Ultimate award percentage of the target award for Long term performance plan awards (LTPP).

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Performance metric for Long term performance plan (LTPP) awards: Total shareholder return (TSR) metric percentage weight.

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Performance metric for Long term performance plan (LTPP) awards: Return on investment (ROIC) percentage weight.

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Performance metric for Long term performance plan (LTPP) awards: Free cash flow from continuing operations percentage weight.

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that were forfeited during the reporting period.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Stock-based Compensation Plans (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended			36 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized under stock plans	44,500
Shares available for new awards	8,000
Shares outstanding	2,800
Compensation expense related to nonvested awards not yet recognized	$ 186
Compensation expense related to nonvested awards expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period, years	1 year 6 months
Expense attributable to vesting conditions	$ 171	$ 166	$ 160
Long-Term Performance Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares outstanding	579	584	723		665
Stock-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	3 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	145	117	142
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period	10	24	4
Expense attributable to vesting conditions	$ 37	$ 36	$ 38
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares outstanding	2,389	2,478	2,896		3,294
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	959	774	1,025
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period	166	215	229
Expense attributable to vesting conditions	$ 99	$ 98	$ 94
Raytheon Company 2019 Stock Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized under stock plans	2,700
Employee [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	4 years
Nonemployee Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	1 year
Forcepoint
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized under stock plans	174
Shares available for new awards	29
Expense attributable to vesting conditions	$ 13	$ (1)	$ 13
Forcepoint \| Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares outstanding	24
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	11
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period	8
Forcepoint \| Profits interests [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares outstanding	119
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	37
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Forfeited in Period	34
Forecast [Member] \| Long-Term Performance Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance goals, Return on invested capital, weighted				50.00%
Performance goals, Total Shareholder Return, weighted				25.00%
Performance goals, Cumulative free cash flow, weighted				25.00%
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target Award				0.00%
Forecast [Member] \| Long-Term Performance Plan [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Target Award				200.00%