Motorola Solutions, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 12, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Feb 12, 2026
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We support public safety and defense agencies in their mission to help protect communities and countries. We additionally serve our growing base of enterprise customers, including schools, hospitals, businesses and stadiums, as the criticality of safety and security becomes increasingly important. Across these diverse sectors, our technologies facilitate the connection between those in need and those who can help, enabling the collaboration that is critical for a more proactive approach to safety and security.
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The MCN technology within the Software and Services segment represented 58% of the net sales of the total segment in 2025.
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Our Command Center portfolio offers cloud-native, on-premises and hybrid software solutions that support the entire public safety workflow, from the initial 911 call through case closure. Our portfolio includes software applications and AI-powered capabilities that unify voice and data from public safety agencies, enterprises and the community, enabling a broad informational view of operations and incidents while helping to accelerate workflows and improve the accuracy, speed and trust of decisions. Our software serves call takers, dispatchers, first responders, intelligence analysts, records and evidence specialists, detectives, crime analysts, and corrections officers.
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Command Center also includes interoperability solutions, ensuring communication across LMR and broadband networks, enabling critical connectivity solutions for both public safety and enterprise customers. We provide flexibility with both cloud-native applications for the command center and devices, as well as cloud features that augment existing on-premises applications, allowing customers to optimize technology investments and adopt a hybrid approach.
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•Net sales were $11.7 billion in 2025 compared to $10.8 billion in 2024.
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•Operating earnings were $3.0 billion in 2025 compared to $2.7 billion in 2024.
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Macroeconomic Environment Update
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The current global trade environment is complex and evolving. In 2025, the U.S. initiated a series of trade actions which imposed new tariffs and increased existing tariffs on goods imported from various countries, contributing to a global trade landscape subject to evolving tariffs, import/export regulations, including restrictions around rare earth minerals, trade barriers and trade disputes. We continue to monitor the impact of the current trade environment, including tariffs implemented under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), for the impacts of policy volatility, pending judicial outcomes, and evolving geopolitical events that may impact our supply chain costs and operational efficiency. In addition, we are observing shifting dynamics in the memory market driven by substantial demand from the AI data center sector. As a result, we continue to observe elevated volatility and uncertainty around the global supply chain.
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We engage with global suppliers across a diverse network of locations around the world. We continue to work with our global supply base to mitigate our exposure to the risks to global reciprocal (and sectoral) tariffs, navigate import/export regulations that have developed, and which may continue to develop, and mitigate our exposure to rising costs to facilitate continued supply at levels in order to meet our current customer demand. As a result of the dynamic global supply chain environment, we have experienced increased costs on materials and components, which we have substantially mitigated during 2025 and for which we expect to continue to develop mitigation actions going forward.
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We continue to see demand for our products and services supported by a multitude of funding sources. In July 2025, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (“OBBBA”) was enacted into law by the President of the United States, which provided a number of changes including funding over the next four years for border security, national security and other opportunities. We expect OBBBA to provide an additional source of funding to our federal government customers over the four-year period available through OBBBA.
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We expect continued growth opportunities spanning public safety, government, including defense, and enterprise industries, driven by investments, including acquisitions, in our integrated ecosystem of MCN, Video and Command Center technologies. We believe uniting these safety and security technologies into a tightly integrated workflow enables better outcomes and drives long-term growth. We expect customers will increasingly turn to these integrated solutions to modernize operations and bridge data silos, streamlining workflows to enhance productivity, speed and safety.
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As global threats and large-scale incidents rise, we believe our foundational communications backbone provides the scale, security and reliability that our customers depend on. Grounded in our mission-critical communications expertise, we enable the connectivity platform and services that integrate LMR, broadband and MANET that allows customers to operationalize intelligence across diverse environments, underscoring the necessity for secure, resilient networks. We further expect our investments in our intelligent network footprint will position us well within the defense sector as global investments in drones, unmanned systems and resilient tactical networks rise.
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Within Video, we expect growth across our fixed and mobile solutions as we converge video with other mission-critical technologies. Our SVX body-worn assistant exemplifies this strategy by converging secure voice, video and AI into a single device to offer a highly differentiated solution. We believe other growth drivers include the expansion of advanced analytics and "video-as-a-service" beyond traditional enterprise markets to government, including defense, and public safety customers, and the continued adoption of cloud video security solutions. Additionally, we anticipate increasing demand for scalable, cloud-based access control and multi-factor authentication as facilities seek real time, centralized monitoring capabilities to enhance site security.
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We believe our Command Center portfolio will continue to serve as the central operational hub for our customers, unifying technologies to streamline workflows from "911 call to case closure" and across complex enterprise environments, while accelerating the transition to our cloud solutions. Assist, our mission-critical AI, operationalizes intelligence across the command center to enable automation and deliver high-fidelity insights. In public safety, Assist enables 911 transcription, live translation and narrative development to accelerate response and enhance reporting accuracy. In enterprise settings, Assist enables proactive threat detection and operational efficiency to help protect personnel and assets.
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We expect that our customers will continue to turn to cloud-based integrated solutions which will drive increased growth across our portfolio of native cloud and hybrid solutions. We remain focused on providing customers the flexibility to deploy technology with the model that best fits their sovereignty and operational needs. As the digital threat landscape evolves, we expect customers to increasingly rely on our cybersecurity protection and 24/7 managed and support services.
