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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is intended to help the reader understand our results of operations and financial condition. The MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our consolidated financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements herein and with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (2025 Form 10-K).
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
We are a global aerospace and defense technology company that builds and sustains the solutions America and its allies need to deter conflict and advance national security and scientific exploration objectives. Our four business areas – Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space – work as one company offering integrated solutions, at scale, across all warfighting domains. Our defense, space, intelligence, homeland security, information technology, and cybersecurity capabilities serve U.S. and international customers in defense, civil and commercial applications. Our principal customers are agencies of the U.S. Government and allies. During the quarter ended March 29, 2026, 69% of our $18.0 billion in sales were from the U.S. Government, either as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor (including 59% from U.S. Department of War (DoW), also known as the Department of Defense under 10 U.S.C. § 111(a)), and 31% were from international customers (including foreign military sales (FMS) contracted through the U.S. Government).
Global Security
We operate in a complex and evolving global security environment. Conflicts or tensions in areas such as the Middle East, Europe, and the Pacific region have heightened tensions and highlighted security requirements globally, including in these regions as well as the U.S. Although these tensions and conflicts may drive interest in specific products or services as countries seek to improve their security posture, our business primarily operates on a long-cycle basis. As a result, the U.S. Government has been broadly focused on increasing industry capacity to meet long-term demand. We continue to work with the U.S. Government, international partners, and our supply chain to increase capacity and enhance our ability to scale our operations to meet potential demand, deliver critical capabilities, and replenish depleted U.S. and allied stockpiles of products that have been consumed over the past several years.
Global Economic and Geopolitical Environment
Our business and financial performance are impacted by a combination of macroeconomic factors, such as inflationary pressures, impacts from technological change, and market volatility, as well as operational challenges, including supply chain delays and disruptions, and workforce challenges and labor shortfalls. These factors have contributed, and may continue to contribute, to increased costs, delays, disruptions and other performance challenges, as well as competing demands for limited resources to address such increased costs and other challenges, for our company, our suppliers and partners, and our customers.
We have experienced, and continue to experience, supply chain challenges, including supplier shortages and performance issues. While on-time deliveries are stable, pressures remain in certain areas, and we are proactively working with our suppliers to meet our contract commitments. In addition, macroeconomic conditions including elevated levels of inflation present risks for us, our suppliers and the stability of the broader defense industrial base. Supply chain challenges, including both the availability and cost of goods, may be further impacted due to the imposition of tariffs and the availability of raw materials including rare earth minerals. If we experience significant supply chain issues or high rates of inflation, and are unable to successfully mitigate the impact, our future profits, margins and cash flows, particularly for existing fixed-price contracts, may be adversely affected. We remain committed to our ongoing efforts to increase the efficiency of our operations and improve the cost competitiveness and affordability of our products and services, which may, in part, offset cost increases from inflation.
Certain materials and component parts that go into making our products are imported into the U.S. and are subject to tariffs, sanctions, embargoes, export and import controls, and other trade restrictions. Changes in trade policies, including tariffs and other restrictions, may affect the cost or availability of certain materials and components. While we continue to monitor these developments and pursue mitigation strategies where appropriate, excluding the near-term cash flow impact, we do not currently expect existing tariffs to have a material long-term impact on our results of operations.
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Significant changes in tax, trade, or other policies either in the U.S. or other countries, as well as any fluctuation in foreign exchange rates as a result of such activity, could materially increase our tax burden, the price we pay for materials and component parts, the price our customers pay, and result in delays in products received or non-delivery from our suppliers as well as impact the availability of materials (including rare earth minerals), which could materially impact our business and financial results.
In addition, recent government actions relating to rare earth minerals that are used in certain of our products have raised concerns about supply availability. We are monitoring the rare earth minerals supply chain and maintaining active engagement with our suppliers as the regulatory landscape evolves. If we are unable to successfully mitigate disruptions to the availability of rare earth minerals, our future profits, margins and cash flows may be adversely affected.
