L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. /DE/ (LHX)

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) is intended to assist in an understanding of our financial condition and results of operations. This MD&A is provided as a supplement to, should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes in this Report (the “Notes”). In addition, reference should be made to our audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements and Part II. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Fiscal 2025 Form 10-K. The discussions in this MD&A contain forward-looking statements.

OVERVIEW

We are the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, we deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. We support government customers in more than 100 countries, with our largest customers being various departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, their prime contractors and international allies. Our products, systems and services have defense and civil government applications, as well as commercial applications. The percentage of our revenue that was derived from sales to U.S. Government customers, including foreign military sales funded through the U.S. Government, whether directly or through prime contractors, was 74% for year to date 2026.

U.S. and International Budget Environment

The U.S. and international budget environments are evolving rapidly within a dynamic geopolitical context, influenced by the Administration and Congress, heightened geopolitical tensions, global security concerns, inflationary pressures and overall macroeconomic conditions.

On April 3, 2026, the President submitted the U.S. Government fiscal year (“GFY”) 2027 President’s Budget Request (“PBR”) to Congress. It called for a ~$1.5 trillion topline for national defense programs, comprised of $1.1 trillion for the DoW base budget and $350 billion in reconciliation funding. This total request represents a $441 billion increase, or 44%, over the GFY 2026 enacted value. Further, the PBR requested $18.8 billion for NASA, a $5.6 billion or 23% decrease from the GFY 2026 enacted level; $4.5 billion for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), a decrease from $6.1 billion in GFY 2026 enacted; and $22.4 billion for Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), a moderate increase above the $22.1 billion enacted in GFY 2026. Additionally, on June 24, 2026, the White House submitted an $88 billion supplemental funding request for GFY 2026, of which $67 billion is intended for defense spending.

Both the House and Senate have released GFY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) markups that authorize $1.1 trillion for the DoW base budget. Given the election cycle, we expect the GFY 2027 appropriations cycle to be delayed and that the U.S. Government will begin operating on a continuing resolution on October 1, 2026.

Internationally, almost all NATO allies have committed to spend 5% of GDP annually over the next decade on defense and security-related expenditures, with 3.5% on core defense articles and another 1.5% on critical infrastructure, cyber and other key areas.

The overall defense spending environment, both in the U.S. and internationally, reflects the continued impacts of global conflicts and geopolitical tensions, and changes to U.S. Government or international spending priorities have and could in the future impact our business.

See our U.S. Government funding risks and the discussion of our international business risks within Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Fiscal 2025 Form 10-K.

Economic Environment

The ongoing uncertainty related to the impacts of inflation, supply chain disruptions, constraints in the availability of critical materials, including rare earth minerals and metals, as well as the interest rate environment and ongoing federal deficits could in the future impact U.S. Government spending priorities for our products and services. For a discussion of inflation-related risks, see Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Fiscal 2025 Form 10-K.

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We continue to monitor and evaluate the potential impact of current and proposed changes in trade policies and in particular, tariffs. In response to enacted tariffs, we are seeking exemptions, evaluating alternative sources of materials and subcontracted components, as well as engaging in supplier negotiations to help manage cost impacts and are considering price adjustments and other strategies to support profitability. Based on current conditions, we do not expect a material impact on our 2026 results, but will continue to monitor developments and assess potential implications as trade policies evolve.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Second quarter 2026 and 2025 both include thirteen weeks, while year to date 2026 and 2025 include twenty-six and twenty-five weeks, respectively. Outcomes for specific periods, or year-over-year comparisons of results of operations and segment performance should be considered in this context.

Consolidated Results of Operations

Revenue

Second Quarter Comparison. Revenue increased $455 million, or 8% reflecting higher revenues across all segments, primarily from higher volumes, driven by new program ramps, and strong execution.

Year to Date Comparison. Revenue increased $1,067 million, or 10% reflecting higher revenues across all segments, primarily from higher volumes, driven by new program ramps, including a milestone related to material procurement in support of classified contracts, and increased international deliveries.

See the “Business Segment Results of Operations” discussion below in this MD&A for further information.

Gross Margin

Second Quarter Comparison. Gross margin increased $167 million, primarily due to higher volumes across all segments and a $43 million favorable change in net EAC adjustments.

Year to Date Comparison. Gross margin increased $219 million, primarily due to higher volumes across all segments and a $82 million favorable change in net EAC adjustments, partially offset by the absence of the CAS disposal group as a result of the March 2025 divestiture.

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G&A Expenses

The following table presents the components of G&A expenses:

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(1)Includes costs associated with transforming multiple functions, systems and processes to increase agility and competitiveness. See the “Operating Environment, Strategic Priorities and Key Performance Measures” section in the MD&A in our Fiscal 2025 Form 10-K for more detail on our LHX NeXt initiative and implementation costs.

