RTX Q2 2025 Earnings Report

RTX EPS Results

• Actual EPS: $1.56
• Consensus EPS: $1.45
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$0.11
• One Year Ago EPS: $1.41

RTX Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $21.58 billion
• Expected Revenue: $20.68 billion
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$903.41 million
• YoY Revenue Growth: +9.40%

RTX Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q2 2025
• Date: 7/22/2025
• Time: Before Market Opens
• Conference Call Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
• Conference Call Time: 8:30AM ET

RTX (NYSE:RTX), an aerospace and defense company, provides systems and services for the commercial, military, and government customers in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. The Collins Aerospace Systems segment offers aerospace and defense products, and aftermarket service solutions for civil and military aircraft manufacturers and commercial airlines, as well as regional, business, and general aviation, defense, and commercial space operations. This segment also designs, produces, and supports cabin interior, including oxygen systems, food and beverage preparation, storage and galley systems, and lavatory and wastewater management systems; battlespace, test and training range systems, crew escape systems, and simulation and training solutions; information management services; and aftermarket services that include spare parts, overhaul and repair, engineering and technical support, training and fleet management solutions, and asset and information management services. Its Pratt & Whitney segment supplies aircraft engines for commercial, military, business jet, and general aviation customers; and produces, sells, and services military and commercial auxiliary power units. The Raytheon segment provides defensive and offensive threat detection, tracking, and mitigation capabilities for U.S., foreign government, and commercial customers. The company was formerly known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation and changed its name to RTX Corporation in July 2023. RTX Corporation was incorporated in 1934 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

RTX Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Positive Sentiment: We delivered Q2 sales up 9% organically, 12% segment profit growth, a 1.86 book-to-bill, and backlog rose to $236 billion, up 15% year-over-year.
• Negative Sentiment: Free cash flow was approximately breakeven in Q2 due to a four-week work stoppage at Pratt & Whitney, with recovery expected in H2 2025.
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised its full-year adjusted sales outlook to $84.75–85.5 billion, revised EPS to $5.80–5.95, and maintained its free cash flow guidance.
• Neutral Sentiment: Net tariff costs for 2025 are now expected at $500 million (down from $850 million previously), as mitigation actions offset headwinds.
• Positive Sentiment: RTX completed non-core divestitures and increased its dividend by 8%, underscoring balance sheet strength and shareholder returns.

Presentation

[Operator]

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the RTX Second Quarter twenty twenty five Earnings Conference Call. My name is Latif, and I will be your operator for today. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes. On the call today are Chris Scalio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Neil Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer and Nathan Ware, Vice President of Investor Relations. This call is being webcast live on the Internet, and there is a presentation available for download from RTX website at www.rtx.com.

[Operator]

Please note, except where otherwise noted, the company will speak to results from continuing operations, excluding acquisition accounting adjustments, and net nonrecurring and or significant items often referred to by management as other significant items. The company also reminds listeners that the earnings and cash flow expectations and any other forward looking statements provided in this call are subject to risks and uncertainties. RTX SEC filings, including its forms eight ks, 10 Q, and 10 ks provide details on important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements. Once the call becomes open for questions, we ask that you limit your first round to one call one question per caller to give everyone the opportunity to participate. To ask a question, you will need to press star one 1 on your telephone.

[Operator]

You may ask further questions by reinserting yourself into the queue as time permits. With that, I will turn the call over to Mr. Calio.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. We delivered very solid results in the second quarter as we continue to execute in a dynamic operating environment. On the top line, sales were up 9% organically year over year, including 16% commercial aftermarket growth, continuing the momentum from Q1. Segment operating profit was up 12% year over year, supported by growth across all three of our segments. And free cash flow for the quarter was approximately breakeven as we previously discussed, primarily related to the four week work stoppage at Pratt in May, which we expect to recover in the second half of this year.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

We also continue to see exceptionally strong demand for our products, with a Q2 book to bill of 1.86, and our backlog now stands at $236,000,000,000 up 15% year over year and 9% sequentially driven by several notable wins in the quarter. Pratt booked over 1,000 GTF engine orders, including up to 177 aircraft for Wizz Air and 91 aircraft for Frontier Airlines as they further expand their GTF powered fleets. And Raytheon booked over $5,000,000,000 of integrated air and missile defense awards, including $1,100,000,000 for AIM-9X effectors. This is the largest order in the history of the program and will benefit The U. S.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

And international customers. I'll now turn to the current operating environment. In commercial aerospace, OE production was strong and in line with our expectations for the first half of the year, and we remain positive on the ramp continuing in the back half, supporting growing demand for our products. Global RPKs are also expected to continue to grow over 5% for the year, which supports low retirement levels and strong commercial aftermarket demand. For example, our V2500 powered aircraft fleet has seen a 1% retirement rate so far this year.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

On the defense side, the growing need for air dominance is creating unprecedented demand for our core defense products across RTX. The US budget reconciliation legislation that passed earlier this month contains over $150,000,000,000 for additional defense spending, with about $50,000,000,000 of funding for Golden Dome and munitions, again, both core areas for RTX. In longer term, NATO allies have agreed to increase core defense spending to 3.5% of GDP over the next decade, with an increased focus on integrated air and missile defense. To support the growing demand across Europe, we continue to expand our regional partnerships. For example, in the quarter Raytheon entered into an industrial cooperation agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Defense that will support the production ramp for Patriot in the local region.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

So overall, demand remains strong across our end markets and supports continued top line growth across the business. On the trade front, it continues to be fluid, but our outlook on the impact of tariffs has improved for the year as there have been some positive announcements to date, such as The UK agreement, which provides exemptions for aerospace components. We also continue to improve our ability to mitigate tariff headwinds, including optimizing material flow where possible and through pricing actions. As a result of these developments and our strong first half performance, we're increasing our adjusted sales outlook for the full year. We're also revising our adjusted EPS outlook to incorporate drop through on the higher sales, continued cost discipline across the business, and our current assessment of tariff impacts.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

