Segment Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

	Net Sales						Operating Profits
(dollars in millions)	2019		2018		2017		2019		2018		2017
Otis	$	13,113	$	12,904	$	12,341	$	1,948	$	1,915	$	2,002
Carrier	18,608		18,922		17,812		2,697		3,777		3,165
Pratt & Whitney	20,892		19,397		16,160		1,668		1,269		1,300
Collins Aerospace Systems	26,028		16,634		14,691		4,100		2,303		2,191
Total segment	78,641		67,857		61,004		10,413		9,264		8,658
Eliminations and other	(1,595)		(1,356)		(1,167)		(932)		(236)		(81)
General corporate expenses	—		—		—		(515)		(475)		(439)
Consolidated	$	77,046	$	66,501	$	59,837	$	8,966	$	8,553	$	8,138

	Total Assets						Capital Expenditures						Depreciation & Amortization
(dollars in millions)	2019		2018		2017		2019		2018		2017		2019		2018		2017
Otis	$	9,973	$	9,374	$	9,421	$	145	$	172	$	133	$	337	$	190	$	177
Carrier	22,789		22,189		22,657		243		263		326		513		357		372
Pratt & Whitney	31,271		29,341		26,768		822		866		923		980		852		672
Collins Aerospace Systems	74,049		73,115		34,567		959		515		527		1,749		883		823
Total segment	138,082		134,019		93,413		2,169		1,816		1,909		3,579		2,282		2,044
Eliminations and other	1,634		192		3,507		87		86		105		204		151		96
Consolidated	$	139,716	$	134,211	$	96,920	$	2,256	$	1,902	$	2,014	$	3,783	$	2,433	$	2,140

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)	2019		2018		2017		2019		2018		2017		2019		2018		2017
United States Operations	$	48,288	$	39,481	$	33,912	$	5,505	$	4,941	$	4,126	$	7,498	$	7,111	$	5,323
International Operations
Europe	13,664		12,857		11,879		2,476		2,141		1,959		1,889		1,908		1,817
Asia Pacific	9,391		8,847		8,770		1,662		1,476		1,491		1,359		1,349		1,113
Other	7,298		6,672		6,443		770		706		1,082		1,412		1,363		1,389
Eliminations and other	(1,595)		(1,356)		(1,167)		(1,447)		(711)		(520)		597		566		544
Consolidated	$	77,046	$	66,501	$	59,837	$	8,966	$	8,553	$	8,138	$	12,755	$	12,297	$	10,186

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

(dollars in millions)	2019		2018		2017
Pratt & Whitney	$	5,614	$	4,489	$	3,347
Collins Aerospace Systems	4,802		2,779		2,299
Other	227		175		152
Total	$	10,643	$	7,443	$	5,798

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

(dollars in millions)	2019		2018		2017
Europe	$	7,122	$	6,285	$	5,273
Asia Pacific	6,479		5,429		3,634
Other	3,847		2,514		2,217
Total	$	17,448	$	14,228	$	11,124

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

Sales by primary geographical market for the year ended December 31, 2019 is as follows:

(dollars in millions)	Otis		Carrier		Pratt & Whitney		Collins Aerospace Systems		Total
Primary Geographical Markets
United States	$	3,589	$	9,574	$	16,148	$	18,977	$	48,288
Europe	3,919		5,326		498		3,921		13,664
Asia Pacific	4,591		2,811		1,164		825		9,391
Other*	1,014		897		3,082		2,305		7,298
Total segment	$	13,113	$	18,608	$	20,892	$	26,028	$	78,641
Eliminations and other									(1,595)
Consolidated									$	77,046

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

for the year ended December 31, 2019 are as follows:

(dollars in millions)	Otis		Carrier		Pratt & Whitney		Collins Aerospace Systems		Total
Product Type
Commercial and industrial, non aerospace	$	13,113	$	18,608	$	102	$	51	$	31,874
Commercial aerospace	—		—		14,516		19,005		33,521
Military aerospace	—		—		6,274		6,972		13,246
Total segment	$	13,113	$	18,608	$	20,892	$	26,028	$	78,641
Eliminations and other									(1,595)
Consolidated									$	77,046
Sales Type
Product	$	5,669	$	15,360	$	12,977	$	21,440	$	55,446
Service	7,444		3,248		7,915		4,588		23,195
Total segment	$	13,113	$	18,608	$	20,892	$	26,028	$	78,641
Eliminations and other									(1,595)
Consolidated									$	77,046