For additional risks to the company related to the geopolitical and economic environment, see Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our 2025 Form 10-K.
U.S. Government Budget Environment
Our primary customer is the U.S. Government, from which we derived 69% of our sales during the quarter ended March 29, 2026, including 59% from the DoW. Funding for U.S. Government programs is subject to a variety of factors that can affect our business, including the Administration’s budget requests and procurement priorities and policies, annual congressional budget authorization and appropriation processes, and other U.S. Government domestic and international priorities. U.S. Government spending levels, particularly defense spending, and timely funding thereof can affect our financial performance over the short and long term.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2026 was signed into law on December 18, 2025. This legislation authorizes $901 billion for Defense. On February 3, 2026, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 funding the DoW through the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2026. This legislation provides $839.2 billion in funding for the DoW representing an $8.4 billion increase over the topline in the President’s DoW Budget Request. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Tax Act) was signed by the President on July 4, 2025. The bill provides more than $150 billion in mandatory funding for the DoW available until September 30, 2029.
On April 3, 2026, the Administration released the FY 2027 Defense topline request. The FY 2027 proposal seeks a historic $1.5 trillion defense budget, driven by a large discretionary base request and an additional $350 billion of mandatory funding through reconciliation. It emphasizes a $760 billion weapons‑procurement and modernization effort—highlighting commitment to munitions framework deals, Golden Dome missile defense, a major shipbuilding program, and an increase in F‑35 purchases. The approach is reliant upon Congress to pass a second reconciliation bill. We will continue to monitor the FY 2027 budget cycle as additional information is released.
Despite the Administration indicating their desire for a significant increase in defense spending in FY 2027, we anticipate the federal budget, additional potential tax law changes, and regulatory environment will continue to be subject to debate and compromise shaped by, among other things, the Administration and Congress, heightened political tensions, the global security environment, inflationary pressures, and macroeconomic conditions. The result may be shifting funding priorities, which could have material impacts on defense spending broadly and our programs. Additionally, the Administration continues to take steps to evaluate government-wide and defense-specific staffing and procurement, which includes assessing mission priorities, procurement methods, program performance, and other factors and then potentially taking action based on those assessments. Those actions remain uncertain and could result in impacts to both our current and future business prospects and financial performance.
See also the discussion of U.S. Government funding risks, in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our 2025 Form 10-K.
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CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Our operating cycle is primarily long-term and involves many types of contracts for the design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of products and related activities with varying delivery schedules. Additionally, we close our books and records on the last Sunday of each month, except for the month of December, as our fiscal year ends on December 31, to align our financial closing with our business processes. Because of this, the number of weeks in a reporting quarter may vary slightly during the year and for comparable prior year periods. Consequently, the results of operations of a particular year, or year-to-year comparisons of sales and profits, may not be indicative of future operating results. The following discussions of comparative results should be reviewed in this context. All per share amounts cited in these discussions are presented on a “per diluted share” basis, unless otherwise noted.
Our consolidated results of operations were as follows (in millions, except per share data):
| Quarters Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | $ | 18,021 | $ | 17,963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating costs and expenses | (15,943) | (15,640) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 2,078 | 2,323 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other (expense) income, net | (15) | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | 2,063 | 2,372 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (269) | (268) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-service FAS pension expense | (80) | (98) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other non-operating income, net | 60 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earnings before income taxes | 1,774 | 2,036 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | (286) | (324) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net earnings | $ | 1,488 | $ | 1,712 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per common share | $ | 6.44 | $ | 7.28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Certain amounts reported in other income, net, including our share of earnings or losses from equity method investees, are included in the operating profit of our business segments. Accordingly, such amounts are included in the discussion of our business segment results of operations.
Sales and Operating Costs and Expenses
We generate sales from the delivery of products and services to our customers. Substantially all of our contracts are accounted for using the percentage-of-completion cost-to-cost method. Under the percentage-of-completion cost-to-cost method, we record sales on contracts over time based upon our progress towards completion on a particular contract, generally using a cost-to-cost measure, as well as our estimate of the profit to be earned at completion.