And for free cash flow, we are maintaining our full year outlook. Neil will take you through these details in a few minutes, but before he does, let me provide an update on the progress we're making on our strategic priorities on slide four. First is executing on our commitments. On the GTF Fleet Management Plan, our financial and technical outlook remains consistent with our prior comments. Isothermal forging output was up 12% versus the prior year and 10% sequentially, which supported a 22% year over year improvement in PW1100 MRR output this quarter despite the Pratt Work stoppage.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

And we remain on track for over a 30% MRR output improvement for the full year, which is the key enabler to reducing AOGs in the second half. And at Raytheon, the team is leveraging our core operating system to significantly increase production this year for multiple sectors, including GemT, Coyote, and AMRAAM. In the quarter, both GemT and Coyote saw output more than double year over year. Next is innovating for future growth. Autonomy and AI are significant parts of our RTX cross company technology roadmap.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Earlier this month, we announced a new partnership with Shield AI to integrate AI based sensor and target recognition capabilities into select Raytheon products. This includes loitering munitions and our multispectral targeting system, which is a battle tested sensor package that provides long range surveillance and target tracking for a variety of munitions. Also in the quarter, Raytheon announced a collaboration with Kongsberg to co develop subassemblies of the Ghost Eye radar. The Ghost Eye system adapts the fundamental technology of LTANs into a smaller, three sixty degree solution for advanced medium range tracking that will detect drones, cruise missiles, and other airborne threats. This system builds on the battle tested NASAM solution, which has 13 partner countries and over 1,000 intercepts over just the last few years, and it's another example of how we're expanding our regional partnerships in Europe.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

And lastly, we continue to leverage the breadth and scale of RTX. Across the company, we're implementing our proprietary data analytics and AI platform to accelerate our backlog and increase productivity across our operations. This platform is our digital backbone that connects our enterprise systems, thousands of shop floor machines, and millions of hours of product data to enable more efficient operations and smarter and faster decision making. For example, in Collins Avionics business, our engineers are using this platform to reduce software development times by around 30%, allowing us to deliver faster and more frequent software upgrades to our customers. Shifting to the portfolio, in the quarter, we entered into an agreement to sell Collins' Simmons Precision Products business for $765,000,000 And yesterday, we completed the $1,800,000,000 sale of our actuation business.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Both transactions highlight our efforts to focus and invest in our core capabilities, with proceeds to be used to further strengthen our balance sheet. Lastly, we raised our dividend by 8% in the quarter, reflecting our confidence in executing our backlog and the long term cash generation capability of our company. With this dividend increase, we now expect to deliver $37,000,000,000 of capital to shareowners from the date of the merger through the end of this year, and we remain committed to a long term capital return policy that includes growing our dividend and returning excess capital to shareowners. Overall, we continue to make steady progress on our key priorities, and I'm pleased with the performance and momentum through the first half of the year. With that, let me turn it over to Neil to take you through the results and our updated outlook for the full

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

year. Neil? All right, Chris. Thanks. I'm on slide five.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

In the second quarter, adjusted sales of 21,600,000,000 were up 9% on both an adjusted and organic basis. Growth was led by strength across all three channels with commercial aftermarket up 16%, commercial OE up 7%, and defense up 6%. Segment operating profit of $2,700,000,000 was up 12% driven by drop through on higher volume and improved defense mix, and we saw 30 basis points of consolidated segment margin expansion. Adjusted earnings per share of $1.56 was up 11% from the prior year driven by segment operating profit growth and a lower effective tax rate. Earnings per share included approximately $06 of higher tariff costs.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

On a GAAP basis, EPS from continuing operations was 1.22 and included $0.28 of acquisition accounting adjustments and $06 of restructuring and other items. As expected, free cash flow was an outflow of $72,000,000 This included approximately $250,000,000 for powder metal related compensation and $175,000,000 related to tariff impacts. So overall, our first half results were strong, driven by end market demand and execution across all three segments. Now let's turn to slide six and I'll take you through our outlook. Starting with the top line, given our strong first half performance, we are increasing our full year adjusted sales outlook to a range of $84,750,000,000 to $85,500,000,000 up from our prior range of $83,000,000,000 to $84,000,000,000 This translates to between 67% organic sales growth for the year, up from our prior range of 4% to 6%.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Looking at it by channel at the RTX level and adjusting for divestitures, we now expect commercial aftermarket sales to grow low teens, up from our prior outlook of around 10% growth. On the commercial OE side, sales are expected to grow high single digits year over year, up from our prior outlook of mid single digits. And we continue to expect defense sales to grow mid single digits across the company. On the bottom line, we continue to improve our ability to mitigate tariff headwinds, including expanding USMCA coverage, qualifying additional parts for military duty free exemptions, and maximizing the use of free trade zones in addition to the items that Chris mentioned. As a result, our current assessment of 2025 tariff costs net of mitigations is around $500,000,000 with approximately $125,000,000 already incurred in the first half of the year.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

In addition, we see the associated cash impact to be around $600,000,000 for the full year, again, a notable improvement. We have incorporated these impacts into our updated full year outlook. With respect to taxes, we are pleased with several elements of the recently enacted legislation that restores the full expensing of research and development costs and maintains stability in the corporate tax rate, and we continue to expect an effective tax rate of 19.5% for the full year. In addition, improved operating performance, including additional profit growth at Raytheon and volume drop through at Pratt and Collins is providing $0.10 of EPS improvement, which partially offsets the $0.30 tariff headwind. All in, we now see adjusted EPS at a new range of $5.8 to $5.95 for the full year versus our prior range of $6 to $6.15 On free cash flow, we continue to expect between 7,000,000,000 and $7,500,000,000 for the full year as the headwind from tariffs will be offset by the benefit from improved cash taxes.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

The primary drivers of our second half cash flow growth will come from segment profit and working capital improvements, including the recovery from the work stoppage at Pratt. With that, let me hand it over to Nathan to take you through the segment results for the second quarter.

