Segment Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Text Block]

	Total Assets						Capital Expenditures						Depreciation & Amortization
(dollars in millions)	2013		2012		2011		2013		2012		2011		2013		2012		2011
Otis	$	9,354	$	8,866	$	8,717	$	122	$	141	$	75	$	209	$	220	$	223
UTC Climate, Controls & Security	21,543		22,253		21,630		266		265		305		380		418		432
Pratt & Whitney	17,062		15,938		10,705		617		462		290		319		324		332
UTC Aerospace Systems	35,461		35,589		8,593		510		367		163		761		412		172
Sikorsky	5,762		4,975		4,628		119		94		92		85		85		84
Total segment	89,182		87,621		54,273		1,634		1,329		925		1,754		1,459		1,243
Eliminations and other	1,412		1,788		7,179		54		60		4		67		65		20
Consolidated	$	90,594	$	89,409	$	61,452	$	1,688	$	1,389	$	929	$	1,821	$	1,524	$	1,263

	Net Sales									Operating Profits
(dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2011			2013			2012			2011
Otis	$	12,484		$	12,056		$	12,437		$	2,590		$	2,512		$	2,815
UTC Climate, Controls & Security	16,809			17,090			18,864			2,590			2,425			2,212
Pratt & Whitney	14,501			13,964			12,711			1,876			1,589			1,867
UTC Aerospace Systems	13,347			8,334			4,760			2,018			944			759
Sikorsky	6,253			6,791			7,355			594			712			840
Total segment	63,394			58,235			56,127			9,668			8,182			8,493
Eliminations and other	(768		)	(527		)	(373		)	22			(72		)	(228		)
General corporate expenses	—			—			—			(481		)	(426		)	(419		)
Consolidated	$	62,626		$	57,708		$	55,754		$	9,209		$	7,684		$	7,846

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Text Block]

	External Net Sales						Operating Profits									Long-Lived Assets
(dollars in millions)	2013		2012		2011		2013			2012			2011			2013		2012		2011
United States Operations	$	35,994	$	32,175	$	28,993	$	4,780		$	3,663		$	4,264		$	4,483	$	4,311	$	2,974
International Operations
Europe	12,652		11,823		12,344		2,419			2,100			2,089			1,796		1,804		1,210
Asia Pacific	8,696		8,733		9,016		1,773			1,648			1,429			957		947		883
Other	5,274		4,964		5,376		696			772			711			1,203		1,122		760
Eliminations and other	10		13		25		(459		)	(499		)	(647		)	427		334		374
Consolidated	$	62,626	$	57,708	$	55,754	$	9,209		$	7,684		$	7,846		$	8,866	$	8,518	$	6,201

(dollars in millions)	2013		2012		2011
Europe	$	4,489	$	3,117	$	2,284
Asia Pacific	4,517		2,998		2,448
Other	3,165		3,086		2,989
	$	12,171	$	9,201	$	7,721

Schedule Of Entity Wide Disclosure On Geographic Areas Long Lived Assets In Individual Foreign Countries By Country [Text Block]

	External Net Sales						Operating Profits									Long-Lived Assets
(dollars in millions)	2013		2012		2011		2013			2012			2011			2013		2012		2011
United States Operations	$	35,994	$	32,175	$	28,993	$	4,780		$	3,663		$	4,264		$	4,483	$	4,311	$	2,974
International Operations
Europe	12,652		11,823		12,344		2,419			2,100			2,089			1,796		1,804		1,210
Asia Pacific	8,696		8,733		9,016		1,773			1,648			1,429			957		947		883
Other	5,274		4,964		5,376		696			772			711			1,203		1,122		760
Eliminations and other	10		13		25		(459		)	(499		)	(647		)	427		334		374
Consolidated	$	62,626	$	57,708	$	55,754	$	9,209		$	7,684		$	7,846		$	8,866	$	8,518	$	6,201

Schedule Of Revenue By Major Customers By Reporting Segments Table [Text Block]

(dollars in millions)	2013		2012		2011
Pratt & Whitney	$	3,559	$	3,718	$	2,995
UTC Aerospace Systems	2,530		1,742		1,021
Sikorsky	3,648		4,512		4,967
Other	142		126		125
	$	9,879	$	10,098	$	9,108