Special Charges (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2022

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of Special Charges

Special charges recorded by segment and type of cost are as follows:

(In millions)	Severance Costs		Contract Terminations and Other		Asset Impairments		Total Restructuring Charges		Other Charges		Total
2021
Industrial	$	4	$	9	$	12	$	25	$	—	$	25
Total special charges	$	4	$	9	$	12	$	25	$	—	$	25
2020
Textron Aviation	$	31	$	—	$	2	$	33	$	32	$	65
Industrial	27		1		6		34		7		41
Textron Systems	11		12		14		37		—		37
Corporate	4		—		—		4		—		4
Total special charges	$	73	$	13	$	22	$	108	$	39	$	147
2019
Industrial	$	21	$	11	$	6	$	38	$	—	$	38
Textron Aviation	25		—		4		29		—		29
Corporate	—		—		—		—		5		5
Total special charges	$	46	$	11	$	10	$	67	$	5	$	72

Schedule of Restructuring Reserve Activity

Our restructuring reserve activity is summarized below:

(In millions)	Severance Costs		Contract Terminations and Other		Total
Balance at January 4, 2020	$	46	$	19	$	65
Provision for 2020 COVID-19 restructuring plan	73		13		86
Cash paid	(77)		(11)		(88)
Reclassifications*	(1)		(12)		(13)
Foreign currency translation	2		—		2
Balance at January 2, 2021	$	43	$	9	$	52
Provision for 2020 COVID-19 restructuring plan	9		10		19
Cash paid	(27)		(9)		(36)
Reversals	(5)		(1)		(6)
Foreign currency translation	(1)		—		(1)
Balance at January 1, 2022	$	19	$	9	$	28

* Reclassifications include amounts classified as held for sale during 2020 in connection with a business disposition described in Note 2.