Other Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 01, 2019	Mar. 30, 2019
Equity method investment
Amount of assets held for sale reclassified to other assets		$ 145
Property, plant and equipment		64
Allocated goodwill		$ 77
FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training LLC
Equity method investment
Investment (in percentage)	30.00%

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The amount of allocated goodwill held for sale classified into other assets.

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The amount of property, plant and equipment held for sale classified into other assets.

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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
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