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Special Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Special Charges |
Schedule of special charges |
(In millions) |  | Severance Costs |  | Asset Impairments |  | Contract Terminations and Other |  | Acquisition Integration/ Transaction Costs |  | Total Special Charges
For the three months ended September 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Industrial | $ | 1 | $ | 1 | $ | 9 | $ | 2 | $ | 13
Textron Aviation |  | 6 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 6
Textron Systems |  | 1 |  | 3 |  | 2 |  | — |  | 6
| $ | 8 | $ | 4 | $ | 11 | $ | 2 | $ | 25
For the three months ended October 1, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Industrial | $ | 11 | $ | 2 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 13
Textron Aviation |  | 34 |  | 1 |  | — |  | — |  | 35
Textron Systems |  | 13 |  | 33 |  | 13 |  | — |  | 59
Bell |  | 8 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 8
| $ | 66 | $ | 36 | $ | 13 | $ | — | $ | 115
For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Industrial | $ | 20 | $ | 1 | $ | 15 | $ | 6 | $ | 42
Textron Aviation |  | 11 |  | 17 |  | — |  | — |  | 28
Textron Systems |  | 2 |  | 7 |  | (4) |  | — |  | 5
| $ | 33 | $ | 25 | $ | 11 | $ | 6 | $ | 75
For the nine months ended October 1, 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Industrial | $ | 11 | $ | 2 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 13
Textron Aviation |  | 34 |  | 1 |  | — |  | — |  | 35
Textron Systems |  | 13 |  | 33 |  | 13 |  | — |  | 59
Bell |  | 8 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 8
| $ | 66 | $ | 36 | $ | 13 | $ | — | $ | 115
Schedule of restructuring reserve activity |
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  | Severance Costs |  | Contract Terminations and Other |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  |  |  |  | $ | 50 | $ | 13 | $ | 63
Provision for Arctic Cat plan |  |  |  |  |  | 19 |  | 8 |  | 27
Provision for 2016 plan |  |  |  |  |  | 15 |  | 11 |  | 26
Reversals* |  |  |  |  |  | (1) |  | (8) |  | (9)
Cash paid |  |  |  |  |  | (64) |  | (11) |  | (75)
Balance at September 30, 2017 |  |  |  |  | $ | 19 | $ | 13 | $ | 32
*Primarily related to favorable contract negotiations in the Textron Systems segment.

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