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•an increase in the Software and Services segment, inclusive of $120 million of revenue from acquisitions, driven by an increase in MCN, Video and Command Center; and
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•an increase in the Products and Systems Integration segment, inclusive of $262 million of revenue from acquisitions, driven by growth in MCN and Video;
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•inclusive of $35 million from favorable currency rates.
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•a 7% increase in the North America region, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by growth in MCN, Video and Command Center; and
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•a $327 million, or 6% growth in MCN, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by both the North America and International regions;
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•a $43 million, or 4% growth in Video, driven by the North America region; and
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•inclusive of $20 million from favorable currency rates.
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The 13% increase in the Software and Services segment was driven by the following:
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•a 1.0% increase in gross margin as a percentage of net sales in the Software and Services segment, inclusive of acquisitions, primarily driven by higher sales and expanded margins, including favorable mix; and
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•a 0.7% increase in gross margin as a percentage of net sales in the Products and Systems Integration segment, inclusive of acquisitions, primarily driven by higher sales and lower direct material costs, despite higher tariffs.
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SG&A expenses were 16.0% of net sales in 2025 compared to 16.2% of net sales in 2024.
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R&D expenditures increased $53 million, or 6% in 2025 compared to 2024 primarily due to:
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Other charges increased $52 million, or 34% in 2025 compared to 2024 due to a $53 million, or 212% increase in Products and System Integration and a $1 million, or 1% decrease in Software and Services. The increase was primarily driven by:
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•$44 million of reorganization of business expenses in 2025 compared to $26 million of reorganization of business expenses in 2024; and
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•a $215 million increase in the Software and Services segment from 2024 to 2025, primarily driven by higher sales, expanded margins, including favorable mix, improved operating leverage and lower expenses related to legal matters, partially offset by higher expenses associated with acquired businesses and higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation; and
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•a $85 million increase in the Products and Systems Integration segment from 2024 to 2025, primarily driven by higher sales, a gain on the Hytera litigation (for further information regarding the Hytera litigation, refer to “Hytera Civil Litigation” within "Note 12: Commitments and Contingencies" in "Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Form 10-K), improved gross margins driven by lower direct material costs, despite higher tariffs, partially offset by higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation and investments in video, an increase in intangible amortization expense, an increase in acquisition related transaction fees, primarily related to the Silvus acquisition, and higher expenses associated with acquired businesses.
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•$585 million of loss from the extinguishment of the $1.0 billion of 1.75% senior convertible notes issued to Silver Lake Partners (the "Silver Lake Convertible Debt") which was recognized in 2024 and did not recur in 2025;
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•$99 million benefit from the foreign derived intangible income deduction inclusive of a higher foreign derived intangible income deduction on our 2023 U.S. tax return due to our decision to implement a business initiative in 2024;
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•$35 million benefit from the recognition of excess tax benefits on share-based compensation; and
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•$22 million benefit from the generation of U.S. federal research and development tax credits; partially offset by
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•$81 million tax expense for estimated 2024 U.S. state income taxes.
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Regional results included:
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•$99 million benefit from the foreign derived intangible income deduction inclusive of a higher foreign derived intangible income deduction on our 2023 U.S. tax return due to our decision to implement a business initiative in 2024;
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The LMR technology within the Software and Services segment represented 60% of the net sales of the total segment in 2024.
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Our Command Center portfolio consists of cloud-native, on-premises and hybrid software solutions that support the complex process of the public safety workflow from "911 call to case closure." From the moment a person contacts 911, an array of individuals engage to gather information, coordinate a response and manage the incident to resolution. These individuals include call takers who answer and triage 911 calls; dispatchers who route calls to police, fire and emergency medical services to manage the response; first responders who support on scene; intelligence analysts who support the incident; records and evidence specialists who preserve information and evidence; detectives who manage cases; crime analysts who identify patterns and accelerate investigations; and corrections officers who oversee jail and inmate management.
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To help ensure that individuals within the public safety workflow can work as efficiently, effectively and safely as possible, we believe it’s important that individuals within enterprises and communities can communicate and collaborate directly with public safety agencies, particularly during emergencies. Our Command Center portfolio offers solutions that are designed to help community members, enterprises and public safety agencies work together and share information in an effort to help prevent critical events from escalating and better inform an emergency response when an incident unfolds.
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Our Command Center software is designed to support an emergency response. In the 911 communications center, we offer call taking and management software (including multimedia communication capabilities and AI-powered call transcription and language translation) and voice and computer-aided dispatch software to assign first responders to incidents. For emergency management teams, we offer mass notification and alerting (including panic button mobile applications) and incident collaboration software that aids in coordinating a multi-disciplinary response. In the field, we offer mobile applications that help first responders to collaborate with each other, remain connected to the information they need, manage an incident, capture critical information to support investigations, and remotely file reports. For information and support services teams, we offer integrated records and evidence management software, as well as solutions for managing tips and publishing crime maps to aid community engagement. For intelligence and investigations teams, we offer software that can unify voice, video and data in order to increase situational awareness from a single map-based view during a real-time incident response, and investigative tools to help uncover connections across records to generate leads and help close cases. For enterprises, we provide incident management and business resilience solutions that help secure people and facilities, as well as share information with public safety when an incident necessitates it.
