Note 17: Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Equity Units [Member]
Equity Units [Line Items]
Date of Issuance	June 18, 2012
Goodrich Corporation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition Revenue Reported By Acquired Entity For Last Annual Period		$ 8,100,000,000
Business Acquisition Cash Paid Per Share	$ 127.50
Business Acquisition Cost Of Acquired Entity Purchase Price	18,200,000,000
Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisition, Debt Assumed	1,700,000,000
Goodrich Corporation [Member] | Term Loan [Member]
Short Term Debt [Line Items]
Agreement Date	April 24, 2012
Loan Maximum Borrowing Capacity	2,000,000,000
Sale [Member] | Rocketdyne [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Date	Jul. 23, 2012
Subsequent Event, Description	agreement to sell Rocketdyne to GenCorp
Subsequent Event, Amount	550,000,000
Sale [Member] | Hamilton Sundstrand Industrials [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Date	Jul. 25, 2012
Subsequent Event, Description	agreement to sell the Hamilton Sundstrand Industrial businesses to BC Partners and The Carlyle Group
Subsequent Event, Amount	3,460,000,000
Acquisition [Member] | Goodrich [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Date	Jul. 26, 2012
Subsequent Event, Description	completed the acquisition of Goodrich
Financing [Member] | Goodrich [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Description	To finance the cash consideration for the Goodrich acquisition and pay related fees, expenses and other amounts due and payable, we utilized the previously disclosed net proceeds of approximately $9.7 billion from the $9.8 billion of long-term notes issued on June 1, 2012 and the net proceeds of approximately $1.1 billion from the Equity Units issued on June 18, 2012, as well as $3.2 billion from the issuance of commercial paper during July 2012 and $2.0 billion of proceeds borrowed on our April 24, 2012 term loan credit agreement on July 26, 2012. For the remainder of the cash consideration, we also utilized approximately $0.5 billion of cash and cash equivalents generated from operating activities. On July 26, 2012 we terminated our bridge credit agreement entered into on November 8, 2011 after completing the Goodrich acquisition financing.
Issuance of Debt [Member] | Goodrich [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Amount	9,800,000,000
Issuance of Equity [Member] | Goodrich [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Amount	1,100,000,000
Issuance of Commercial Paper [Member] | Goodrich [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Amount	3,200,000,000
Cash and Cash Equivalents From Operating Activities Utilized [Member] | Goodrich [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Amount	500,000,000
Utilization of Previously Issued Debt [Member] | Goodrich [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event, Amount	$ 9,700,000,000