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Segment and Geographic Data - Revenue by segments and reconciliation of segment profit to income from continuing operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 02, 2016	Apr. 02, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Jul. 04, 2015	Apr. 04, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015
Revenues
Manufacturing revenues									$ 13,710	$ 13,340	$ 13,775
Finance revenues									78	83	103
Total revenues	$ 3,825	$ 3,251	$ 3,511	$ 3,201	$ 3,923	$ 3,180	$ 3,247	$ 3,073	13,788	13,423	13,878
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated
Special charges	(8)	(115)							(123)		(52)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes									876	971	853
Operating Segment
Segment Profit (Loss)
Segment Profit	391	310	328	280	378	312	306	259	1,309	1,255	1,214
Corporate
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated
Corporate expenses and other, net	(56)	(53)	(31)	(32)	(52)	(27)	(33)	(42)	(172)	(154)	(161)
Special charges									(1)
Manufacturing group \| Reconciling Items
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated
Interest expense, net for Manufacturing group	(33)	(35)	(37)	(33)	(32)	(33)	(32)	(33)	(138)	(130)	(148)
Textron Aviation
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated
Special charges									(35)
Textron Aviation \| Manufacturing group
Revenues
Manufacturing revenues	1,436	1,198	1,196	1,091	1,488	1,159	1,124	1,051	4,921	4,822	4,568
Textron Aviation \| Manufacturing group \| Operating Segment
Segment Profit (Loss)
Segment Profit	135	100	81	73	138	107	88	67	389	400	234
Bell
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated
Special charges									(5)
Bell \| Manufacturing group
Revenues
Manufacturing revenues	887	734	804	814	1,035	756	850	813	3,239	3,454	4,245
Bell \| Manufacturing group \| Operating Segment
Segment Profit (Loss)
Segment Profit	126	97	81	82	124	99	101	76	386	400	529
Textron Systems
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated
Special charges									(62)
Textron Systems \| Manufacturing group
Revenues
Manufacturing revenues	532	413	487	324	463	420	322	315	1,756	1,520	1,624
Textron Systems \| Manufacturing group \| Operating Segment
Segment Profit (Loss)
Segment Profit	53	44	60	29	41	39	21	28	186	129	150
Industrial
Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated
Special charges									(20)
Industrial \| Manufacturing group
Revenues
Manufacturing revenues	952	886	1,004	952	917	828	927	872	3,794	3,544	3,338
Industrial \| Manufacturing group \| Operating Segment
Segment Profit (Loss)
Segment Profit	73	66	99	91	73	61	86	82	329	302	280
Finance
Revenues
Finance revenues	18	20	20	20	20	17	24	22	78	83	103
Finance \| Operating Segment
Segment Profit (Loss)
Segment Profit	$ 4	$ 3	$ 7	$ 5	$ 2	$ 6	$ 10	$ 6	$ 19	$ 24	$ 21