Arrangements With Off-Balance Sheet Risk (Third Party Guarantees) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Contingent Repurchase Commitments
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Potential Payments	$ 1,480	$ 1,570
Estimated Proceeds from Collateral or Recourse	1,480	1,570
Carrying Amount of Liabilities
Credit Guarantee
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Potential Payments	90	92
Estimated Proceeds from Collateral or Recourse	33	36
Carrying Amount of Liabilities	24	16
ULA \| Contributed Delta Program Launch Inventory
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Potential Payments	30	30
ULA \| Contract Pricing
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Potential Payments	$ 34	34
ULA \| Other Delta Contracts
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Maximum Potential Payments		317
Carrying Amount of Liabilities		$ 48

Indicates, if estimable, the approximate extent to which recourse provisions or proceeds from liquidation of any assets held either as collateral or by third parties would be expected to cover the maximum potential amount of future payments under the guarantee (or each group of similar guarantees).

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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