Segment Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block]

	Net Sales									Operating Profits
(dollars in millions)	2018			2017			2016			2018			2017			2016
Otis	$	12,904		$	12,341		$	11,893		$	1,915		$	2,002		$	2,125
Carrier	18,922			17,812			16,851			3,777			3,165			2,848
Pratt & Whitney	19,397			16,160			14,894			1,269			1,300			1,501
Collins Aerospace Systems	16,634			14,691			14,465			2,303			2,191			2,167
Total segment	67,857			61,004			58,103			9,264			8,658			8,641
Eliminations and other	(1,356		)	(1,167		)	(859		)	(236		)	(81		)	(18		)
General corporate expenses	—			—			—			(475		)	(439		)	(402		)
Consolidated	$	66,501		$	59,837		$	57,244		$	8,553		$	8,138		$	8,221

	Total Assets						Capital Expenditures						Depreciation & Amortization
(dollars in millions)	2018		2017		2016		2018		2017		2016		2018		2017		2016
Otis	$	9,374	$	9,421	$	8,867	$	172	$	133	$	94	$	190	$	177	$	171
Carrier	22,189		22,657		21,787		263		326		340		357		372		354
Pratt & Whitney	29,341		26,768		22,971		866		923		725		852		672		550
Collins Aerospace Systems	73,115		34,567		34,093		515		527		452		883		823		807
Total segment	134,019		93,413		87,718		1,816		1,909		1,611		2,282		2,044		1,882
Eliminations and other	192		3,507		1,988		86		105		88		151		96		80
Consolidated	$	134,211	$	96,920	$	89,706	$	1,902	$	2,014	$	1,699	$	2,433	$	2,140	$	1,962

Schedule of Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets By Geographic Areas [Table Text Block]

	External Net Sales									Operating Profits									Long-Lived Assets
(dollars in millions)	2018			2017			2016			2018			2017			2016			2018		2017		2016
United States Operations	$	39,481		$	33,912		$	32,335		$	4,941		$	4,126		$	4,304		$	7,111	$	5,323	$	4,822
International Operations
Europe	12,857			11,879			11,151			2,141			1,959			1,826			1,908		1,817		1,538
Asia Pacific	8,847			8,770			8,260			1,476			1,491			1,486			1,349		1,113		999
Other	6,672			6,443			6,357			706			1,082			1,025			1,363		1,389		1,325
Eliminations and other	(1,356		)	(1,167		)	(859		)	(711		)	(520		)	(420		)	566		544		474
Consolidated	$	66,501		$	59,837		$	57,244		$	8,553		$	8,138		$	8,221		$	12,297	$	10,186	$	9,158

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

(dollars in millions)	2018		2017		2016
Pratt & Whitney	$	4,489	$	3,347	$	3,187
Collins Aerospace Systems	2,779		2,299		2,301
Other	175		152		138
	$	7,443	$	5,798	$	5,626

Revenue from External Customers by Geographic Areas [Table Text Block]

(dollars in millions)	2018		2017		2016
Europe	$	6,285	$	5,273	$	5,065
Asia Pacific	5,429		3,634		3,449
Other	2,514		2,217		2,313
	$	14,228	$	11,124	$	10,827

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Geographic Market [Table Text Block]

Sales by primary geographical market for the year ended December 31, 2018 is as follows:

(dollars in millions)	Otis		Carrier		Pratt & Whitney		Collins Aerospace Systems		Total
Primary Geographical Markets
United States	$	3,433	$	9,402	$	14,852	$	11,794	$	39,481
Europe	4,055		5,710		594		2,498		12,857
Asia Pacific	4,354		2,849		1,277		367		8,847
Other	1,062		961		2,674		1,975		6,672
Total segment	$	12,904	$	18,922	$	19,397	$	16,634	67,857
Eliminations and other									(1,356		)
Consolidated									$	66,501

Segment Reporting Disclosure, Product & Sales Type [Text Block]

for the year ended December 31, 2018 are as follows:

(dollars in millions)	Otis		Carrier		Pratt & Whitney		Collins Aerospace Systems		Total
Product Type
Commercial and industrial, non aerospace	$	12,904	$	18,922	$	55	$	60	$	31,941
Commercial aerospace	—		—		14,027		12,564		26,591
Military aerospace	—		—		5,315		4,010		9,325
Total segment	$	12,904	$	18,922	$	19,397	$	16,634	67,857
Eliminations and other									(1,356		)
Consolidated									$	66,501
Sales Type
Product	$	5,636	$	15,682	$	11,410	$	13,915	$	46,643
Service	7,268		3,240		7,987		2,719		21,214
Total segment	$	12,904	$	18,922	$	19,397	$	16,634	67,857
Eliminations and other									(1,356		)
Consolidated									$	66,501