Variable Interest Entities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
9 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
|
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Current assets | $ 28,548 | $ 26,706 |
| Current liabilities | $ 22,541 | 22,618 |
| IAE International Aero Engines AG | ||
| Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] | ||
| Variable Interest Entity, Methodology for Determining Whether Entity is Primary Beneficiary | Pratt & Whitney holds a 61% net collaboration interest in IAE International Aero Engines AG (IAE), and a 49.5% ownership interest in IAE. IAE's business purpose is to coordinate the design, development, manufacturing and product support of the V2500 jet engine program through involvement with the collaborators. IAE retains limited equity with the primary economics of the V2500 program passed to the participants in the separate collaboration arrangement. As such, we have determined that IAE is a variable interest entity with Pratt & Whitney its primary beneficiary, and IAE has, therefore, been consolidated | |
| Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage | 49.50% | |
| Current assets | $ 2,410 | 1,920 |
| Noncurrent assets | 1,160 | 1,102 |
| Total assets | 3,570 | 3,022 |
| Current liabilities | 2,222 | 1,931 |
| Noncurrent liabilities | 1,460 | 1,355 |
| Total liabilities | $ 3,682 | $ 3,286 |