BOEING CO

Overview

On February 3, 2026, H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, provided $839 billion in fiscal year 2026 (FY26) funding for the DoW, excluding military construction. The President’s Budget request for fiscal year 2027 (FY27) requests $1,450 billion for the DoW. The FY27 budget request for NASA is $19 billion, a $6 billion decrease from the NASA funding appropriated for FY26.

There is ongoing uncertainty with respect to final program-level spending for the DoW, NASA and other government agencies for FY26 and beyond. Future budget cuts or investment priority changes, including changes associated with the authorizations and appropriations process, could result in reductions, cancellations and/or delays of existing contracts or programs. Any of these impacts could have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows.

The non-U.S. market continues to be driven by complex and evolving security challenges and the need to modernize aging equipment and inventories. BDS expects that it will continue to have a wide range of opportunities across Asia, Europe and the Middle East given the diverse regional threats. At March 31, 2026, 27% of BDS backlog was attributable to non-U.S. customers.

Since our operating cycle is long-term and involves many different types of development and production contracts with varying delivery and milestone schedules, the operating results of a particular period may not be indicative of future operating results. In addition, depending on the customer and their funding sources, our orders might be structured as annual follow-on contracts, or as one large multi-year order or long-term award. As a result, period-to-period comparisons of backlog are not necessarily indicative of future workloads. The following discussions of comparative results among periods should be viewed in this context.

Deliveries of new-build production units, including remanufactures and modifications, were as follows:

BDS revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2026, increased by $1,301 million compared with the same period in 2025. The increase was primarily due to increased revenues on proprietary and weapons programs, higher KC-46 production and Foreign Military Sales to Israel and Japan, and the acquisition of Spirit's defense business. Revenue was further increased by $123 million lower net unfavorable cumulative contract catch-up adjustments compared to the prior year comparable period.

Earnings From Operations

BDS earnings from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026, was $233 million, compared with earnings from operations of $155 million in the same period in 2025. The $78 million improvement in earnings is primarily due to lower net unfavorable cumulative catch-up adjustments of $80 million compared to the prior year comparable period.

BDS earnings from operations includes our share of losses from equity method investments of $4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared with earnings of $6 million for the same period in 2025.

Backlog

BDS backlog was $85,821 million at March 31, 2026 compared with $84,786 million as of December 31, 2025. The increase reflects the timing of awards, partially offset by revenue recognized on contracts awarded in prior periods.

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 financially significant exposure. Risk remains that we may be required to record additional reach-forward losses in future periods.