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Merged Entity, Ownership Percentage

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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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Description of Business (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
Description of Business (Details) $ in Millions	Jun. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2019 USD ($) Segment	Oct. 14, 2018
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| Segment		3
Gain from discontinued operation	$ 234
Gain from discontinued operation, after tax	177
Payment of working capital adjustment related to disposition of business		$ 20
Ownership percentage after merger (percent)			46.00%
Vertex Aerospace [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of business, base sales price	540
Crestview Aerospace and TCS [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on sale of businesses	42
Gain on sale of businesses, after tax	$ 19
Harris Corporation [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ratio of Harris shares received for every L3 common share			1.30
Harris Corporation [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage after merger (percent)			54.00%