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Another area of public safety evolution is the increasing adoption of Next Generation 911 Core Services (“NGCS”), a group of products and services needed to create infrastructure connectivity in order to process a 911 call using Next Generation (“NG”) technology. The NG infrastructure is an Emergency Service IP Network ("ESInet"), which can carry voice, data and multimedia. ESInet enables 911 call takers at public safety answering points to respond to text, video and data. Our NGCS can be offered as a managed service and includes call routing, ESInet, location services, geographic information services, cybersecurity and our continuous communications network and security operations center dedicated to public safety.
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Command Center also includes interoperability solutions that provide connectivity across LMR and broadband networks to help ensure that communication is not limited by coverage area, network technology or device type. Additionally, Command Center includes push-to-talk ("PTT") devices that deliver voice communications over LTE and Wi-Fi, and advanced back-end systems that enable and manage interoperable communications, capable of scaling from small enterprises to nationwide cellular networks. For example, a two-way radio network can connect with an LTE network, assisting individuals in communicating securely and more easily across technologies. These solutions can provide our public safety customers with the critical interoperability between multiple agencies' networks, facilitating a coordinated response.
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Finally, as the Command Center market continues to evolve from on-premises to hybrid and cloud technologies to improve their operations, we offer both cloud-native applications and cloud features that enhance on-premises applications. We believe this flexibility helps our customers to optimize their investments and enhance their systems with the technologies of their choice.
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•Net sales were $10.8 billion in 2024 compared to $10.0 billion in 2023.
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•Operating earnings were $2.7 billion in 2024 compared to $2.3 billion in 2023.
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U.K. Home Office Update
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In October 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") opened a market investigation into the Mobile Radio Network Services market. This investigation included Airwave, our private mobile radio communications network that we acquired in 2016. Airwave provides mission-critical voice and data communications to emergency services and other agencies in Great Britain.
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In 2023, the CMA imposed a legal order on Airwave which implemented a prospective price control on Airwave (the "Charge Control"). After the Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") dismissed our appeal of the CMA's final decision, we appealed the CAT's judgment to the United Kingdom Court of Appeal. On January 30, 2025, the United Kingdom Court of Appeal denied our application for permission to appeal the CAT's judgment. Since August 1, 2023, revenue under the Airwave contract has been, and will continue to be, recognized in accordance with the Charge Control.
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On March 13, 2024, we received a notice of contract extension (the “Deferred National Shutdown Notice”) from the Home Office of the United Kingdom (the "Home Office"). The Deferred National Shutdown Notice extends the “national shutdown target date” of the Airwave service from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2029, at the Charge Control rates. Our backlog for Airwave services contracted with the Home Office through December 31, 2026 was previously reduced by $777 million to align with the Charge Control. In 2024, as a result of the Home Office's notice of a contract extension pursuant to their Deferred National Shutdown Notice, we recorded additional backlog of $748 million to reflect the incremental three years of services. On April 11, 2024, we filed proceedings in the U.K. High Court challenging the decision of the Home Office to issue the Deferred National Shutdown Notice as being in breach of applicable U.K. procurement and public law. The hearing on this matter has been set to commence on April 22, 2025. The backlog related to the incremental years of service contemplated in the Deferred National Shutdown Notice could change depending on the outcome of the proceedings.
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On December 5, 2024, a proposed class representative filed a claim with the CAT to bring collective proceedings against us, alleging that users of Airwave services during the period January 1, 2020 through July 31, 2023 suffered financial harm as a result of the pricing in effect during such time (the "Collective Proceeding"). The initial stage of the Collective Proceeding will involve "Certification" of the claim by the CAT, which we expect to be heard in 2025.
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Climate Change Regulations
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We expect that our operations and supply chain will become increasingly subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws, regulations and international treaties and industry standards relating to climate change and other environmental and social impacts, risks and opportunities. For example, in the European Union (the “EU”), the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and EU taxonomy initiatives will introduce, in staggered timelines, additional due diligence and disclosure requirements addressing sustainability that will apply or we expect will apply, as applicable, to us in the coming years.
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We expect continued growth within our global LMR installed base as a number of events such as natural disasters and large-scale incidents continue to reinforce the importance of having secure, reliable LMR for public safety. We believe our augmentation of LMR with broadband solutions will also drive growth, as we expect our customers will look to integrate valuable data capabilities. We expect to provide additional services to existing LMR customers as communications systems become more complex, software-centric and data-driven.
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As public safety needs continue to evolve, we anticipate growth opportunities within the command center as our Command Center portfolio supports the complex process of the public safety workflow from "911 call to case closure." We expect increased growth across our portfolio that consists of native cloud, hybrid and on-premises software solutions that provide a migration path for our customers from on-premises solutions to cloud capabilities, as well as from the increasing adoption of NGCS.
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Within Video, we expect growth across our portfolio of fixed and mobile video security solutions embedded with advanced analytics and access control solutions. We believe drivers include the expansion of traditional video sales beyond enterprise customers to governments and public safety customers. Additionally, we believe that governments, public safety agencies and enterprises are increasingly turning to scalable, cloud-based multi-factor authentication access control to make their facilities more secure with the ability to securely access, search and manage these systems across their sites from a remote or central monitoring location. We also expect customers to continue to embrace analytics that convert video data into actionable insights and offerings such as "video-as-a-service."