Operating costs and expenses, for both products and services, consist of materials, labor, subcontracting costs and an allocation of indirect costs (overhead and general and administrative), as well as the costs to fulfill our industrial cooperation agreements, sometimes referred to as offset agreements, required under certain contracts with international customers. For each of our contracts, we monitor the nature and amount of costs at the contract level, which form the basis for estimating our total costs to complete the contract.
Except for potential impacts to our programs resulting from supply chain disruptions, inflation, and tariffs, we have not identified any additional developing trends in operating costs and expenses for products and services that could have a material impact on our future operations.
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Our consolidated sales and operating costs and expenses were as follows (in millions):
| Quarters Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Products | $ | 14,831 | $ | 14,936 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| % of total sales | 82.3 | % | 83.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | 3,190 | 3,027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| % of total sales | 17.7 | % | 16.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total sales | $ | 18,021 | $ | 17,963 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating costs and expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Products | $ | (13,398) | $ | (13,284) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| % of product sales | 90.3 | % | 88.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | (2,784) | (2,640) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| % of service sales | 87.3 | % | 87.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other unallocated, net | 239 | 284 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating costs and expenses | $ | (15,943) | $ | (15,640) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Product Sales and Costs
Product sales during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 decreased $105 million, or 1%, compared to the same period in 2025. Lower product sales of approximately $325 million at RMS and $240 million at Aeronautics were offset by higher product sales of $305 million at MFC and $155 million at Space. Lower product sales at RMS were due to lower volume on radar and CH-53K programs. Lower product sales at Aeronautics were due to lower volume on classified programs. Higher product sales at MFC were due to production ramp-up on PAC-3 contracts, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) and Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) programs. Higher product sales at Space were due to higher volume on Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) programs.
Product costs during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 increased $114 million, or 1%, compared to the same period in 2025. Higher product costs of approximately of $255 million at MFC and $245 million at Space were offset by lower product costs of $245 million at RMS and $140 million at Aeronautics. These changes reflected production ramp-up at MFC, higher volume at Space and lower volumes at RMS and Aeronautics, as described above.
Service Sales and Costs
Service sales during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 increased $163 million, or 5%, compared to the same period in 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to due to higher service sales of approximately $135 million at Aeronautics as a result of higher volume on the F-35 sustainment contracts.
Service costs during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 increased $144 million, or 5%, compared to the same period in 2025. The increase was primarily attributable to higher service costs of approximately $140 million at Aeronautics, which is consistent with the higher service sales as described above.
Other Unallocated, Net
Other unallocated, net primarily includes the FAS/CAS pension operating adjustment (which represents the difference between total CAS pension cost recorded in our business segments’ results of operations and the service cost component of FAS pension expense), stock-based compensation expense, changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities for deferred compensation plans, significant severance charges, significant asset impairments, intangible asset amortization expense, and other miscellaneous corporate activities. These items are not allocated to the business segments and, therefore, are not allocated to operating costs and expenses for products or services. Other unallocated, net reduced operating expenses by $239 million and $284 million during the quarters ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025. The fluctuations in other unallocated, net were due to costs associated with various corporate items, none of which were individually significant.
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Other (Expense) Income, Net
Other expense, net was $15 million during the quarter ended March 29, 2026, compared to other income, net of $49 million during the quarter ended March 30, 2025. Other (expense) income, net, primarily includes earnings generated by equity method investees, as well as gains or losses for acquisitions, divestitures, and other items, none of which are individually significant. The decrease in other expense (income), net resulted primarily from an intellectual property license arrangement during the quarter ended March 30, 2025.
Non-service FAS Pension Expense
Non-service FAS pension expense was $80 million and $98 million during the quarters ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025. See “Note 6 - Retirement Benefits” included in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Other Non-operating Income, net
Other non-operating income, net primarily includes gains or losses related to adjustments in valuation of early-stage company investments or gains or losses upon the sale of these investments and interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents. Other non-operating income, net was $60 million and $30 million during the quarters ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025. See “Note 8 - Fair Value Measurements” included in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Income Tax Expense
Our effective income tax rates were 16.1% and 15.9% for the quarters ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025. The rates for all periods benefited from the tax deductions for foreign derived deduction eligible income (formerly known as foreign derived intangible income), research and development tax credits, dividends paid to our defined contribution plans with an employee stock ownership plan feature and employee equity awards.
