fair value as determined 
 by quoted market price
  Textron Inc. Common Stock                 $246,117       $(121,615)
   U.S. Government Securities                    792          (1,378)
    Net change in fair value                 246,909        (122,993)

Investments at estimated fair value
 Common/collective trust funds                25,360           1,032
Net change in fair value                    $272,269       $(121,961)

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                            Textron Savings Plan

                  Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


8.  Investments (continued)

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosures
about  Fair  Value of Financial Instruments (FAS  107),  requires
disclosure   of  fair  value  information  about  all   financial
instruments  held or owned by a plan except for certain  excluded
instruments  and instruments for which it is not  practicable  to
estimate   fair  value.   Note  2  describes  the   methods   and
assumptions  used  in  determining the fair  value  of  all  Plan
investments except insurance contracts.

The  estimated fair value of the Plan's investment in  guaranteed
insurance  contracts  was  determined  by  discounted  cash  flow
analyses using U. S. Treasury note interest rates with maturities
similar  to  the  remaining  terms of  the  guaranteed  insurance
contracts.   The  estimated  fair value  of  such  contracts  was
approximately $155,000,000 and $143,000,000 at December 31,  1995
and 1994, respectively.

9.  Differences between Financial Statements and Form 5500

The  following  is a reconciliation of net assets  available  for
benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:


                                                     December 31,
                                                 1995            1994
                                                    (In thousands)
Net assets available for benefits per 
 financial statements                          $1,210,026      $1,004,593
Amounts allocated to withdrawn participants       (36,154)        (16,153)
Net assets available for benefits per 
 Form 5500                                     $1,173,872      $  988,440

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to
participants per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

                                                    December 31,
                                                1995            1994
                                                   (In thousands)

Benefits paid to participants per the 
 financial statements                          $182,431        $140,522
Add:  Amounts allocated on Form 5500 to 
 withdrawn participants at December 31, 1995     36,154          16,153
Less:  Amounts allocated on Form 5500 to 
 withdrawn participants at December 31, 1994    (16,153)        (12,081)
Benefits paid to participants per Form 5500    $202,432        $144,594

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                         Textron Savings Plan

                Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


9.  Differences between Financial Statements and Form 5500 (continued)

Amounts allocated to withdrawn participants are recorded  on  the
Form  5500  for  benefit  claims that  have  been  processed  and
approved  for payment prior to year end but not yet  paid  as  of
that date.

10. Income Tax Status

The  Internal  Revenue Service has determined  and  informed  the
Company  by  a  letter dated October 3, 1995, that  the  Plan  is
qualified and the trust established under the Plan is tax-exempt,
under  the appropriate sections of the Code.  The Plan  has  been
amended  since receiving the determination letter.  However,  the
Plan  administrator and the Plan's tax counsel believe  that  the
Plan  is currently designed and being operated in compliance with
the applicable requirements of the Code.  Therefore, they believe
that  the Plan was qualified and the related trust was tax-exempt
as of the financial statement date.

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                         Supplemental Schedules



                      Textron Savings Plan
                                
   Item 27a - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
                                
                        December 31, 1995
                                

                                         Number of    Cost/       
                                         Shares or   Contract    Fair
                                           Units       Value    Value
                                                  (In Thousands)
                                            
                                                     
Fund A                                           
Textron Inc. Common Stock *                13,945    $459,143   $941,263
BT Pyramid Directed Account Cash Fund*      2,533       2,533      2,533
Total Fund A                                         $461,676   $943,796
                                                 
Fund B                                           
BT Pyramid Large Capitalization Equity
  Index Fund*                                  69    $ 70,210   $ 94,755
Total Fund B                                         $ 70,210   $ 94,755
                                                 
Fund C                                           
Insurance Contracts:                             
  Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.                     
     Matures through 6/30/98; 4.67%       16,668     $ 16,668   $ 16,542
     Matures through 3/1/99; 5.27%         3,300        3,300      3,301
     Matures through 3/31/99; 5.11%        5,504        5,504      5,491
     Matures through 5/15/99; 7.38%       11,237       11,237     11,943
  Prudential Asset Management                    
     Matures 9/10/96; 4.18%               10,991       10,991     10,914
     Matures 6/1/97; 7.08%                 5,592        5,592      5,748
     Matures 7/31/97; 6.3%                11,083       11,083     11,284
  N. Y. Life Insurance Co.                       
     Matures 7/31/96; 5.65%                7,237        7,237      7,259
     Matures 3/31/97; 7.7%                 7,264        7,264      7,500
     Matures 9/9/98; 5.2%                 11,242       11,242     11,232
     Matures through 8/16/99; 7.3%        11,025       11,025     11,763
  Commonwealth Life Insurance Co.
     Matures 1/5/99; 8.28%                 5,409        5,409      5,926
  Hartford Life Insurance Co.                      
     Matures 1/4/99; 7.97%                 5,394        5,394      5,849
                                
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                      Textron Savings Plan
                                
   Item 27a - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes
                           (continued)
                                
                                
                                
                                          Number of    Cost/
                                          Shares or   Contract   Fair
                                            Units      Value    Value
                                                  (In Thousands)
                                            
