Textron is a conglomerate that makes aircraft, defense equipment, auto parts and specialty vehicles, and also runs a finance arm. Its 2025 revenue was $14.8 billion. Its customers include business-jet buyers and operators, the U.S. military and other governments, automakers, golf courses and municipalities.
It reported six segments through 2025. Textron Aviation makes Cessna and Beechcraft business jets, turboprops and piston aircraft, and sells parts and service. Bell makes military and commercial helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft, which combine features of helicopters and airplanes. Textron Systems makes defense and unmanned systems, armored vehicles and Lycoming piston engines. The Industrial segment includes Kautex, which makes plastic fuel systems for vehicles, and Specialized Vehicles such as E-Z-GO golf cars. Textron eAviation, which includes the light aircraft maker Pipistrel, is being folded into other segments from 2026. The Finance segment lends mainly to buyers of Textron aircraft and helicopters.
U.S. Government contracts, including foreign military sales through the U.S. government, generated about 27% of 2025 revenue, mostly at Bell and Textron Systems. Textron had about 34,000 employees at the end of 2025, 80% of them in the U.S.