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Acquisitions, Dispositions, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Pro Forma Financial Data (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2018
Revenues | $ 18,365,000,000 | $ 15,242,000,000
Operating profit | 2,045,000,000 | 1,928,000,000
Rockwell Collins [Member] |  |
Revenues | 2,300,000,000 |
Operating profit | 264,000,000 |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue | 18,360,000,000 | 17,320,000,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income | $ 1,484,000,000 | $ 1,475,000,000
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Basic | $ 1.74 | $ 1.73
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Earnings Per Share, Diluted | $ 1.72 | $ 1.71
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, Amortization of inventory and fixed asset fair value adjustment | $ 141,000,000 | $ (5,000,000)
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, Amortization of acquired Rockwell Collins intangible assets, net | 0 | (53,000,000)
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, Utilization of contractual customer obligation | 0 | 2,000,000
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, UTC/Rockwell fees for advisory, legal, accounting services | 2,000,000 | 26,000,000
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, Interest expense incurred on acquisition financing, net | 0 | (76,000,000)
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, Elimination of capitalized pre-production engineering amortization | 0 | 14,000,000
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, Adjustment to net periodic pension cost | 0 | 11,000,000
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, Adjustment to reflect the adoption of ASC 606 | 0 | 29,000,000
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustment, Elimination of entities held for sale | (5,000,000) | (7,000,000)
Pro Forma Nonrecurring Adjustments, Net | $ 138,000,000 | $ (59,000,000)

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