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Acquisitions and Divestitures Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares	Jul. 17, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Purchase price of businesses, net of cash acquired	$ 73	$ 513
Net sales	4,147	3,816
Goodwill	6,468		$ 6,468	$ 6,455
Proceeds from divestiture of business	0	$ 235
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Net sales			40
Number of additional businesses acquired				4
Aventics [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Net sales				$ 425
Cash paid, net of cash acquired					$ 622
Goodwill					358
Goodwill expected tax deductible amount					20
Intangibles					$ 278
Intangible assets, weighted average useful life				12 years
Textron's Tools & Test [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Net sales				$ 470
Cash paid, net of cash acquired						$ 810
Goodwill						374
Goodwill expected tax deductible amount						17
Intangibles						$ 358
Intangible assets, weighted average useful life				14 years
Paradigm [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Net sales				$ 140
Cash paid, net of cash acquired							$ 505
Goodwill							309
Goodwill expected tax deductible amount							170
Intangibles							$ 238
Intangible assets, weighted average useful life				11 years
ClosetMaid [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of business				$ 200
Gain (Loss) on sales of business, net of tax				$ (24)
After-tax disposal gain (loss) impact on diluted earnings per share \| $ / shares				$ (0.04)
After-tax proceeds on sale of business				$ 150
Automation Solutions [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 5,369		5,369	$ 5,355
Automation Solutions [Member] \| Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Number of additional businesses acquired	3			2
Climate Technologies [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 670		$ 670	$ 670
Climate Technologies [Member] \| Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition & Disposal [Line Items]
Number of additional businesses acquired				2