Segment Information (Unaudited) (Details 1) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment	3
Sales	$ 6,267	$ 5,956
Operating income	832	739
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income	726	701
Operating Segments [Member] \| Aerospace Systems [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	2,898	2,574
Operating income	312	286
Operating Segments [Member] \| Mission Systems [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	2,739	2,693
Operating income	353	353
Operating Segments [Member] \| Technology Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	1,194	1,214
Operating income	131	126
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	564	525
Operating income	70	64
Net FAS/CAS pension adjustment Income (Expense) [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income	136	74
Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income	(29)	(33)
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income	$ (1)	$ (3)

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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