Changes in U.S. (federal or state) or foreign tax laws and regulations, or their interpretation and application (including those with retroactive effect), could significantly impact our provision for income taxes, the amount of taxes payable, our deferred tax asset and liability balances, and stockholders’ equity. In addition to future changes in tax laws, the amount of net deferred tax assets will change periodically based on several factors, including the measurement of our retirement benefit obligations, actual cash contributions to our retirement benefit plans and the change in the amount or reevaluation of uncertain tax positions.
On July 4, 2025, the President signed into law the Tax Act. Key provisions included the permanent reinstatement of immediate expensing for domestic research expenditures, the restoration of full expensing for qualified machinery, equipment and other short-lived assets, and several modifications to existing corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) and international tax provisions. On February 18, 2026, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued Notice 2026-7 (the Notice) providing additional interim guidance regarding the application of the CAMT. We are continuing to evaluate the impacts of the Tax Act and the Notice and there could be additional impacts to our financial results or cash flows.
We are regularly under audit or examination by tax authorities, including U.S. and foreign tax authorities (Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, the United Kingdom, and other countries). The final resolution of tax audits and any related administrative reviews or litigation could result in unanticipated increases in our tax expense and changes to the timing of tax payments, which could affect profitability and cash flows for any particular reporting period. These increases or changes could have a material impact on financial condition and results of operations in such period.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has a framework to implement a global minimum corporate tax of 15% for companies with global revenue and profits above certain thresholds (referred to as Pillar 2). Although the U.S. has not enacted legislation to implement Pillar 2, certain countries in which we operate have adopted legislation, and other countries are in the process of introducing legislation to implement Pillar 2. The OECD issued new administrative guidance on January 5, 2026, with respect to Pillar 2 which modifies key aspects of the framework for countries to enact in their own laws. This new guidance reaffirms we do not expect Pillar 2 to have a material impact on our effective tax rate or our financial results or cash flows.
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Net Earnings
We reported net earnings of $1.5 billion ($6.44 per share) and and $1.7 billion ($7.28 per share) during the quarters ended March 29, 2026 and March 30, 2025. Net earnings and earnings per share for the quarter ended March 29, 2026 were affected by the factors mentioned above. Earnings per share also benefited from a net decrease of approximately 4.2 million weighted average common shares outstanding during the quarter ended March 29, 2026, compared to the same period in 2025. The reduction in weighted average common shares was a result of share repurchases in 2025, but none during the quarter ended March 29, 2026, partially offset by share issuances under our stock-based awards and certain defined contribution plans.
BUSINESS SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Our operations are organized into four business segments, which also comprise our reportable segments: Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control (MFC), Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) and Space. We generally organize our business segments based on the nature of products and services offered.
