COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES 9 (Details)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Joint Strike Fighter [Member]
Other Matters Paragraph Details 2 [Line Items]
Loss Contingency Request For Information	In 2013 the Company received subpoenas from the Department of Justice requesting information relating primarily to parts manufactured in the United Kingdom and China used in the F-35 fighter jet. In May 2017, Honeywell received a declination letter from the Department of Justice stating that it would not pursue any criminal prosecution of the Company or its employees. This matter is now fully resolved.

Describes the type of information that the parties to the litigation have sought or provided, and when it was provided.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14435-108349

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