ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITUTURES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]	Oct. 31, 2010 Sperian Protection [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Sperian Protection [Member]	Aug. 30, 2009 RMG Regal And Messtechnik Gmbh [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Kings Safetywear Limited [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 EMS Technologies, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 EMS Technologies, Inc. [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 EMS Technologies, Inc. [Member] Aerospace [Member]	Aug. 31, 2011 EMS Technologies, Inc. [Member] Automation and Control Solutions [Member]
Business Combinations Paragraph Details [Line Items]
Business Acquisition Name Of Acquired Entity						Sperian Protection (Sperian)		RMG Group (RMG Regel + Messtechnik GmbH)	King’s Safetywear Limited (KSW)	EMS Technologies, Inc. (EMS)
Business Acquisition Date Of Acquisition Agreement						October 2010		August 2009	December 2011	August 2011
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price			$ 973	$ 1,303	$ 468	$ 1,475		$ 416	$ 331	$ 513
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Amortizable Intangible Assets								174	178	119		89	30
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill Amount						930		225	163	326
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt						(326)			33
Business Acquisition Revenue Reported By Acquired Entity For Last Annual Period							900				355
Useful lives of intangible assets, minimum	2					3		1
Useful lives of intangible assets, maximum	24					20		15
Trade names with indefinite lives	725	613				246			91
Other Intangible Assets Net	$ 2,477	$ 2,537				$ 539