[Nathan Ware, VP - Investor Relations at RTX]

Okay. Thanks, Neil. Starting with Collins on Slide seven. Sales were $7,600,000,000 in the quarter, up 9% on both an adjusted and organic basis, driven by strength in Commercial Aftermarket and Defense. Adjusting for divestitures, by channel, Commercial Aftermarket sales were up 13%, driven by a 20% increase in Mods and Upgrades, a 12% increase in Parts and Repair, and a 9% increase in Provisioning.

[Nathan Ware, VP - Investor Relations at RTX]

Defense sales were up 11%, driven by higher volume across multiple programs and platforms, including the F-thirty five and the Survivable Airborne Operations Center programs. Commercial OE sales were up 1% versus the prior year, as expected lower volume on the seven thirty seven MAX was more than offset by higher volume on other platforms, including the seven eighty seven. Adjusted operating profit of $1,200,000,000 was up $104,000,000 versus the prior year as drop through on higher commercial aftermarket and defense volume, favorable defense mix, and lower R and D expense more than offset unfavorable commercial OE mix and the impact of higher tariffs across the business. Turning to Collins' full year outlook, we now expect sales to grow mid single digits on an adjusted basis and high single digits organically, up from our prior range of up low single digits on an adjusted basis and up mid single digits organically, driven by strength in commercial aftermarket and defense. With respect to operating profit, we now expect growth between $275,000,000 and $350,000,000 versus 2024, compared to our prior expectation of up between $500,000,000 and $600,000,000 driven by the expected impact of tariffs, which was partially offset by increased volume drop through.

[Nathan Ware, VP - Investor Relations at RTX]

Shifting to Pratt and Whitney on slide eight. Despite the impact of the four week work stoppage that occurred in the quarter, sales of $7,600,000,000 were up 12% on both an adjusted and organic basis, driven by strength in commercial aftermarket and commercial OE. Commercial aftermarket sales were up 19%, driven by higher volume in large commercial engines and favorable mix in Pratt Canada. Commercial OE sales were up 15%, driven by favorable mix in large commercial engines and higher Pratt Canada volume. In military engines, sales were flat, driven by F135 volume, including the impact of contract award timing.

[Nathan Ware, VP - Investor Relations at RTX]

Adjusted operating profit of $6.00 $8,000,000 was up $71,000,000 versus the prior year as favorable commercial OE mix, drop through on higher commercial aftermarket volume, and lower R and D expense more than offset unfavorable commercial aftermarket mix, the impact of higher tariffs across the business, and the four week work stoppage. Turning to Pratt's full year outlook, we now expect sales to grow low double digits on an adjusted and organic basis, an increase from our prior range of up high single digit, driven by strength in commercial aftermarket and commercial OE mix. With respect to operating profit, we now expect growth between 200,000,000 and $275,000,000 versus 2024, compared to our prior expectation of up between $325,000,000 and 400,000,000 driven by the expected impact of tariffs, partially offset by increased volume drop through. Now turning to Raytheon on slide nine. Sales of $7,000,000,000 in the quarter were up 6% on both an adjusted and organic basis, driven by higher volume on land and air defense systems, including International Patriot and NESAMs, and higher volume on naval programs, including SPY-six and EVOLVE Sea Sparrow missile.

[Nathan Ware, VP - Investor Relations at RTX]

This was partially offset by expected lower development program volume within air and space defense systems. Adjusted operating profit of $8.00 $9,000,000 was up $100,000,000 versus the prior year, driven by favorable program mix, including International Patriot, and higher volume. Bookings in the quarter were $9,400,000,000 resulting in a book to bill of 1,350,000,000.00 and a backlog of $63,500,000,000 On a rolling twelve month basis, Raytheon's book to bill is 1.49. Other key awards in the quarter included over $1,200,000,000 for SM3 production and approximately $650,000,000 for SPY six production. Turning to Raytheon's full year outlook, we continue to expect sales to grow low single digits on an adjusted basis and mid single digits organically, with operating profit growth between $225,000,000 and $300,000,000 versus 2024, up from our prior expectation of between 150,000,000 and $225,000,000 driven by favorable international program mix.

[Nathan Ware, VP - Investor Relations at RTX]

With that, I'll hand it back over to Chris for some closing remarks.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Okay. Thanks, Nathan. I'm on slide 10. We have great momentum across RTX through the first half of the year. We delivered strong top and bottom line growth, and our end markets remain robust, as seen by our recent customer wins and 1.86 book to bill in the quarter, and our backlog now stands at $236,000,000,000 Looking toward the second half of the year, we are focused on what we can control, executing our backlog, driving cost discipline, and investing in innovation. With that, let's open it up for questions.

[Operator]

In the interest of time and to allow for broader participation, you are asked to limit yourself to one question. To ask a question, you will need to press 11 on your telephone. Our first question comes from the line of Jason Gursky of Citi. Please go ahead, Jason.

[Jason Gursky, Equity Research Analyst at Citigroup]

Hey, good morning, everybody.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Hey, good

[Jason Gursky, Equity Research Analyst at Citigroup]

morning, Hey, Chris, I was wondering if you wouldn't spend a few minutes on Raytheon and maybe talk about the multiyear outlook here. You've got a really solid book to bill here over the trailing twelve months as you just highlighted and you also highlighted the upward pressure on budgets both domestically and internationally, the partnerships that you're setting up in Europe for Patriot production for example. So just kind of curious when you think based on the feedback that you're getting from customers, we might begin to see some awards flowing on some of this outlook and how quickly you think you can convert that into revenue once you begin seeing awards for example on Golden Dome. And just kind of the opportunities and challenges that you have ahead of you to go convert all of this pipeline and backlog into revenue? Just kind of what the multiyear outlook looks like here from a growth perspective. Thanks for the thoughts.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Yeah. Well, thanks, Jason. And I think you sort of led off with how I would start this story, which is really on the demand profile. I mean Raytheon did have another very strong quarter of demand, a 1.35 book to bill. If you look at our backlog, since the end of twenty twenty three, it's up about 25%.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

