Textron (TXT) 10-K 2009 FY Annual report

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, Textron Inc. (“Textron”) a Delaware corporation, and the undersigned directors and officers of Textron, do hereby constitute and appoint Terrence O’Donnell, Arnold M. Friedman, Jayne M. Donegan and Ann T. Willaman, and each of them, with full powers of substitution, their true and lawful attorneys and agents to do or cause to be done any and all acts and things and to execute and deliver any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable Textron to comply with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of Textron’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2009, including specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned directors and officers in the capacities indicated below and to sign the names of such officers on behalf of Textron to such Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to any and all amendments to such Annual Report, to any instruments or documents or other writings in which the original or copies thereof are to be filed as a part of or in connection with such Annual Report or amendments thereto, and to file or cause to be filed the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorneys and agents, and each of them, shall do or cause to be done hereunder and such attorneys and agents, and each of them, shall have, and may exercise, all of the powers hereby conferred.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Textron has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed and delivered in its name and on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized officer and its corporate seal affixed, and each of the undersigned has signed his or her name thereto, as of the 25^th day of February, 2009.

TEXTRON INC.
By:	/s/ Lewis B. Campbell
	Lewis B. Campbell
	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:

/s/ Frederick K. Butler

Frederick K. Butler

Vice President and Secretary

/s/ Lewis B. Campbell	/s/ Dain M. Hancock
Lewis B. Campbell	Dain M. Hancock
Chairman and Chief Executive	Director
Officer, Director
(principal executive officer)
	/s/ Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG
	Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG
	Director
/s/ Kathleen M. Bader
Kathleen M. Bader	/s/ Lloyd G. Trotter
Director	Lloyd G. Trotter
	Director
/s/ R. Kerry Clark
R. Kerry Clark	/s/ Thomas B. Wheeler
Director	Thomas B. Wheeler
	Director
/s/ Ivor J. Evans
Ivor J. Evans	/s/ James L.Ziemer
Director	James L. Ziemer
	Director
s/ Lawrence K. Fish
Lawrence K. Fish
Director
	/s/ Richard L. Yates
	Richard L. Yates
/s/ Joe T. Ford	Acting Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice
Joe T. Ford	President and Corporate Controller
Director	(principal financial officer and principal
	accounting officer)
/s/ Paul E. Gagné
Paul E. Gagné
Director