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Inventories and Contracts in Progress (Details) (USD $)
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Jun. 30, 2014
Sikorsky [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2013
Sikorsky [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2014
UTC Aerospace Systems [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2013
UTC Aerospace Systems [Member]
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| Inventory [Line Items] | ||||||
| Other Inventory, Capitalized Costs, Gross | $ 740,000,000 | $ 149,000,000 | $ 159,000,000 | |||
| Inventory Adjustments | 1,300,000,000.0 | |||||
| Raw materials | 2,073,000,000 | 1,983,000,000 | ||||
| Work-in-process | 3,945,000,000 | 4,600,000,000 | ||||
| Finished goods | 3,957,000,000 | 3,360,000,000 | ||||
| Contracts in progress | 8,756,000,000 | 7,929,000,000 | ||||
| Inventory before payments and billings | 18,731,000,000 | 17,872,000,000 | ||||
| Progress payments, secured by lien, on U.S. Government contracts | (440,000,000) | (279,000,000) | ||||
| Billings on contracts in progress | (7,950,000,000) | (7,263,000,000) | ||||
| Inventories and contracts in progress, net | $ 10,341,000,000 | $ 10,330,000,000 |