And it's in those areas, Jason, that we've said before, are really core, right? Integrated air and missile defense, sectors, sensing. You mentioned the international demand, again, Europe, the 3.5%, that's going to play out over the next decade or so. We continue to see strong demand in MENA Region and Asia Pacific given the INDOPACOM threat. If you just think also just about reconciliation, you mentioned it, dollars 25,000,000,000 for Golden Dome, another $25,000,000,000 for effectors.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

We think Golden Dome in particular is really well aligned with our core capabilities and product portfolio. Again, battle tested and proven systems at each layer. Think Patriot, Naysams, Coyote, additional levels of potential protection on the coast with our TPE-two radar and the long range SM-3s. And so really, demand across the board. And our focus this year has really been on ramping.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

We're going to see significant increases this year on a number of key programs. GemT and Coyote are going to double in particular, AMRAAM. And so when we talk about ramping, it's about capacity and it's about the supply chain. We're investing about $250,000,000 this year in capacity, Tucson, McKinney, Camden, and we're injecting people into the supply chain, which is again why you're seeing material growth for the ninth straight quarter at Raytheon. So the demand signal is again super strong.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

We continue to form key partnerships in Europe, set up second sources, co production, all the things to help drive this backlog and execute on this demand. I won't speculate on when some of this stuff like Golden Dome turns into sales and awards, but, you know, there's a significant opportunity there for us, and, you know, we are well positioned and highly engaged in that process.

[Jason Gursky, Equity Research Analyst at Citigroup]

Great. Thanks.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Robert Stallard of Vertical Research. Please go ahead, Robert.

[Robert Stallard, Analyst at Vertical Research Partners]

Thanks so much. Good morning.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Good morning.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Hey, Rob.

[Robert Stallard, Analyst at Vertical Research Partners]

Chris and Neil, thanks for the update on the tariff situation, which is obviously tough to predict. But I was wondering if you could give us a bit more detail on some of the moving parts you've given in Q2 versus Q1, whether you factored in or seen any negative developments on the demand side, particularly from U. S. Airlines? Thank you.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Yeah. Well, I'll start on tariff front, Rob, give a little more color there. As we said upfront in the prepared remarks, our initial outlook was $850,000,000 We've now reduced that to $500,000,000 About half of that reduction comes from the reduced rates and the pausing. The other half comes from the improved mitigation actions that we've talked about. Think USMCA, think some certain pricing actions, optimizing the flow of material around our network.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

So that's the tariff piece. And again, as an overall sort of macro look at tariffs, I think countries want to get deals done. I think there's going to continue to be some escalation and flare ups. That's sort of the nature of how these things work. But I think even with some of the more difficult negotiations that are out there, generally speaking, people want stability, they want predictability, and we're confident that those deals will get done.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

We haven't seen it at this stage bleed through into demand. You just look at the commercial aftermarket here in the first half, again, really strong 18% organic growth. We've seen increased shop visits in the platforms, both the V2500 and the Pratt Canada. If you look at Collins, all their channels had book to bills over one, some very strong demand on mods upgrades. And again, on a more macro level, I would say the consumer sentiment index continues to rise.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Unemployment remains low. I think the airline commentary has been around a more stable environment, which provides a good platform for continued strength in the aftermarket. So again, I think we've got our arms around tariffs as we see them today and continue to see strength in the market.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

And Rob, let me give you a little bit of color on the segments. So if you think about the $500,000,000 about $275,000,000 pertains to Collins, and that's reflected in their revised outlook, and about $225,000,000 relates to Pratt and Whitney. And if you think about the second quarter, so what's behind us, we got about $100,000,000 or so behind us, 60,000,000 of it is sitting inside of the Collins numbers in the second quarter and $40,000,000 is sitting inside of the Pratt numbers. And I already mentioned how much cash we've incurred to date in terms of an outflow. It's about 175,000,000 So we've got about $425,000,000 to go for the rest of the year, just a little extra color from a segment perspective.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from the line of Myles Walton of Wolfe Research.

[Myles Walton, Managing Director at Wolfe Research LLC]

Thanks. Good morning. Maybe just one clarification first and then a question. So the clarification, in terms of the tariff assumptions, are you assuming that they revert on August 1 back to the Liberation Day levels or the new levels or just they continue at pace where they are. And then the real question is on the reconciliation bill.

[Myles Walton, Managing Director at Wolfe Research LLC]

If you can just put a finer point on the specific benefit you got from the R and D capitalization reversal and how that proceeds over the coming few years? Thanks.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Sure. Thanks, Myles, for the question. Just to clarify on the tariff piece. So our $500,000,000 contemplates the rates that are currently in effect today. So we haven't contemplated something going up on August 1 or anything that might transpire after that.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

However, I'll make a couple of comments on that. The first is, should rates change, go up, we'll probably see about a couple of months of that hit the income statement. The rest would sit in inventory at the end of the year. We think that between the way we're looking at the year in terms of our recent opportunities as well as the range we provided on the earnings per share, we'd be able to absorb that. I would say the same thing on the free cash flow side.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

So that's why we've got a range around those two particular metrics. And as we sit here today, there's still a lot to learn over the next couple of months, and we'll be monitoring that. And of course, as Chris just said, we're working our mitigations to continue to offset any additional headwind that might come. On the tax side, again, pleased to see the permanent restoration of R and D in particular. As you all know, the tax rules are very complicated.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

So we're dealing with a number of provisions that are embedded in that legislation. We do see a little bit of income statement headwind this year. We're offsetting that with some other operational tax items for the year. So no net impact there, keeping our effective tax rate at 19.5%. On the cash side, as you probably all know, this bill was effective as of the beginning of twenty twenty five.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

And so again, a lot of complexities there. We do expect a cash benefit to come this year. It's fairly moderate. It probably accounts for 25%, 30% of the offset to the tariff headwind that we're seeing this year. But we'll expect that to continue to be a benefit going forward in 2026, '27 and '28 as we continue to work through the varying provisions of that bill, including the capitalization versus expensing of research and development and how we handle that and the interplay with some corporate alternative minimum taxes.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

So very complex, but big picture, it's favorable, great to see the corporate tax rate maintained at 21%. I think that's really important for American companies to maintain our competitive global edge. And we're continuing to invest research and development here in The United States as well as capital, and we get a bonus deduction for that as well from the provision. So all good, and you'll see that in the numbers as we get into next year.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from the line of Scott Deuschla of Deutsche Bank.

