Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of the Employees' Retirement Savings Plan for the Precision Stamping Division of Elco Textron Inc. (the "Plan") on Form 11-K for the period ending December 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Richard Clayton, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Elco Textron Inc., the Plan Administrator of the Plan, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the assets available for benefits and changes in assets available for benefits of the Plan.

	Elco Textron Inc., as Plan Administrator
Date: June 27, 2003	s/Richard Clayton
	Richard Clayton
	President and Chief Executive Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Plan Administrator and will be retained by the Plan Administrator and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.