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We anticipate new opportunities from the investments we are making to integrate our LMR, Video and Command Center technologies into one unified safety and security ecosystem. We expect that our customers will continue to turn to cloud-based integrated solutions, as well as, we have made go-to-market and research and development investments in both Video and our Command Center technologies with growth in mind. We have made a number of acquisitions and we see opportunities to continue to rationalize costs within both segments of our business, further driving operating leverage in our businesses.
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•$45 million of benefits due to the recognition of excess tax benefits on share-based compensation;
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•$24 million of benefits due to the generation of research and development tax credits; partially offset by
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•$66 million tax expense for estimated 2024 U.S. state income taxes.
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•$33 million of benefits due to the recognition of excess tax benefits on share-based compensation; and
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•$19 million of benefits due to the generation of research and development tax credits; partially offset by
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•$71 million tax expense for estimated 2023 U.S. state income taxes.
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•an increase in the Software and Services segment, inclusive of $83 million of revenue from acquisitions, driven by an increase in LMR services, Command Center and Video; and
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•inclusive of $38 million from unfavorable currency rates.
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Regional results include:
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•a 9% increase in the North America region, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by growth in LMR, Video and Command Center; and
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The 9% increase in the Products and Systems Integration segment was driven by the following:
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•inclusive of $19 million from unfavorable currency rates.
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•$125 million, or 5% growth in LMR services, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by the North America and International regions, partially offset by the revenue reduction on Airwave services in 2023 due to the implementation of the Charge Control;
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•inclusive of $19 million from unfavorable currency rates.
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•a 3.5% increase in gross margin as a percentage of net sales in the Products and Systems Integration segment, inclusive of acquisitions, primarily driven by higher sales and lower direct material costs; and
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•a 3.2% increase in gross margin as a percentage of net sales in the Software and Services segment, inclusive of acquisitions, primarily driven by higher sales and a $147 million fixed asset impairment loss in 2022 that did not recur in 2023 related to the ESN Exit, partially offset by the revenue reduction on Airwave services in 2023 due to the implementation of the Charge Control.
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SG&A expenses were 15.6% of net sales in 2023 compared to 15.9% of net sales in 2022.
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R&D expenditures increased $79 million, or 10% in 2023 compared to 2022 primarily due to:
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Other charges decreased $82 million, or 24% in 2023 compared to 2022 due to an $80 million, or 33% decrease in Software and Service and a $2 million, or 2% decrease in Products and Systems Integration. The decrease was primarily due to:
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•$6 million of operating lease asset impairments in 2023 compared to $24 million in 2022;
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Motorola Solutions' business is safety and security. Every day we work to deliver on our commitment of helping to create safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Our work as a global leader in public safety and enterprise security is grounded in nearly 100 years of close customer and community collaboration. We design and advance technology for more than 100,000 public safety and enterprise customers in over 100 countries, driven by our commitment to help make everywhere safer for all.
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Motorola Solutions is a global leader in mission-critical safety and security technologies for public safety, government, including defense, and enterprise customers. Our business is focused on safety and security driven by our commitment to help create safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Grounded in nearly 100 years of close customer and community collaboration, we design and advance technology for more than 100,000 customers in over 100 countries, with the goal of making everywhere safer for all.
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Our strategy is to generate value through our technologies that help meet the changing needs of our customers around the world in protecting people, property and places. While each technology individually strives to make users safer and more productive, we believe we can enable better outcomes for our customers when we unite these technologies to work together. Our goal is to help remove silos and barriers between people and technologies, so that data unifies, information flows, operations run and collaboration improves to help strengthen safety and security everywhere. Across all three technologies, we offer on-premises, cloud-based and hybrid software solutions, and services such as cybersecurity subscription services and managed and support services.
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Our ecosystem of safety and security technologies is managed through two segments: "Products and Systems Integration" and Software and Services". Within these segments, we have three principal product lines in which we report net sales: Mission Critical Networks ("MCN"), Video Security and Access Control ("Video") and Command Center. Our strategy is to generate value through our technologies that help meet the changing needs of our customers around the world in protecting people, property and places. While each technology individually strives to make users safer and more productive, we believe we can enable better outcomes for our customers by uniting these technologies as a comprehensive integrated safety and security system. Our goal is to help dismantle silos and barriers between people and systems, so that data unifies, information flows, operations run and collaboration improves to help strengthen safety and security everywhere.
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The Company has invested across these three technologies organically and through acquisitions to evolve its LMR focus and expand its safety and security products and services.
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We have invested across these three technologies organically and through acquisitions to evolve our land mobile radio ("LMR") focus and expand our ecosystem of safety and security products and services. Across all three technologies, we offer artificial intelligence ("AI")-powered capabilities and software solutions, services such as cybersecurity subscription services and managed and support services.
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One example of this collaboration is highlighted by a school setting. When a teacher presses a panic button on a phone, this can automatically notify local law enforcement of an emergency, trigger a lockdown to secure all entries, share live video feeds with first responders and send mass notifications to key stakeholders inside and outside the school, helping schools to detect, respond and resolve safety and security threats.
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This collaboration is clearly illustrated in a school setting: When a teacher presses a panic button, our technologies can automatically notify local law enforcement, trigger a lockdown to secure all entries, share live video feeds with first responders and send mass notifications to key stakeholders. This integrated workflow helps schools to detect, respond to and resolve safety and security threats faster and more effectively.