Business segment operating profit excludes the FAS/CAS pension operating adjustment, a portion of corporate costs not considered allowable or allocable to contracts with the U.S. Government under the applicable U.S. Government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) or federal acquisition regulations (FAR), and other items not considered part of management’s evaluation of segment operating performance. See “Note 3 - Information on Business Segments – Unallocated Items” included in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Sales and operating profit for each of our business segments were as follows (in millions):
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| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aeronautics | $ | 6,953 | $ | 7,057 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missiles and Fire Control | 3,649 | 3,373 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rotary and Mission Systems | 3,991 | 4,328 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Space | 3,428 | 3,205 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total sales | $ | 18,021 | $ | 17,963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aeronautics | $ | 619 | $ | 720 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missiles and Fire Control | 500 | 465 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rotary and Mission Systems | 423 | 521 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Space | 281 | 379 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total business segment operating profit | 1,823 | 2,085 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unallocated items | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FAS/CAS pension operating adjustment | 421 | 379 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intangible asset amortization expense | (50) | (64) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other, net | (131) | (28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total unallocated items | 240 | 287 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total consolidated operating profit | $ | 2,063 | $ | 2,372 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Management evaluates performance on our contracts by focusing on sales and operating profit and not by type or amount of operating expense. Consequently, our discussion of business segment performance focuses on sales and operating profit, consistent with our approach for managing the business. This approach is consistent throughout the life cycle of our contracts, as management assesses the bidding of each contract by focusing on sales and operating profit and monitors performance on our contracts in a similar manner through their completion. This method and assumptions used to evaluate contracts and recognize revenue, including the use of percentage-of-completion accounting for contracts with continuous transfer of control to the customer, are consistent with those described in our 2025 Form 10-K under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”. Additionally, for updates related to fixed-price contracts, see “Note 10 - Other” included in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Changes in sales and operating profit generally are expressed in terms of volume, contract mix, and/or performance (referred to as profit booking rate adjustments). Changes in volume refer to increases or decreases in sales or operating profit resulting from varying production activity levels, deliveries or service levels on individual contracts. Volume changes in segment operating profit are typically based on the current profit booking rate for a particular contract. Contract mix primarily refers to changes in the ratio of contract type or life cycle (e.g., cost-type, fixed-price, development, production and/or sustainment) and other cost recoveries.
Comparability of our segment sales, operating profit and operating margin may be impacted favorably or unfavorably by changes in profit booking rates on our contracts, see “Note 10 - Other” included in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
The following table presents the effect of our consolidated net profit booking rate adjustments on segment operating profit (in millions):
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| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aeronautics | $ | 15 | $ | 110 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missiles and Fire Control | 135 | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rotary and Mission Systems | 35 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Space | 30 | 155 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total net adjustments to segment operating profit | $ | 215 | $ | 480 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During the quarter ended March 29, 2026, we recorded unfavorable profit adjustments of $125 million on the F-16 program as a result of production performance and development delays, $85 million on the C-130 program as a result of continued diminishing manufacturing source integration challenges and associated delivery delays, and $130 million of favorable profit adjustment on the F-35 program. During the quarter ended March 30, 2025, we recorded $185 million of adjustments resulting from favorable performance upon completion on certain commercial civil space programs at our Space business segment and a classified program at our Aeronautics business segment.
There are certain programs where there is a risk of additional losses, including Aeronautics, MFC and RMS business segments. For further discussion regarding the losses recognized on these programs, including factors that could contribute to potential future losses, see “Note 10 - Other” included in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Aeronautics
Summary operating results for our Aeronautics business segment were as follows (in millions):
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| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | $ | 6,953 | $ | 7,057 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | 619 | 720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating margin | 8.9 | % | 10.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aeronautics’ sales during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 decreased $104 million, or 1%, compared to the same period in 2025. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower sales of approximately $325 million on classified programs due to lower volume; and approximately $145 million for the F-16 program due to the sales impact of unfavorable profit adjustments recognized in first quarter of 2026 and lower production volume. These decreases were partially offset by higher sales of approximately $325 million for the F-35 program due to higher volume on sustainment contracts.
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Aeronautics’ operating profit during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 decreased $101 million, or 14%, compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to a $95 million decrease in profit booking rate adjustments. This decrease in profit book rate adjustments reflects $125 million of unfavorable profit adjustments on the F-16 program as a result of production performance and development delays; $55 million of net unfavorable profit adjustments on the C-130 program as a result of continued diminishing manufacturing source integration challenges and associated delivery delays; and the absence of an $80 million adjustment that occurred in the quarter ended March 30, 2025 resulting from favorable performance at completion on a classified program. These decreases in profit booking rate adjustments were partially offset by $130 million of higher favorable profit adjustments on the F-35 program.