[Scott Deuschle, Director - Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at Deutsche Bank]

Hey, good morning.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Good morning, Scott.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Hey, Scott.

[Scott Deuschle, Director - Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at Deutsche Bank]

Sorry to ask another question on tariffs. But Neil, should we expect the net impact of tariffs to decline in 2026 relative to 2025 assuming these current rates hold? And then does that net impact decline more for cash than does for EBIT as you go into next year?

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Scott, thanks for the question. I don't want to get too far ahead of us for 2026, but what I will tell you is that we're continuing to aggressively work the mitigation strategies here. We've been very successful in identifying opportunities to qualify more of our imports under the USMCA provisions, military duty free exemptions, putting bonds in place for goods that get re exported. So I think we have a number of things Chris alluded to, some of the pricing actions as well. Right now, I would say, we've made good progress there, and I'm seeing good traction.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Don't want to put a number on it today, but our intent here is to continue to aggressively mitigate these headwinds so that we don't see a larger year over year headwind coming into 'twenty six.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Sheila Kahyaoglu of Jefferies. Please go ahead, Sheila.

[Sheila Kahyaoglu, Managing Director at Jefferies]

Good morning, guys, and thank you so much. Maybe we could talk about the core business because it performed very well at Pratt. So the guidance is now double digit aftermarket growth for Pratt after 24% in H1 implies a steep deceleration. How are we thinking about aftermarket, whether it's spares, work scopes, the 22% MRO output on GTF despite the strike? And I think you mentioned B2500 retirements at 1% year to date.

[Sheila Kahyaoglu, Managing Director at Jefferies]

So maybe just based on GE commentary last week, they're extending their shop visit peak as well. How are you thinking about volume profit drop through on the two large commercial engine programs?

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Hey, good morning, Sheila. So I'll sort of pick up to kind of where you were going here. On the MRO output, Brad, on the GTF-eleven 100, again, were pretty pleased, up 22% in Q2. You mentioned that's despite sort of the parts supply impact from the four week work stoppage, also on heavier work scopes. So feel good about that output.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

And that's key, obviously, to continuing to move the AOGs down here in the second half of the year. On the V2500, continue to see sort of strength in that program. We're obviously halfway through the year and feel really good about the 800 or so shop visits we forecasted for the year. And I'll tell you, when you look a little bit longer term there, I think that program is going to continue to have strength, frankly, where we thought it would three, four years ago. That platform continues to perform exceptionally well.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Demand is there. And even as shop visits potentially start to come down at some point, I think you'll start to see the content go up. So feel really good about GTF and the V2500. And then, of course, there's also Pratt Canada, continued strength there in their shop visits and on their portfolio. So feel good about the Pratt commercial aftermarket story.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

And maybe just to put a finer point on some of the changes in our outlook, Sheila. We talked about Pratt sales now being up low double digits for the year. Think about that as about $800,000,000 of the $1,600,000,000 top line increase at the RTX level at the midpoint. About half of that is going to be aftermarket. So we now see the aftermarket up mid teens.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

We've been working, as you know, to balance our deliveries between installs, spares and MRO. So again, we see good growth in the back half as well. The compares get more difficult, not just at Prep, but also at Collins. About $300,000,000 of the $800,000,000 increase is on the OE side. We continue to see good mix there, and the rest is sitting in the defense business.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

So just a little extra color on the prep business.

[Operator]

Our next question comes from the line of Ron Epstein of Bank of America. Your question please,

[Ronald Epstein, MD - Aerospace & Defense at Bank of America Merrill Lynch]

Hey, good morning guys. Good morning I want to speak a bit about what you're seeing in OE production rates. It does seem we're starting to see some stability and lift in the Boeing narrow body rates and wide body rates and what are you seeing on your end? Then on the Airbus side, it seems like A350 is still kind of challenged and what's that mean for Collins and what's going on with A320?

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Rod, let me start maybe a little bit and then Chris can pile on. At Collins, 1% OE growth here in the second quarter. We expected the first half of the year to be a little bit lighter. The compares get a lot easier as we get into the second half of the year, particularly because we're overcoming the Boeing strike from last year. So at Collins, we're encouraged by the ramp that we're seeing there.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

We're expecting a little bit of mix headwind as the wide bodies, seven eighty seven, in particular, as you all know the story there, ramps up in second half. But I would say, just to put a little color on the Collins segment, I just did Pratt, we see about $800,000,000 of sales uplift in our outlook, about $200,000,000 of that is on the OE side because of that strength that we're seeing on the ramp side. Another $250,000,000 is in the aftermarket just to keep going here, and the rest is in defense. We had a really strong year start to the year for the Collins defense business. Chris, anything you want

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

I would just agree with your overall sentiment, Ron, which is I think we are seeing stability in the rates at Boeing. They continue to grow with the focus there on the production system. So that's great. And for Collins, it's just making sure that we stay out of their way and continue to deliver at the rates that they need, making sure that we got the supply chain in place on some of the constrained material. Again, as we've said before in the past, we've got capacity for much higher rates.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

So this will just come down to making sure we've got the material where we need it, when we need it. But feel good about that. And then on the A320, again, agreed, continue to ramp there as well, Ron. We had the work stoppage, of course, which impacted a little bit here in the quarter. But again, I think we're going to make that up in the balance of the year.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

And on the engine side, it really is still about allocating material between MRO and production. And we work closely with Airbus in doing that because we've got to make sure that we balance the continued ramp there, especially as it relates to structural castings and isothermal forgings, with what we need on the MRO side because, again, got to continue to support that fleet and move the AOGs down here in the second half of the year, which is our plan.

[Ronald Epstein, MD - Aerospace & Defense at Bank of America Merrill Lynch]

Got you. Thank you.

[Operator]

Welcome. Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Seth Seifman of JPMorgan. Your line is open, Seth.

