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Revenue Recognition Contract Asset & Liability (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Contract Asset and Liability [Abstract] |
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block] | Contract Assets and Liabilities. Contract assets reflect revenue recognized and performance obligations satisfied in advance of customer billing. Contract liabilities relate to payments received in advance of the satisfaction of performance under the contract. We receive payments from customers based on the terms established in our contracts. Total contract assets and contract liabilities as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:
(dollars in millions) | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Contract assets, current | $ | 4,316 |  |  | $ | 3,486 |
Contract assets, noncurrent (included within Other assets) | 1,364 |  |  | 1,142 |
Total contract assets | 5,680 |  |  | 4,628 |
Contract liabilities, current | (6,233 | ) |  | (5,720 | )
Contract liabilities, noncurrent (included within Other long-term liabilities) | (5,417 | ) |  | (5,069 | )
Total contract liabilities | (11,650 | ) |  | (10,789 | )
Net contract liabilities | $ | (5,970 | ) |  | $ | (6,161 | )
Contract assets increased $1,052 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 due to revenue recognition in excess of customer billings, primarily on Pratt & Whitney military and commercial aftermarket service agreements and various programs at Collins Aerospace Systems. Contract liabilities increased $861 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 primarily due to customer billings in excess of revenue recognized on Pratt & Whitney commercial aftermarket service agreements, at Collins Aerospace Systems across various programs, and on Otis maintenance contracts. We recognized revenue of $4.1 billion during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 related to contract liabilities as of December 31, 2018.

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