Additionally, during the first quarter of 2026, we delivered 32 F-35 aircraft. Since the program inception through March 29, 2026, we delivered 1,325 production F-35 aircraft, including 948 F-35A variants, 245 F-35B variants and 132 F-35C variants, and our backlog as of that date was 336 aircraft.
Missiles and Fire Control
Summary operating results for our MFC business segment were as follows (in millions):
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| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | $ | 3,649 | $ | 3,373 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | 500 | 465 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating margin | 13.7 | % | 13.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MFC’s sales during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 increased $276 million, or 8%, compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was primarily attributable to production ramp-up of $190 million at integrated air and missile defense programs (existing contracts on PAC-3) and $75 million at tactical and strike missile programs (JASSM, LRASM and PrSM).
MFC’s operating profit during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 increased $35 million, or 8%, compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was primarily attributable to higher sales volume previously described.
Rotary and Mission Systems
Effective January 2026, the Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors (IWSS) and C6ISR lines of business within RMS were restructured and renamed Sensors, Effectors & Mission Systems (SEMS) and Mission Integrated Command and Control (MIC2). This includes realignment of various programs, such as Aegis and River-Class Destroyer (RCD) moving from what was historically IWSS to MIC2, which more closely aligns with C6ISR. SEMS and MIC2 will therefore incorporate an updated mix of existing program portfolios designed to accelerate mission‑focused solutions and enhance our customers’ experience.
Summary operating results for our RMS business segment were as follows (in millions):
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| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | $ | 3,991 | $ | 4,328 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | 423 | 521 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating margin | 10.6 | % | 12.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RMS’ sales during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 decreased $337 million, or 8%, compared to the same period in 2025. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower net sales of $170 million on SEMS programs due to lower volume on radar programs; and $110 million on Sikorsky helicopter programs (CH-53K, Seahawk and Black Hawk) primarily due to lower volume and the sales impact of unfavorable profit adjustments recognized in the quarter ended March 29, 2026.
RMS’ operating profit during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 decreased $98 million, or 19%, compared to the same period in 2025. This was primarily attributable to a $50 million decrease in profit booking rate adjustments largely
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driven by unfavorable profit adjustments on the CH-53K and Seahawk programs; and the absence of a $50 million cost recovery related to an intellectual property license arrangement that occurred in the quarter ended March 30, 2025.
Space
Summary operating results for our Space business segment were as follows (in millions):
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| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales | $ | 3,428 | $ | 3,205 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating profit | 281 | 379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating margin | 8.2 | % | 11.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Space’s sales during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 increased $223 million, or 7%, compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was primarily attributable to higher sales volume of $245 million for strategic and missile defense programs on the FBM and Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) programs.
Space’s operating profit during the quarter ended March 29, 2026 decreased $98 million, or 26%, compared to the same period in 2025. This decrease was primarily attributable to a $125 million decrease in profit booking rate adjustments driven by favorable performance at completion on certain commercial civil space programs for the quarter ended March 30, 2025; partially offset by an increase from higher sales volume previously described.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
Liquidity and Capital Resources
At March 29, 2026, we had cash and cash equivalents of $1.9 billion that was generally available to fund ordinary business operations without significant legal, regulatory or other restrictions. Our principal source of liquidity is our cash from operations and access to credit markets. Access to credit markets includes our revolving credit facilities, including the ability to issue commercial paper. We may, as conditions warrant, issue commercial paper backed by our revolving credit facility to manage the timing of cash flows. There were no borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facilities or the commercial paper program at March 29, 2026 or December 31, 2025.
Cash received from customers is our primary source of cash from operations. However, from time to time, we fund customer programs ourselves pending government appropriations or prior to contract award. If we incur costs in excess of funds obligated on the contract or in advance of a contract award, this negatively affects our cash flows, and we may be at risk for reimbursement of the excess costs. In addition, when estimates of total costs to be incurred on a contract exceed total estimates of the transaction price, a provision for the entire loss is determined at the contract level and is recorded in the period in which the loss is evident, which we refer to as a reach-forward loss. These reach-forward losses do not have an immediate cash flow impact, but as future costs are incurred on these contracts, these losses will negatively impact cash flows over the remaining period of performance.
