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Borrowing and Lines of Credit (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Aggregate Line of Credit Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity $ 5,850,000,000utx_AggregateLineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
Maximum Commercial Paper Borrowing Authority 4,350,000,000utx_MaximumCommercialPaperBorrowingAuthority
Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]  
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity 2,200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= utx_RevolvingCreditAgreementMember
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= utx_RevolvingCreditAgreementMember
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date May 23, 2019
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]  
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity 2,150,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= utx_MultiCurrencyRevolvingCreditAgreementMember
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= utx_MultiCurrencyRevolvingCreditAgreementMember
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date May 23, 2019
Short term Revolving Credit Agreement [Member]  
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]  
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity 1,500,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= utx_ShorttermRevolvingCreditAgreementMember
Line of Credit Facility, Initiation Date Mar. 11, 2015
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding $ 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= utx_ShorttermRevolvingCreditAgreementMember
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date Sep. 11, 2015