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Amount before tax of gain (loss) not previously recognized resulting from the disposal of a discontinued operation.

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Amount after tax of gain (loss) not previously recognized resulting from the disposal of a discontinued operation.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Description of Business (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Description of Business (Details) $ in Millions	Jun. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Segment	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 14, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments \| Segment										3
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sale of the Crestview Aerospace and TCS businesses										$ 42	$ 0	$ 0
Net sales		$ 2,771	$ 2,519	$ 2,583	$ 2,371	$ 2,574	$ 2,293	$ 2,385	$ 2,321	10,244	9,573	9,210
Merged Entity, Ownership Percentage													46.00%
Vertex Aerospace [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of business, sale price	$ 540			540
Gain on sale of the Crestview Aerospace and TCS businesses				237
Gain on sale of businesses, after tax				180
Gain from discontinued operations, before tax	234
Gain from discontinued operations, after tax	177
Net sales										600	1,400	1,300
Crestview Aerospace and TCS [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sale of the Crestview Aerospace and TCS businesses	42	2	4	48						42	0	0
Gain on sale of businesses, after tax	$ 19	$ 2	$ 4	$ 25
Net sales										$ 64	$ 119	$ 166
Harris Corporation [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Merger, Shares Received, Ratio													1.30
Harris Corporation [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Merged Entity, Ownership Percentage													54.00%