Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales of products	$ 18,015	$ 16,318
Sales of services	2,450	2,575
Total revenues	20,465	18,893
Cost of products	(15,258)	(13,728)
Cost of services	(2,020)	(2,009)
Boeing Capital interest expense	(18)	(19)
Total costs and expenses	(17,296)	(15,756)
Gross profit	3,169	3,137
Income from operating investments, net	59	45
General and administrative expense	(877)	(971)
Research and development expense, net	(809)	(705)
Gain on dispositions, net		22
Earnings from operations	1,542	1,528
Other income, net	9	9
Interest and debt expense	(92)	(99)
Earnings before income taxes	1,459	1,438
Income tax expense	(494)	(332)
Net earnings from continuing operations	965	1,106
Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes
Net earnings	$ 965	$ 1,106
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations	$ 1.30	$ 1.45
Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes
Basic earnings per share	$ 1.30	$ 1.45
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations	$ 1.28	$ 1.44
Net gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes
Diluted earnings per share	$ 1.28	$ 1.44
Cash dividends paid per share	$ 0.73	$ 0.49
Weighted average diluted shares (millions)	754.1	768.7