8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

July 25, 2002
(Date of earliest event reported)

             TEXTRON INC.              
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-5480	05-0315468
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

           40 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903          
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                                (401) 421-2800                              
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                                     N/A                                          
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

            On July 25, 2002, pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460, Textron delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission sworn statements of Lewis B. Campbell, Textron's principal executive officer, and Ted R. French, Textron's principal financial officer, both in the form specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Conformed copies of the sworn statements are attached hereto as exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.

SIGNATURES

            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

      TEXTRON INC.

       (Registrant)

By: s/ Terrence O'Donnell                     

Name:   Terrence O'Donnell

Title:      Executive Vice President and General
Counsel

Dated: July 31, 2002

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Exhibit
99.1	Sworn Statement of Lewis B. Campbell
99.2	Sworn Statement of Ted R. French

EX-99

Exhibit 99.1

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

 I, Lewis B. Campbell, state and attest that:

1. To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Textron Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

2. I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

3. In this statement under oath, each of the following if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

• Annual Report on Form 10-K of Textron Inc. for the period ended December 29, 2001

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Textron Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to the foregoing.

/s/ Lewis B. Campbell	Subscribed and sworn to before
Lewis B. Campbell	me on the 24th day of July 2002
Chairman, President and Chief    Executive Officer
Date: 7/24/02	/s/Sheila W. Coleman
	Notary Public
	Sheila W. Coleman Notary Public, District of Columbia
	My Commission Expires 04-14-2006

EX-99

Exhibit 99.2

STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

 I, Ted R. French, state and attest that:

1. To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Textron Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

2. I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

3. In this statement under oath, each of the following if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

• Annual Report on Form 10-K of Textron Inc. for the period ended December 29, 2001

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Textron Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to the foregoing.

/s/ Ted R. French	Subscribed and sworn to before
Ted R. French	me on the 24th day of July 2002
Executive Vice President and Chief       Financial Officer
Date: 7/24/02	/s/ Sheila W. Coleman Notary Public
	Sheila W. Coleman
	Notary Public, District of Columbia
	My Commission Expires 01-14-2006