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Textron Inc.

A multi-industry company that builds aircraft under the Cessna and Beechcraft brands, plus Bell helicopters and the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor. It began in 1923 as a Boston textile yarn maker founded by Royal Little, who later earned the nickname "father of the modern conglomerate" for diversifying into unrelated businesses. The name "Textron" blends "textiles" with the "tron" suffix of synthetic fabrics like Lustron.