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 Wayne W. Juchatz,
Arnold  M. Friedman and Michael D. Cahn, 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 Act of 1933, as
amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission  in  respect  thereof,  in  connection  with  the
Registration under the Securities Act of 1933,  as  amended,
of  the  offering  of  up to 8,500,000 shares  of  Textron's
Common   Stock  pursuant  to  the  Textron  1999   Long-Term
Incentive   Plan,   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 the Registration Statement filed  with
the  Securities and Exchange Commission in respect  of  such
offering of common stock, to any and all amendments to  such
Registration     Statement     (including     post-effective
amendments),  and to any instruments or documents  or  other
writings of which the original or copies thereof are  to  be
filed  as  a part of or in connection with such Registration
Statement 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 hereto, on this 28th day  of  April,
1999.

                              TEXTRON INC.

                              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/Brian H. Row
Lewis B. Campbell                  Brian H. Rowe
Chairman and Chief                 Director
Executive Officer, Director
(principal executive officer)

s/John A. Janitz                   s/Sam F. Segnar
John A. Janitz                     Sam F. Segnar
President and Chief Operating      Director
Officer, Director

s/H. Jesse Arnelle                 s/Jean Head Sisco
H. Jesse Arnelle                   Jean Head Sisco
Director                           Director

s/Teresa Beck                      s/Martin D. Walker
Teresa Beck                        Martin D. Walker
Director                           Director

s/R. Stuart Dickson
R. Stuart Dickson
Director                           Thomas B. Wheeler
                                   Director
s/Lawrence K. Fish                 
Lawrence K. Fish
Director
                                   s/Stephen L. Key
                                   Stephen L. Key
s/Joe T. Ford                      Executive Vice President
Joe T. Ford                        and Chief Financial Officer
Director                           (principal financial officer)

s/Paul E. Gagne
Paul E. Gagne
Director                           s/Richard L. Yates
                                   Richard L. Yates
s/John D. Macomber                 Vice President and Controller
John D. Macomber                   (Principal accounting officer)
Director 

s/Dana G. Mead
Dana G. Mead
Director