Company: BA
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-047023
Chunk: 50

Company: BOEING CO
Filing Date: 2025-10-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 50
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 unfavorable cumulative contract catch-up adjustments which were $2,362 million lower than the comparable period in the prior year. Higher volume also contributed to the comparative earnings increase. During the third quarter of 2024, losses incurred on the five major fixed-price development programs totaled $2,036 million. In addition, earnings in 2024 were adversely impacted by lower earnings on several programs including fighters, P-8 and E-7, reflecting production and engineering inefficiencies.

See further discussion of fixed-price contracts in Note 11 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

BDS earnings/(loss) from operations includes our share of earnings from equity method investments of $30 million and $10 million for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2025, compared with $104 million and $9 million for the same periods in 2024.

Backlog

BDS backlog was $76,084 million at September 30, 2025 compared with $64,023 million as of December 31, 2024. The increase reflects the timing of awards, partially offset by revenue recognized on contracts awarded in prior periods.

Additional Considerations

Our BDS business includes a variety of development programs which have complex design and technical challenges. Some of these programs have cost-type contracting arrangements. In these cases, the associated financial risks are primarily reduced award or incentive fees, lower profit rates or program cancellation if cost, schedule or technical performance issues arise. Examples of these programs include Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Proprietary and Space Launch System programs.

Some of our development programs are contracted on a fixed-price basis. Examples of significant fixed-price development programs include Commercial Crew, KC-46A Tanker, MQ-25, T-7A Red Hawk, VC-25B, and commercial and military satellites. A number of our ongoing fixed-price development programs have reach-forward losses. New programs could also have risk for reach-forward loss upon contract award and during the period of contract performance. Many development programs have highly complex designs. As technical or quality issues arise during development, we may experience schedule delays and cost impacts, which could increase our estimated cost to perform the work or reduce our estimated price, either of which could result in a material charge or otherwise adversely affect our financial condition. These programs are ongoing, and while we believe the cost and fee estimates incorporated in the financial statements are appropriate, the technical complexity of these programs creates financial risk as additional completion costs may become necessary or scheduled delivery dates could be extended, which could trigger termination provisions or other