[Seth Seifman, Executive Director at JP Morgan]

Hey, thanks very much, and good morning.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Good morning, Seth.

[Seth Seifman, Executive Director at JP Morgan]

Chris, I was wondering, there's been some reports in the press about upgrades at the FAA and the role that RTX might play in that. I was wondering if you could help us out in terms of how to think about that opportunity.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Yeah, absolutely, Seth. Good morning. FAA modernization, I think, is something that's pretty critical. I think that's a bipartisan sort of agreement. We were pleased to see the funding that was in the reconciliation bill, the $12,500,000,000 which I think is a pretty good down payment on what you're going to need to overhaul the air traffic system.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Again, we play in some very specific areas in there. We've got very strong market share on the radars that are installed, and so there's an opportunity there. There's also an opportunity on just the automation that goes into the towers and whatnot, where we have a very strong position. So, again, working with the FAA on modernizing and upgrading those systems. And then again, there's an opportunity, I think, on the aircraft equipage side.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

As you know, Collins has a number of packages there that help with ground control and other things that happen on the runway. So, these are all opportunities, I think, that I'd put into the FAA modernization bucket. Again, a big opportunity for Collins.

[Seth Seifman, Executive Director at JP Morgan]

Great. Thanks very much.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Peter Arment of Baird. Please go ahead, Peter.

[Peter Arment, Senior Research Analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co]

Yeah. Good morning, Chris, Neil.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Hey, Peter.

[Peter Arment, Senior Research Analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co]

Chris, circling back to big picture questions on on sort of where we're going with related to the development and missile defense activities. There's obviously in the most recent budget request, we saw a big step up for PAC-three missile.

[Peter Arment, Senior Research Analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co]

I was just thinking about the knockdown effects for LTAMDS. How do we think about the longer term production output there as we see a big ramp or are there any impacts there?

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Peter was a little bit choppy. I think you were asking me about effector production on Patriot, is that where you were going? Yeah, sure. Well look, as it relates to just Golden Dome, think Patriot, we believe, is gonna be a very important part of that, especially if you want to make a significant impact over the next two to three years. I think there are opportunities to take Patriots that are potentially in inventory today, deploy those as part of the Golden Dome architecture.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

And of course, we'd have to go and then backfill those. And you're seeing Patriot demand all across Europe as well. There's been some recent reporting there. And again, I think that presents an opportunity for Raytheon. And then on LTAMDS, again, we're really pleased to achieve Milestone C earlier this year, initiating the production phase there.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

We delivered about six to the US government, and the Army has plans to procure many more over the next decade or so. And I think the critical thing there about LTAMDS is the integration potential it has with Patriot. You've got 19 Patriot countries out there today leveraging their investment, leveraging the upgrade that they've made by integrating LTAMDS with Patriot, I think, could be pretty powerful. Appreciate it.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Christine Lewog of Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead, Christine.

[Kristine Liwag, Analyst at Morgan Stanley]

Hey. Morning, Chris, Neil and Nathan. Maybe on long term free cash flow, it sounds like the company's end markets have significant multiyear tailwinds. You've talked about commercial aerospace OE improving, aftermarket is still strong, defense bookings up and your supply chain investment should accelerate earnings in the next few years. So if we think about 90% to 100 free cash flow conversion to net income, reversal of some of the working capital you've invested and the end of the GTF cash outflows from the powdered metal issue, should $10,000,000,000 be the minimum free cash flow in 2027 and beyond?

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Christine, let me start. Thanks for the question. I know there's a lot of interest in our free cash flow. First of all, I want to emphasize the fact that we're confident in our 7,000,000,000 to $7,500,000,000 for this year. Obviously, there's work to do in the second half.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

There's a few things that are going to drive that. Just to remind everyone, we'll see a recovery from the Pratt strike, which is what impacted us here in the second quarter. And that's about $1,000,000,000 So we expect most of that to recover in the third quarter. We've got a number of delivery milestones that are attached to cash receipts as well, particularly in the Raytheon business. There's some international advances.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Those can be lumpy, but certainly feel confident those are within the year. And then you'll notice when you get to look at our balance sheet, the receivables are a little higher. So we expect to collect that naturally here in the third quarter. And then we haven't talked about it, but the contract award timing for Pratt with respect to lots eighteen and nineteen on the F135 is expected to come into play here in the third quarter and that will drive some upside in both sales and cash. So starting with this year.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Of course, longer term, if you just look at the guides we provided this year, there's about, call it, dollars 1,200,000,000.0 of powdered metal related compensation in the full year. And if you add that back, you get to about $8,500,000,000 of what I'd call operational free cash flow that's well over 100% of adjusted net income. And for all the reasons you articulated, continued growth on the OE side, strength in the aftermarket with RPKs continuing to grow in the 3% to 5% range, for example, strong, strong defense backlog, a lot of it sitting in our backlog today. Certainly not going to put an exact number on it today, but we expect to see tailwind in the free cash flow over the next several years. And I would add to that the benefits that I just talked about a little earlier with respect to the tax legislation.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

So feeling really confident in the free cash flow generation of the company, and we're starting to see that be more regular occurrence through the quarterly cadence.

[Kristine Liwag, Analyst at Morgan Stanley]

Great. Thank you.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Doug Harnett of Bernstein. Please go ahead, Doug.

[Douglas Harned, Managing Director at AB Bernstein]

Good morning. Thank you.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Hi, Doug.

[Douglas Harned, Managing Director at AB Bernstein]

This quarter was a very good quarter for Raytheon margins and sometime back you had a goal of getting those margins up to 12 plus percent and this was close. Can you talk about how you see this trajectory going forward?

[Douglas Harned, Managing Director at AB Bernstein]

Given that one of the issues had been performance on some fixed price development programs, which we were hoping to see get wrapped up. And then the other side of this, you've got a lot more international demand, mature fixed price programs ahead of you. How should we think about getting to that 12% plus number now?

