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Business Combination Acquisition Related Costs Related To Retirement Benefit

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Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs, Special One Time Termination Benefits

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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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Indicates line item in statement of income or comprehensive income that includes environmental remediation expense.

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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OTHER COSTS AND EXPENSES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
OTHER COSTS AND EXPENSES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022	Oct. 01, 2022	Jul. 02, 2022	Apr. 02, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Oct. 02, 2021	Jul. 03, 2021	Apr. 03, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Jan. 02, 2021
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Environmental remediation expense, statement of income or comprehensive income									Other, net
Pre-tax acquisition charges	$ 54.0	$ 119.0	$ 248.0	$ 221.0	$ 104.0	$ 33.0	$ 33.0	$ 24.0	$ 642.0	$ 194.0
Business combination acquisition related costs related to retirement benefit											$ 14.1
Research and development costs									357.4	276.3	200.0
Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing (CAM)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Special termination benefits cost									7.1
Unamortized loss on cash flow swap termination											19.6
Release of contingent consideration liability											55.3
COVID-19
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs											185.0
Other Expense
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pre-tax acquisition charges									$ 9.8	$ 24.2	$ 27.4