(2)Includes costs related to pursuing acquisition and divestiture portfolio optimization; non-transaction costs related to divestitures; costs related to the carve-out and planned AXYV public offering; salaries of employees in roles dedicated to planned strategic transaction activity; and resolution of a procurement contract matter.

(3)Includes losses associated with the Space Technology disposal group and the CAS disposal group in 2026 and 2025, respectively. See Note P: Divestitures in the Notes for further information.

(4)Includes a portion of management and administration, legal, environmental, compensation, retiree benefits, the FAS/CAS operating adjustment, eliminations and other. Year to date 2025 also includes the CAS disposal group. See Note P: Divestitures in the Notes for further information.

(5)Includes other segment G&A expenses, primarily payroll and benefits, outside services, facilities and insurance.

Second Quarter Comparison. G&A expenses increased $84 million, or 11%, primarily due to the absence of a $75 million and $17 million gain recognized in connection with the sale of assets from a product line in second quarter 2025 in our Space and Mission Systems and Communications and Spectrum Dominance segments, respectively, and an increase in company-funded R&D costs. Such impacts were partially offset by the absence of LHX NeXt implementation costs, as the LHX NeXt implementation phase was completed in fiscal 2025.

Year to Date Comparison. G&A expenses increased $9 million, or 1%, primarily due to an increase in company-funded R&D costs and a decrease in gains recognized in connection with the sale of assets from product line sales, including recognition a $39 million gain in our Missile Solutions segment in first quarter 2026 compared to recognition of gains of $75 million and $17 million in second quarter 2025 in our Space and Mission Systems and Communications and Spectrum Dominance segments, respectively. Such impacts were partially offset by the absence of LHX NeXt implementation costs, as the LHX NeXt implementation phase was completed in fiscal 2025, and the absence of the CAS disposal group expenses.

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Non-service FAS Pension Income and Other, Net

The following table presents the components of non-service FAS pension income and other, net:

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) is intended to assist in an understanding of our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2025 compared with fiscal 2024. A discussion of fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 can be found in Part II. Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025 (our “Fiscal 2024 Form 10-K”). This MD&A is provided as a supplement to, should be read in conjunction with and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying Notes appearing elsewhere in this Report. Except for the historical information contained herein, the discussions in this MD&A contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our future results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Report. For additional information, see Part I. Item 1. Business - Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements of this Report.

OVERVIEW

We are the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs in mind, we deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. We support customers in more than 100 countries, with our largest customers being various departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, their prime contractors and international allies. Our capabilities have defense

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and civil government applications, as well as commercial applications. As of January 2, 2026, we had approximately 45,000 employees, including approximately 18,000 engineers and scientists.

We structure our operations primarily around the capabilities we provide and we report our financial results in four business segments: CS, SAS, IMS, and AR. Revenue is disaggregated at the segment level into categories that the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) believes best depict the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows. These categories do not distinguish between product and service revenue because management evaluates the business on a combined, consolidated revenue and cost of revenue basis. The CODM, as well as segment management, are not provided with and do not review revenue or cost of revenue disaggregated between products and services at the segment or sector level; accordingly, this information is not used in resource allocation decisions. Accordingly, and because we do not believe such disaggregation assists in an understanding of our financial condition and results of operations, product and service revenue and the related cost of revenue are not disaggregated herein. See Note 14: Business Segments in the Notes for further information regarding our business segments.

U.S. and International Budget Environment

The percentage of our revenue that was derived from sales to U.S. Government customers, whether directly or through prime contractors, including foreign military sales funded through the U.S. Government, was 75%, 76% and 76%, in fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

On March 15, 2025, the President signed into law a full-year CR for GFY 2025, funding the government through September 30, 2025, with $893 billion for defense funding, including $851 billion for the DoW. This was in line with the 1% increase permitted by the caps under the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 for GFY 2025. Notably, the CR provided funding at the account level, not the program level, allowing federal agencies more discretion with how they prioritize funding for programs.

On May 2, 2025, the White House released a preliminary GFY 2026 budget that included a flat national defense topline of $893 billion (including $849 billion for DoW) and included an additional $119 billion from reconciliation funding in 2026 for a total of approximately $1 trillion. The administration requested $557 billion for non-defense funding, down from $721 billion in GFY 2025, resulting in material funding declines for some agencies, including a $6 billion cut to NASA.