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Doug, let start here. You've pointed out a number of the positives here, and we agree. We're really happy with the performance in the second quarter. I would attribute that a lot to what I call the base margin on the mix. Once you have a chance to kind of look at the composition of our sales, you'll see that on a year over year basis, our FMS and DCS sales are up almost $500,000,000 So we're seeing the mix that we've been talking about come out of our backlog and come through the income statement with the margins that we would expect.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

We also saw we're continuing to see balance, if you will, on the productivity. So about $15,000,000 year over year productivity year to date, starting to turn the quarter there. But I think what's most important is seeing it in the base margins of the programs that we're adding to the backlog. The other important point is in our backlog, you'll note that the foreign composition is up two points year over year. So again, with the new orders that we're adding, we're seeing it come in with higher margins.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

So I'd say those bids are being put out there contemplating the current cost structure for products that are right in our wheelhouse and we know how to execute on and the supply chain continues to improve. So all of those create tailwind and will get us on that journey well on that journey to the 12% plus margins that we see Raytheon at.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Gautam Khanna of TD Cowen. Gautam, your line is open.

[Gautam Khanna, Managing Director at TD Cowen]

Thank you.

[Gautam Khanna, Managing Director at TD Cowen]

I wanted to ask on the GTFA. If you could just give us an update on how that gets spiraled in both for OE and aftermarket. And if you could also just update us broadly on supply chain.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Sure.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Good morning, Adam. So on the GTF advantage, production has already begun. We've got deliveries planned for the later in this year, towards the end of this year. The cutover, the spiral in as you called it, is going to happen over a couple of years, and that's to appropriately manage the risk, ensure the production maturity and supply chain stability. And then as you noted, there is the hot section sort of plus package that we're putting together, which is the 35 or so parts of the GTF advantage that we're going to kit.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

These comprise the overwhelming majority, almost 90% of the durability improvements from the GTF advantage, and those are going to start to enter into MRO next year. Supply chain overall, I would say continue to see improvements. I mentioned the structural castings up over 20% at Pratt. I also mentioned the nine consecutive quarters of material growth at Raytheon. And then at Collins, again, it's got a huge supply chain network and we've seen reduced overdue line items to the tune of about 25% so far this year.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

All really good signs for us. I would tell you that this is one of the main areas of our core operating system. Sitting side by side with our suppliers, making sure they understand our demand, making sure that if there are producibility changes that we can make, if there are specification changes that we can make, whatever we can do to sort of help drive throughput in our supply chain are things that CORE has been really instrumental in helping us get to this level of stability. Again, more to do. We continue to have ramp up, as I said before, on GTF MRO in the back half of the year.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

You heard Neil talk about some of the OE growth that we're seeing. Again, not taking our foot by any measure off the pedal. There's a lot to do there. Feel good about the progress so far in the first half of the year.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of David Strauss of Barclays. Please go ahead, David.

[David Strauss, Managing Director - Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at Barclays]

Thanks. Good morning.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Good morning.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Good morning, David.

[David Strauss, Managing Director - Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at Barclays]

Chris, you've highlighted a number of times the your forecast for GTF, AOGs to come down in the second half of the year. Any sort of quantification of what that might look like in terms of how much we should expect AOGs to come down in the second half of the year? And just a quick one, if you could touch on some of the nonrecurring items in the quarter, the customer bankruptcy at Pratt and then the extent of the restructuring you're doing at Collins? Thanks.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

On the AOGs, David, I'll just say they've stabilized and we're expecting them to come down meaningfully here in the second half. That's going to again be on the back of continued growth in MRO output. As I said, to Sheila's question, we were pleased with the 22% increase in Q2, especially given the strike, especially given the work scopes. We've seen improvement in our in shop turnaround time. That's continued to trend positively.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

But again, we need to continue to see that ramp happen in that 30% increase range as we move through the year. That's going be the instrumental piece of this. That's what's going to move this down meaningfully here in the second half of the year.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

Yes. Let me pick up on the nonrecurring items. First of all, you saw we had a charge at Pratt and Whitney. We did have an airline customer that filed for bankruptcy, unfortunately. However, we are continuing to work with that customer, as you'd expect.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

And over time, I believe that they will continue to utilize our assets and that in the long term, we will likely realize some recovery there. But as a matter of practice, we reserve for that when that occurs. So that's that. With respect to Collins, you probably saw in the first quarter, we had a fairly sizable restructuring charge. We're continuing our actions there.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

There's a broader effort at Collins to undergo some significant transformation. As you know, brought a lot of companies together to create Collins, and we've done a lot of work, but there's still more to do. And that work gets harder and harder and more invasive as it relates to footprint and the like. But rightsizing the business, rightsizing the back office, reducing our footprint, increasing our automation, those are all projects that Collins is aggressively undertaking right now. And so you saw the first part of the restructuring, which was largely headcount related.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

And as we continue to work through that, I suspect there'll be some others too, but not going to get ahead of the team there, but pleased to see what they're focused on right now.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Scott Micas of Melius Research. Please go ahead, Scott.

[Scott Mikus, Director - Aerospace, Defense & Space Research at Melius Research LLC]

Neil, Chris, very nice results. I wanted to ask about Pratt and the GTF Hot Section Plus offering. Given that 80% of the GTF fleet is on power by the hour maintenance agreements, If the customer wants to retrofit to the GTF Hot Section Plus, is that cost being covered by the customer or by RTX? And then as you do those retrofits, should we expect favorable EAC adjustments at Pratt from time on wing benefits, Or are those benefits already baked into your margin booking rates there?

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Yes. Thanks, Scott. On the Hot Section Plus, again, that will be a customer by customer determination. I mean, to be very frank, we've invested heavily the GTF advantage and, of course, heavily in the Hot Section Plus. And so our intention is to get value for those investments as we offer them into MRO.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

But again, we will look customer by customer, contract by contract and sort of take the right position based on those contracts and on the customer situation. But again, our overall posture is we should be getting value for that investment. And yes, it is going to have a significant time on wing benefit. As we said, the Advantage itself was going to be kind of a 2x time on wing improvement, and the Hot Section Plus is going to get 90% to 95% of that time on wing benefit. So do expect it to be a significant shot in the arm for the program and for the fleet.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

And with respect to the margins, I've talked about the fact that the GTF margins are positive. When you average the last couple of years, they're double digit. We continue to be measured in our approach there. These are long term contracts. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

We've contemplated a certain aspect of time on wing in the base contract assumptions. But we're really excited about this additional option and where it makes sense. We'll be putting that into these engines with the customers. And to the extent that drives a benefit, we'll see that later in the contract term. But right now, taking a very prudent approach to maintaining the margins where they are on the GTF program.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Gavin Parsons of UBS. Please go ahead, Gavin.