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In 2024, the segment’s net sales were $6.9 billion, representing 64% of our consolidated net sales.
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In 2025, the segment’s net sales were $7.3 billion, representing 62% of our consolidated net sales.
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Our LMR Communications technology includes infrastructure and devices for LMR, as well as devices for public safety Long Term Evolution (“LTE”) and public carrier LTE. Our technology enables voice and multimedia collaborations across two-way radio, WiFi and public and private broadband networks. We are a global leader in the two-way radio category, including Project 25 (P25), Terrestrial Trunked Radio ("TETRA") and Digital Mobile Radio (DMR), as well as other PCR solutions. We also deliver LTE solutions for public safety, government and commercial users, including devices operating in both low-band and mid-band frequencies, including Citizens’ Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) frequencies. We also offer High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) communications technology to military, government and relief agency customers who require dynamic and mobile point-to-point voice communications in remote environments without the need for fixed infrastructure.
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Our MCN technology includes infrastructure and devices for LMR, mobile ad-hoc network ("MANET") technology, as well as devices for public safety Long Term Evolution (“LTE”) and public carrier LTE. Our technology enables voice and multimedia collaborations across two-way radio, Wi-Fi and public and private broadband networks. We are a global leader in the two-way radio category, including Project 25 (P25), Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and Digital Mobile Radio (DMR), as well as other professional and commercial radio ("PCR") solutions. We also deliver LTE solutions for public safety, government, including defense, and enterprise users, with our portfolio of devices operating in both low-band and mid-band frequencies. Additionally, through our MANET and High Frequency (HF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) communications technologies, we support defense, government and disaster relief agency customers that require dynamic, mobile and tactical point-to-point voice and data communications in remote or contested environments without the need for fixed infrastructure.
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We believe that public safety agencies and enterprises continue to trust LMR communications systems and devices because they are purpose-built and designed for reliability, availability, security and resiliency to help keep people connected even during the most challenging conditions.
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We believe that public safety, government agencies, including defense, and enterprises continue to trust mission-critical communications systems and devices because they are purpose-built and designed for reliability, availability, security and resiliency to help keep people connected even during the most challenging conditions.
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By extending our two-way radios with broadband data capabilities, we strive to provide our customers with greater functionality and multimedia access to the information and data they need in their workflows. Examples include application services such as GPS location to better protect lone workers, job dispatch to assign tasks and work orders and over-the-air programming to optimize device uptime. Our view is that complementary data applications such as these enable government, public safety and enterprise customers to work more efficiently and safely, while maintaining their mission-critical voice communications to remain connected and working in collaboration with others.
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By extending our two-way radios with broadband data capabilities, we strive to provide our customers with greater functionality and multimedia access to the information and data they need in their workflows. Examples include application services such as GPS location to better protect lone workers, job dispatch to assign work orders and over-the-air programming to optimize device uptime. Our view is that complementary data applications such as these enable our customers to work more efficiently and safely, while maintaining their mission-critical voice communications to remain connected and working in collaboration with others.
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Primary sources of revenue for this technology come from selling devices and building communications systems, including infrastructure, the installation and integration of our infrastructure equipment within our customers’ technology environments. The LMR technology within the Products and Systems Integration segment represented 83% of the net sales of the total segment in 2024.
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Primary sources of revenue for this technology come from selling devices and building communications systems, including the installation and integration of our infrastructure equipment within our customers’ operations. The MCN technology within the Products and Systems Integration segment represented 84% of the net sales of the total segment in 2025.
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Our Video technology includes video management infrastructure, AI-powered security cameras including fixed and certain mobile video equipment, as well as on-premises and cloud-based access control solutions. We deploy video security and access control solutions to thousands of government and enterprise customers around the world, including schools, transportation systems, healthcare centers, public venues, commercial real estate, utilities, prisons, factories, casinos, airports, financial institutions, government facilities, state and local law enforcement agencies and retailers. Organizations such as these utilize video security and access control to verify critical events or incidents in real-time and to provide data to investigate an event or incident after it happens.
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Our Video technology includes video management infrastructure, AI-powered security cameras including fixed and certain mobile video equipment, as well as on-premises and cloud-based access control solutions. We deploy video security and access control solutions to thousands of government, public safety and enterprise customers around the world, including schools, transportation systems, healthcare centers, public venues, commercial real estate, utilities, prisons, factories, casinos, airports, financial institutions, government facilities, state and local law enforcement agencies and retailers.
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Our view is that government and public safety customers are increasingly turning to video security technologies, including fixed and mobile cameras, to increase visibility, accountability and safety for communities and first responders alike.
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Organizations utilize video security and access control to verify critical events or incidents in real-time and to provide evidentiary data to investigate an event after it occurs. Our view is that government and public safety customers are increasingly turning to video security technologies to increase visibility, accountability and safety for communities and first responders alike.
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The Video technology within the Products and Systems Integration segment represented 17% of the net sales of the total segment in 2024.
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The Video technology within the Products and Systems Integration segment represented 16% of the net sales of the total segment in 2025.
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In 2024, the segment’s net sales were $3.9 billion, representing 36% of our consolidated net sales.
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In 2025, the segment’s net sales were $4.4 billion, representing 38% of our consolidated net sales.
