The amount of assets contributed to investment transaction accounted for under equity method of accounting.

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The amount of goodwill allocated to investment transaction accounted for under equity method of accounting.

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- Definition

The amount of net pre-tax gain recognized from investment accounted for under equity method of accounting based on the fair value of the business contributed.

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- Definition

The carrying amount of borrowings against life insurance policies.

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The net cash inflow from borrowings against corporate life insurance policies.

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- Definition

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114001798&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Other Assets (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Other Assets (Details) - USD ($)	Apr. 04, 2020	Jan. 04, 2020	Jan. 02, 2021
Equity method investment
Proceeds from borrowings against corporate owned life insurance	$ 377,000,000
Life insurance borrowings against corporate or bank owned			$ 0
FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training LLC \| Textron Systems
Equity method investment
Investment (in percentage)		30.00%
Contributed assets		$ 69,000,000
Allocated goodwill		71,000,000
Amount of net pre-tax gain subject to post-closing adjustments		$ 18,000,000