Textron Inc. is an American industrial conglomerate based in Providence, Rhode Island. Textron's subsidiaries include Arctic Cat, Bell Textron, Textron Aviation, and Lycoming Engines. It was founded by Royal Little inĀ 1923 as the Special Yarns Company. In 2020, Textron employed over 33,000 people in 25 different countries.
The company ranked 265th on the 2021 Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.
Textron Tower, the company's headquarters
Textron fabrics ad from 1948
Bell 429 Helicopter
RQ-7B Shadow UAV
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities in New England, founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port, as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay.
Image: Providence, RI skyline
Image: Weybosset Street view, Providence, Rhode Island
Image: Brown's University Hall in 2007
Image: Downtown Providence Rhode Island 2008 (cropped)