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LMR Communications services include support and managed services, which offer a broad continuum of support for our customers. Support services include repair and replacement, technical support and preventative maintenance, and more advanced offerings such as system monitoring, software updates and cybersecurity services. Managed services range from partial to full operational support of customer-owned or Motorola Solutions-owned communications systems. Our customers’ systems often have multi-year or multi-decade lifespans that help drive demand for software upgrades, device and infrastructure refresh opportunities, as well as additional services to monitor, manage, maintain and secure these complex networks and solutions. We strive to deliver services to our customers that help improve performance across their systems, devices and applications for greater safety and productivity.
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MCN services include support and managed services, which offer a broad continuum of support for our customers. Support services include repair and replacement, technical support and preventative maintenance, and more advanced offerings such as system monitoring, software updates and cybersecurity services. Managed services range from partial to full operational support of customer-owned or Motorola Solutions-owned communications systems. Our customers’ systems often have multi-year or multi-decade lifespans that help drive demand for software upgrades, as well as additional services to monitor, manage, maintain and secure these complex networks and solutions. We strive to deliver services to our customers that help improve performance across their systems, devices and applications for greater safety and productivity.
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Given the mission-critical nature of our customers’ operational environments, we aim to design the LMR networks they rely on for availability, security and resiliency. We have a comprehensive approach to system upgrades that addresses hardware, software and implementation services. As new system releases become available, we work with our customers to upgrade software, hardware, or both, with respect to site controllers, comparators, routers, LAN switches, servers, dispatch consoles, logging equipment, network management terminals, network security devices such as firewalls and intrusion detection sensors, on-site or remotely.
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Given the mission-critical nature of our customers’ operational environments, we aim to design the mission-critical networks they rely on for reliability, availability, security and resiliency. We have a comprehensive approach to system upgrades that addresses hardware, software and implementation services. As new system releases and data security updates become available, we work with our customers to upgrade software, hardware, or both. This may include site controllers, comparators, routers, LAN switches, servers, dispatch consoles, logging equipment, network management terminals, network security devices such as firewalls and intrusion detection sensors, on-site or remotely.
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Video software includes video network management software, decision management and digital evidence management software, certain mobile video equipment and advanced vehicle location data analysis software, including license plate recognition. Our software is designed to complement video hardware systems, providing end-to-end video security to help keep people, property and places safe.
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Video software includes video network management and access control software, decision management and digital evidence management software, certain mobile video equipment and advanced vehicle location data analysis software, including license plate recognition, site protection, and mailroom and visitor management software. Our software is designed to complement video hardware systems, providing end-to-end video security to help keep people, property and places safe.
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Our video network management software is embedded with AI-powered analytics to deliver operational insights to our customers by bringing attention to important events within their video footage. Given the growing volume of video content, we believe that analytics are critical to delivering meaningful, action-oriented insights. Our view is that these insights can help to proactively detect an important event in real time as well as reactively search video content to detect an important event that occurred in the past. For example, AI-powered analytics can highlight a person at a facility out of hours (unusual activity), locate a missing child at a theme park (appearance search), flag a vehicle of interest at a school (license plate recognition), send an alert if doors to a restricted area are propped open at a hospital (access control), or trigger a school's customized lockdown plan while simultaneously alerting first responders and sharing video footage from inside the school.
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Our video network management software integrates AI-powered analytics to deliver operational insights to our customers by bringing attention to important events within their video footage. Given the growing volume of video content, we believe that AI-powered analytics are critical to delivering meaningful, action-oriented insights. Our view is that these insights can help to proactively detect an important event in real time as well as reactively search video content to investigate an important event that occurred in the past. For example, AI-powered analytics can highlight a person at a facility out of hours (unusual activity), locate a missing child at a theme park (appearance search), automate video verification workflows for building access (site protection), flag a vehicle of interest at a school (license plate recognition), send an alert if doors to a restricted area are propped open at a hospital (access control), trigger a school's customized lockdown plan while simultaneously alerting first responders and sharing the school's video footage (decision management) or redact people and objects in video evidence for investigations (digital evidence management).
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Our cloud technologies can offer organizations the ability to access, search and manage their video security intrusion and access control system from a centralized dashboard, accessible on remote devices such as smartphones and laptops. Additionally, our on-premises fixed video systems can be connected to the cloud, providing our customers with the ability to securely access and manage video across their sites from a remote or central monitoring location. We believe that governments, public safety agencies and enterprises are increasingly turning to scalable, cloud-based multi-factor authentication access control to make their facilities more secure.
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Our cloud technologies can offer organizations the ability to access, search and manage their video security intrusion, access control, mailroom and visitor management systems from a centralized dashboard, accessible on remote devices such as smartphones and laptops via web browser or mobile app. Additionally, our on-premises fixed video systems can be connected to the cloud, enabling our customers to securely access and manage video across their sites from a remote or central monitoring location. We believe that governments, public safety agencies and enterprises are increasingly turning to scalable, cloud-based multi-factor authentication access control to make their facilities more secure.
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Our Video services include our "video-as-a-service" subscription-based offerings for law enforcement, simplifying procurement by bundling hardware and software into a single subscription. For example, body cameras and in-car video systems can be paired with either on-premises or cloud-based digital evidence management software and complementary command center products. Our cloud solutions are also sold as-a-service, available as single-year to multi-year hosted services, supporting our customers with upgrades and software enhancements to help ensure system performance and technological advancement.