Increases in costs due to tariffs may impact our cash flows, as we may not be able to fully recover these costs, and even if recovery is possible, it may not occur in the same period as the incurred costs. See “Business Overview” discussion above.
Billing timetables and payment terms on our contracts vary based on a number of factors, including the contract type. We generally bill and collect cash more frequently under cost-reimbursable contracts, which represented approximately 42% of the sales we recorded during the quarter ended March 29, 2026, as we are authorized to bill as the costs are incurred. A number of our fixed-price contracts may provide for performance-based payments, which allow us to bill and collect cash as we perform on the contract as we achieve milestones. The amounts of performance-based payments and the related milestones are determined in the negotiation of each contract. The timing of such payments may differ from the timing of the costs incurred related to our contract performance, thereby affecting our cash flows.
The U.S. Government has indicated that it would consider progress payments as the baseline for negotiating payment terms on fixed-price contracts, rather than performance-based payments. In contrast to negotiated performance-based payment terms, progress payment provisions correspond to a percentage of the amount of costs incurred during
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the performance of the contract and are invoiced regularly as costs are incurred. Our cash flows may be affected if the U.S. Government changes its payment policies. The U.S. Government from time to time withholds payments on certain of our billings based on contract terms or regulatory provisions. Ultimately, the impact of policy changes or withholding payments may delay the receipt of cash, but the cumulative amount of cash collected during the life of the contract should not vary due to these items.
We seek to maintain a disciplined and dynamic cash deployment strategy to invest in our business and key technologies to provide our customers with enhanced capabilities, enhance stockholder value, and position ourselves to take advantage of new business opportunities when they arise. Consistent with that strategy, we have continued to invest in our business and technologies through capital expenditures, independent research and development, and selective business acquisitions and investments. As we implement our digital and business transformation, which includes implementation of new systems, the timing of certain of our cash flows may be temporarily impacted within a calendar year.
We continue to actively manage our debt levels, including maturities and interest rates. We seek to finance our business in a manner that preserves financial flexibility while minimizing borrowing costs to the extent practicable. We review changes in financial market and economic conditions to manage the types, amounts and maturities of our indebtedness. We may at times refinance existing indebtedness, vary our mix of variable-rate and fixed-rate debt or seek alternative financing sources or arrangements for our cash and operational needs.
We also actively manage our pension obligations and expect to continue to opportunistically manage our pension obligations through additional contributions at our discretion, the purchase of group annuity contracts or other actions for portions of our outstanding defined benefit pension obligations using assets from the pension trust. See “Note 6 - Retirement Benefits” included in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
The following table provides a summary of our cash flow information followed by a discussion of the key elements (in millions):
| Quarters Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
| March 29, 2026 | March 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | $ | 4,121 | $ | 2,483 | |||||||||||||||
| Operating activities | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net earnings | 1,488 | 1,712 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noncash adjustments | 642 | ||||||||||||||||||
Next expected filings
- ~2026-07-22 10-Q expected by 2026-08-08 (in 82 days)
- ~2026-10-21 10-Q expected by 2026-11-07 (in 173 days)
- ~2027-01-28 10-K expected by 2027-03-01 (in 272 days)
- ~2027-04-23 10-Q expected by 2027-05-10 (in 357 days)
Predicted from historical filing cadence; not an SEC commitment.
Recent SEC filings
- 2026-04-23 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2026-04-23 10-Q Quarterly Report
- 2026-01-29 10-K Annual Report
- 2026-01-29 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-12-18 8-K Other Events
- 2025-12-09 8-K Material Agreement Entered; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-10-21 10-Q Quarterly Report
- 2025-10-21 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-08-29 8-K Material Agreement Entered; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-07-28 8-K Other Events; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-07-22 10-Q Quarterly Report
- 2025-07-22 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-04-22 10-Q Quarterly Report
- 2025-04-22 8-K Earnings Release; Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 2025-04-17 8-K Officer/Director Change