[Gavin Parsons, Director, Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at UBS Group]

Thanks, guys. Good morning.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Good morning, Gavin.

[Gavin Parsons, Director, Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at UBS Group]

Maybe carrying through on Pratt margins, what's the right medium term margin rate for Pratt? And how should we think about kind of the directional GTF services margin expansion, the OE engine loss and spare mix and then other contributors like V2500 and Pratt and Whitney Canada? Thanks.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

A lot there, Gavin. Let me provide a little bit of context.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

So first of all, pleased to see the margin expanding at Pratt and then overcoming some of the tariff headwind that's important. You think about the growth drivers there. We're going to continue to ramp on the OE side. That's going to drive a little bit of headwind over the next couple of years as we put more and more of those engines on wing on new aircraft. On the aftermarket, but that's going to continue to grow as well.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

It's going to grow profitably, and it's going to grow above the composite Pratt margin that you see today. So I expect tailwind to the overall Pratt margins over the next couple of years. Again, not going to put a number on it, but certainly the ingredients are there. Chris talked about the V2500 today. If you asked us a year ago about the outlook on shop visits, it would have been lower.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

We're seeing improvement in the number of shop visits and the mix. Those are much heavier on the V. So I see sustained revenue and profit from those aftermarket visits over the next several years as well. All of that, I think, puts us in a position where Pratt's margins continue to expand sequentially as we go through 2025, 2026, 2027. As we've talked about longer term, Pratt is a mid teens low to mid teens business.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

We've seen those kinds of margins in the past. We've gotten a lot of our engineering and development behind us with respect to the GTF advantage that will start to shift to other priorities. However, the ingredients are there for a growing aftermarket. And don't forget about Pratt Canada and the military engine business, both very profitable above well above where the Pratt composite margin is today, and those will continue to grow in volume as well, contributing to improved margins in the Pratt business. So all right ingredients and feeling really confident about the GTF advantage, which will continue to grow and start to overtake that V2500 as those volumes come down late in the decade.

[Gavin Parsons, Director, Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at UBS Group]

Great. Thank you.

[Operator]

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Noah Poponak of Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead, Noah.

[Noah Poponak, Analyst at Goldman Sachs]

Hey, good morning, everyone.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Hey, Noah.

[Noah Poponak, Analyst at Goldman Sachs]

Chris, you've made a few comments on the call here suggesting overall aftermarket MRO, I guess, engine and outside of the engine are different, but that aftermarket capacity has improved. I guess, has there been a step function improvement in ability to get work through? Or is it more of a stabilization? I'm just curious if you can put a finer point on that. And then Neil, on the R and D cash and free cash flow, is refund there or retroactive catch up?

[Noah Poponak, Analyst at Goldman Sachs]

Or is it pure you had an expense versus amortization mismatch this year and now that's gone?

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

No, let me start on the R and D. I mean, it's pretty complicated. And over the last couple of years, we've been getting some refunds on the tax side as it relates to R and D as definitions have been crystallized through the regulations. That said, as it relates to this year's outlook and the improvements, I'd say, like I said, about 25% or so of the free cash flow tailwind comes from the implementation of this new regulation. It's pretty complex in how we're going about doing that because it does drive our taxable income lower with the expensing and the continued amortization of the prior years.

[Neil Mitchill, CFO at RTX Corp.]

So I won't get into any of the other technical things there. But over time, all of the research and development that we have capitalized and we will continue to incur will be deductible for tax purposes as it relates to The U. S. Expenditures. And so that will drive a continued sustained cash tax benefit over the next several years. Chris?

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

Yes. On your question, I think we were going is on GTF MRO output. And yes, pleased with the 22% here. And that's a yes, we've added capacity and additional shops to the GTF network.

[Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO at RTX Corp.]

We've talked about that a few times. But really, when you think about the growth in output, it's improving the velocity and efficiency in our Workhorse existing shops today. Think MTU, think Pratt, think Delta. Those are the shops that continue to drive output, to drive material into the shop, and to shrink the in shop turn time that I referenced earlier.

[Operator]

Thank you. With that, I would now like to turn the conference back to Nathan Ware.

[Nathan Ware, VP - Investor Relations at RTX]

All right. Thank you, Latif. That concludes today's call. As always, the Investor Relations team and I will be available for follow-up questions. Thank you all for joining, have a good day.

[Operator]

This now concludes today's conference. You may now disconnect.

Participants

Executives

• Christopher Calio, Chairman & CEO
• Neil Mitchill, CFO
• Nathan Ware, VP - Investor Relations

Analysts

• Jason Gursky, Equity Research Analyst at Citigroup
• Robert Stallard, Analyst at Vertical Research Partners
• Myles Walton, Managing Director at Wolfe Research LLC
• Scott Deuschle, Director - Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at Deutsche Bank
• Sheila Kahyaoglu, Managing Director at Jefferies
• Ronald Epstein, MD - Aerospace & Defense at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Seth Seifman, Executive Director at JP Morgan
• Peter Arment, Senior Research Analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co
• Kristine Liwag, Analyst at Morgan Stanley
• Douglas Harned, Managing Director at AB Bernstein
• Gautam Khanna, Managing Director at TD Cowen
• David Strauss, Managing Director - Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at Barclays
• Scott Mikus, Director - Aerospace, Defense & Space Research at Melius Research LLC
• Gavin Parsons, Director, Aerospace & Defense Equity Research at UBS Group
• Noah Poponak, Analyst at Goldman Sachs