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Our Video services include our "hardware-as-a-subscription" offerings for law enforcement, simplifying procurement by offering cameras in a predictable subscription. Our body cameras can be paired with either on-premises or cloud-based digital evidence management software and complementary command center products. Our cloud solutions are also sold as-a-service, available from single-year to multi-year hosted services, supporting our customers with upgrades and software enhancements to help ensure system performance and technological advancement. We also provide central monitoring services for customers who prefer a turnkey offering.
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The Video technology within the Software and Services segment represented 20% of the net sales of the total segment in 2024.
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The Video technology within the Software and Services segment represented 21% of the net sales of the total segment in 2025.
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The Command Center technology within the Software and Services segment represented 20%of the net sales of the total segment in 2024.
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The Command Center technology within the Software and Services segment represented 21%of the net sales of the total segment in 2025.
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•Net earnings attributable to Motorola Solutions, Inc. were $1.6 billion, or $9.23 per diluted common share in 2024, compared to earnings of $1.7 billion, or $9.93 per diluted common share in 2023.
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•Net earnings attributable to Motorola Solutions, Inc. were $2.2 billion, or $12.75 per diluted common share in 2025, compared to earnings of $1.6 billion, or $9.23 per diluted common share in 2024.
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•Our operating cash flow was $2.4 billion in 2024 compared to $2.0 billion in 2023.
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•Our operating cash flow was $2.8 billion in 2025 compared to $2.4 billion in 2024.
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•We returned approximately $898 million of capital to shareholders, in the form of $654 million in dividends and $244 million in share repurchases in 2024. Additionally, we repurchased the $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the 1.75% senior convertible notes issued to Silver Lake Partners and scheduled to mature in 2024 ("the Silver Lake Convertible Debt"), for $1.59 billion in cash, inclusive of the conversion premium.
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•We returned approximately $1.9 billion of capital to shareholders, in the form of $728 million in dividends and $1.2 billion in share repurchases in 2025.
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•We increased our quarterly dividend by 11% to $1.09 per share in November 2024.
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•We increased our quarterly dividend by 11% to $1.21 per share in November 2025.
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•We ended 2024 with a backlog position of $14.7 billion, up $438 million compared to 2023.
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•We ended 2025 with a backlog position of $15.7 billion, up $1.0 billion compared to 2024.
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•In the Software and Services segment, net sales were $3.9 billion in 2024, an increase of $198 million, or 5%, compared to $3.7 billion in 2023. On a geographic basis, net sales increased in the North America region and decreased in the International region. Operating earnings were $1.0 billion in 2024, compared to $1.1 billion in 2023. Operating margins decreased in 2024 to 25.7% from 28.1% in 2023 primarily driven the revenue reduction on Airwave services in accordance with the Charge Control, higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation, higher expenses associated with acquired businesses and higher expenses related to legal matters, partially offset by higher sales and a reduction in intangible amortization expenses.
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•In the Products and Systems Integration segment, net sales were $7.3 billion in 2025, an increase of $370 million, or 5%, compared to $6.9 billion in 2024. On a geographic basis, net sales increased in both the North America and International regions. Operating earnings were $1.8 billion in 2025, compared to $1.7 billion in 2024. Operating margins were 24.3% in both 2025 and 2024 primarily driven by higher sales, improved gross margins and a gain related to the Hytera litigation, partially offset by higher employee incentive costs and an increase in intangible amortization expenses.
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•In the Products and Systems Integration segment, net sales were $6.9 billion in 2024, an increase of $641 million, or 10%, compared to $6.2 billion in 2023. On a geographic basis, net sales increased in both the North America and International regions. Operating earnings were $1.7 billion in 2024, compared to $1.2 billion in 2023. Operating margins increased in 2024 to 24.3% from 19.9% in 2023 primarily due to higher sales and favorable mix, partially offset by higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation, higher expenses related to legal matters, including Hytera-related expenses, and higher expenses associated with acquired businesses.
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•In the Software and Services segment, net sales were $4.4 billion in 2025, an increase of $495 million, or 13%, compared to $3.9 billion in 2024. On a geographic basis, net sales increased in both the North America and International regions. Operating earnings were $1.2 billion in 2025, compared to $1.0 billion in 2024. Operating margins increased in 2025 to 27.7% from 25.7% in 2024 primarily driven by higher sales and improved operating leverage, partially offset by higher expenses associated with acquired businesses and higher employee incentive costs.
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The Products and Systems Integration segment’s net sales represented 63% of our net sales in both 2023 and 2022. The Software and Services segment’s net sales represented 37% of our net sales in both 2023 and 2022.
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The Products and Systems Integration segment’s net sales represented 62% of our net sales in 2025, compared to 64% of our net sales in 2024. The Software and Services segment’s net sales represented 38% of our net sales in 2025, compared to 36% of our net sales in 2024.
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Net sales increased by $866 million, or 10%, in 2023 compared to 2022. The 9% increase in net sales within the Products and Systems Integration segment was driven by a 20% increase in the International region and a 5% increase in the North America region. The 10% increase in the Software and Services segment was driven by a 16% increase in the North America region and a 1% increase within the International region. The increase in net sales included:
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Net sales increased by $865 million, or 8%, compared to 2024. The 13% increase in the Software and Services segment was driven by a 12% increase in the North America region and a 14% increase within the International region. The 5% increase in net sales within the Products and Systems Integration segment was driven by a 4% increase in the North America region and a 8% increase in the International region. The increase in net sales included:
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•a 11% increase in the International region, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by growth in LMR and Video, partially offset by the revenue reduction on Airwave services in 2023 due to the implementation of the Charge Control.