Fund C (continued)                               
  Allstate Insurance Co.                         
    Matures 12/15/00; 6.87%                10,441     10,441      11,249
  John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co.
    Matures 6/30/01; 6.75%                  5,139      5,139       5,535
    Matures 1/2/96; 8.36%                  11,946     11,946      11,949
    Matures 6/30/00; 6.50%                  5,134      5,134       5,409
  Mass Mutual Life Ins. Co.                      
    Matures through 1/31/97; 6.11%          5,696      5,696       5,720
                                                 
Government Obligations:                          
  Federal National Mortgage Association
    Matures 9/25/07; 5.8%                   2,450      2,452       2,445
    Matures 4/25/17; 6.5%                   9,000      8,999       8,992
  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
    Matures 12/15/19; 6.5%                    422        407         421
                                                 
BT Pyramid Directed Acct. Cash Fund*        6,254      6,254       6,254
Total Fund C                                        $168,414  $  172,726
                                                 
Fund H                                           
BT Pyramid Directed Acct. Cash Fund*           24   $     24  $       24
Total Fund H                                        $     24  $       24
                                                 
Total all funds                                     $700,322  $1,216,484
                                                 
Loans                                            
Loans Receivable (9.5% - 11%)                  53   $     53  $       53
                                                 
* Indicates party-in-interest to the Plan
                                
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<TABLE>
                              Textron Savings Plan
                                        
                 Item 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions
                                        
                          Year ended December 31, 1995

<S>                     <S>                <C>         <C>          <C>        <C>                 <C>   
                                                                                Current Value         
                                                                                 of Asset on
  Identity of           Description         Purchase    Selling     Cost of      Transaction      Net Gain
     Party                                   Price       Price       Assets         Date          (Loss)

                                                                   (In Thousands)

Category (iii)--Series of transactions in excess of 5% of plan assets
                                                                                           
**                Purchase of 1,053,868      63,240                   63,240      63,240
                  shares of Textron Inc.
                  Common Stock in 241
                  transactions
                                                                                           
                  Sale of 2,443,523 shares                  140,559   77,989     140,559        62,570      
                  of Textron Inc. Common
                  Stock
                                                                                           
Bankers Trust     Purchase of 109,200,912   109,201                  109,201     109,201
Company*          units of BT Pyramid
                  Directed Account Cash
                  Fund in 183 transactions
                                                                                           
                  Sale of 113,765,562                     113,766    113,766     113,766
                  units of BT Pyramid
                  Directed Account Cash
                  Fund in 209 transactions
                                                                                           
There were no category (i), (ii) or (iv) reportable transactions during the 
year.



__________________________________
* Indicates party-in-interest to the Plan.
**   Transactions made on the market.
</TABLE>
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                    TEXTRON SAVINGS PLAN
                 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K
           FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
                              
                        EXHIBIT INDEX
                              
                              

        Exhibit Number        Description
             23               Consent of Independent Auditors

             25               Power of Attorney
                              




                                  EXHIBIT 23



                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


    We  consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
    Statements  (Form  S-8 No. 33-00668, Form  S-8  No.  33-37139 and
    Form S-8 No. 33-63741) pertaining  to the Textron Savings Plan
    of Textron  Inc.  of  our report  dated  May 10, 1996, with
    respect  to  the  financial statements and schedules of the Textron
    Savings Plan included in this  Annual  Report (Form 11-K) for the
    year ended December  31, 1995.



                                   /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP



    New York, New York
    June 26, 1996








                                  EXHIBIT 25



                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


         The  undersigned  members of the Committee administering  the
     Textron  Savings  Plan  of Textron Inc. (the  "Plan"),  do  hereby
     constitute  and appoint Wayne W. Juchatz, Arnold M.  Friedman  and
     Michael   D.  Cahn,  and  each  of  them,  with  full  powers   of
     substitution, their true and lawful attorneys and agents to do  or
     cause  to be done any and all acts and things and to execute   and
     deliver any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys
     and  agents,  or any of them, may deem necessary or  advisable  in
     order  to  enable  the  Plan to comply  with  the  Securities  and
     Exchange  Act  of  1934, as amended, and any requirements  of  the
     Securities   and  Exchange  Commission  in  respect  thereof,   in
     connection  with  the  filing  of  the  Plan's  Annual  Report  on
     Form  11-K  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, including
     specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to  sign
     the names of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below  to
     such   Annual  Report  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
     Commission,  to any and all amendments to such Annual  Report,  to
     any  instruments  or  documents or other  writings  in  which  the
     original  or  copies thereof are to be filed as a part  of  or  in
     connection with such Annual Report or amendments thereto,  and  to
     file  or  cause  to  be  filed the same with  the  Securities  and
     Exchange  Commission; and each of the undersigned hereby  ratifies
     and confirms all that such attorneys and agents, and each of them,
     shall  do  or  cause to be done hereunder and such  attorneys  and
     agents, and each of them, shall have, and may exercise, all of the
     powers hereby conferred.

         IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has  signed  his
     name hereto, on the 21st day of June, 1996.


    /s/ Wayne W. Juchatz                /s/ William F. Wayland
    Wayne W. Juchatz                    William F. Wayland
    Committee Member                    Committee Member


    /s/ Frank W. McNally                /s/ Richard L. Yates
    Frank W. McNally                    Richard L. Yates
    Committee Member                    Committee Member


    /s/ Richard A. Watson
    Richard A. Watson
    Committee Member



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