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•a 11% increase in the International region, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by growth in MCN, Video and Command Center.
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•$414 million, or 9% growth in LMR, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by both the International and North America regions;
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•a $220 million, or 9% growth in MCN, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by both the North America and International regions;
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•$103 million, or 20% growth in Video, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by the North America region; and
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•a $157 million, or 20% growth in Video, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by both the North America and International regions;
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•$124 million, or 21% growth in Command Center, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by both the North America and International regions;
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•a $118 million, or 15% growth in Command Center, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, driven by both the North America and International regions; and
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•an increase in the Products and Systems Integration segment, inclusive of $15 million of revenue from acquisitions, driven by growth in LMR and Video;
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•inclusive of $15 million from favorable currency rates.
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Gross margin was 49.8% of net sales in 2023 compared to 46.4% of net sales in 2022. The primary drivers of this increase in gross margin as a percentage of net sales were:
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Gross margin was 51.7% of net sales in 2025 compared to 51.0% of net sales in 2024. The primary drivers of this increase in gross margin as a percentage of net sales were:
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•an $83 million, or 7% increase in Products and Systems Integration SG&A expenses primarily due to higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation and higher expenses associated with acquired businesses, partially offset by lower Hytera-related legal expenses; and
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•an $86 million, or 6% increase in Products and Systems Integration SG&A expenses primarily due to higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation and investments in video, and higher expenses associated with acquired businesses, partially offset by lower expenses related to legal matters, including Hytera-related legal expenses; and
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•a $28 million, or 10% increase in Software and Services SG&A expenses primarily due to higher expenses associated with acquired businesses and higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation.
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•a $32 million, or 9% increase in Software and Services SG&A expenses primarily due to higher expenses associated with acquired businesses and employee incentive costs, partially offset by lower expenses related to legal matters.
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•a $31 million, or 11% increase in Software and Services R&D expenses primarily due to higher expenses associated with acquired businesses and higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation.
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•a $30 million, or 9% increase in Software and Services R&D expenditures primarily due to higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation, and higher expenses associated with acquired businesses; and
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•a $48 million, or 10% increase in Products and Systems Integration R&D expenses primarily due to higher employee incentive costs, including share-based compensation, and higher expenses associated with acquired businesses; and
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•a $23 million, or 4% increase in Products and Systems Integration R&D expenditures primarily due to higher employee incentive costs and higher expenses associated with acquired businesses.
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The 5% increase in the Products and Systems Integration segment was driven by the following:
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SG&A expenses increased $118 million, or 7% in 2025 compared to 2024 primarily due to:
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•$234 million of intangible asset amortization expense in 2025 compared to $152 million of intangible asset amortization expense in 2024, an increase primarily due to amortization of intangible assets from the acquisition of Silvus;
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•$66 million of acquisition-related transaction fees in 2025, primarily due to the acquisition of Silvus, compared to $20 million of acquisition-related transaction fees in 2024;
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•$157 million of gains on the Hytera litigation in 2025 compared to $61 million of gains in 2024 for the amounts recovered through legal proceedings due to theft of our trade secrets (see "Hytera Civil Litigation" within "Note 12: Commitments and Contingencies" to our consolidated financial statements in "Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Form 10-K for further information).
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The $75 million increase in net interest expense in 2025 compared to 2024 was primarily driven by higher outstanding debt partially offset by interest accruals related to audits with taxing authorities in foreign jurisdictions in 2024, which did not recur in 2025.
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The $615 million change in Other, net income in 2025 compared to Other, net expense in 2024 was primarily due to:
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•$11 million of losses on assessments of uncertain tax positions recognized in 2024 that did not recur in 2025; partially offset by
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•$113 million benefit from our decision to implement a business initiative in 2024 which allows for additional utilization of foreign tax credit carryforwards on our 2023 U.S. tax return and current year generation of foreign tax credits;
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•$124 million tax expense due to the non-tax deductible loss on the extinguishment of Silver Lake Convertible Debt; and
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We manage our business organizationally through two segments: “Products and Systems Integration” and “Software and Services.” Within these segments, we have three principal product lines in which we report net sales: LMR Communications, Video and Command Center.
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•$100 million, or 10% growth in Video, inclusive of revenue from acquisitions, in both the North America and International regions; and
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The 10% increase in the Software and Services segment was driven by the following:
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SG&A expenses increased $111 million, or 8% in 2023 compared to 2022 primarily due to:
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•$177 million of intangible asset amortization expense in 2023 compared to $257 million in 2022;
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•$24 million impairment loss related to the exit of video manufacturing operations in 2023 that did not occur in 2022 (see "Property, Plant and Equipment, Net" within "Note 4: Other Financial Data" to our consolidated financial statements in "Part II. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" of this Form 10-K for further information);
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•$15 million of environmental reserve expense in 2023 that did not occur in 2022;
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•$16 million of investment impairments in 2023 compared to $1 million of investment impairments in 2022; partially offset by
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•$38 million benefit from the foreign derived intangible income deduction;
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The increase in operating cash flows from 2022 to 2023 was driven by:
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•higher earnings, net of non-cash charges; and