On July 4, 2025, the President signed Congress’ reconciliation package which included $155 billion for national defense spending to fund DoW priorities, including priorities closely aligned with L3Harris interests and opportunities, such as Golden Dome, munitions, and shipbuilding, $165 billion for Department of Homeland Security priorities, $12.5 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) for air traffic control modernization efforts and $10 billion for NASA. The administration has stated that it expects departments and agencies will be able to access significant amounts of this additional funding in GFY 2026, specifically noting the expectation that the DoW will access $113 billion in GFY 2026. The reconciliation package also raises the debt ceiling by $5 trillion and enacts key changes to the federal tax code, further discussed under the “U.S. Federal Tax Reform” heading below.

On October 1, 2025, after Congress failed to reach an agreement on a short-term spending deal or full-year appropriation, the federal government experienced its longest shutdown on record, lasting 43 days. It was resolved with a CR lasting until January 30th for agencies that did not yet have full-year appropriations.

The Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, which provides funding for NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), was signed into law on January 23, 2026. The bill provides $6 billion above the Administration’s GFY 2026 budget request for NASA and rejects the proposed termination of the Space Launch System (“SLS”) and Orion following the Artemis III mission and directs the inclusion of an SLS-based option in any competition for future Artemis launch services. The bill also provides $6 billion for NOAA, an increase of more than $1.5 billion above the Administration’s GFY 2026 request.

The final GFY 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) was signed into law in December 2025. The NDAA provides authorization of appropriations for the DoW, nuclear weapons programs of the Department of Energy, and other defense-related activities. In addition to serving as an authorization of appropriations, the NDAA establishes defense policies and restrictions, and addresses organizational administrative matters related to the DoW.

Congress passed the Defense Appropriations bill on February 3, 2026, providing $859 billion for DoW programs, an increase of 1% or ~$9 billion over the President’s Budget Request. In addition, Congress provided just over $22 billion for the FAA via the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development bill, more than $1 billion above the GFY 2025 enacted level. This includes $4 billion in resources for facilities and equipment, nearly $1 billion more than the prior year.

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Internationally, almost all NATO allies have committed to spend 5% of GDP annually over the next decade on defense and security-related expenditures, with 3.5% on core defense articles and another 1.5% on critical infrastructure, cyber and other key areas.

The overall defense spending environment, both in the U.S. and internationally, reflects the continued impacts of global conflicts and geopolitical tensions, and changes to U.S. Government or international spending priorities have and could in the future impact our business.

For a discussion of U.S. Government funding risks and international business risks see “Item 1. Business - International Business,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and Note 15: Legal Proceedings, Commitments and Contingencies in the Notes of this Report.

U.S. Federal Tax Reform

In third quarter 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was enacted, introducing amendments to the U.S. federal income tax code, including permanent reinstatement of immediate expensing for domestic research expenditures, a reduction in the benefit of the R&D credit, restoration of full expensing for qualified machinery, equipment and other short-lived assets, and several modifications to existing international tax provisions. Certain provisions are effective for 2025, the effects of which have been recognized in third quarter 2025 and are reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes. Certain other provisions are effective in future fiscal years.

Economic Environment

The ongoing uncertainty related to the impacts of inflation, as well as the interest rate environment and ongoing federal deficits could in the future impact U.S. Government spending priorities for our products and services. For a discussion of inflation-related risks, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of this Report.

We continue to monitor and evaluate the potential impact of current and proposed changes in trade policies and in particular, tariffs. In response to enacted tariffs, we are seeking exemptions, evaluating alternative sources of materials and subcontracted components, as well as engaging in supplier negotiations to help manage cost impacts and are considering price adjustments and other strategies to support profitability. There was no material impact on our 2025 results.

Operating Environment, Strategic Priorities and Key Performance Measures

As a proven alternative to traditional primes and new entrants, our flexible business model allows us to operate as either a prime, merchant supplier, or subcontractor, offering both commercial pricing and traditional government acquisition approaches. Our products are used across many customer platforms and this platform-agnostic approach gives us a unique advantage in rapidly adapting to the changing threat environment while effectively partnering with new entrants and non-traditional contractors. Customer demand for our solutions remains robust, and we ended fiscal 2025 with contractual backlog of $38.7 billion, a 13% increase over the prior year. Also in fiscal 2025, we invested $536 million (2% of total revenue) in company-funded R&D focused on technologies that expand our capabilities across our domains.

In fiscal 2025, we continued to make progress with our LHX NeXt initiative, our targeted program designed to enhance organizational agility and performance by leveraging our scale and relationships across segments, driving operational efficiency and competitiveness for the enterprise. We are investing in enterprise tools and optimized, revamped processes to unlock further opportunities for margin expansion and create additional value for our shareholders. Beginning fiscal 2026, LHX NeXt will be fully integrated within our operations as standard practice, with ongoing cost savings measured as operational improvement, which we refer to as e3 (excellence, everywhere, everyday).

Our strategic priorities continue to be performance, growth and innovation. We plan to continue to invest, consistent with profitable growth opportunities, and sustain our culture of innovation, while delivering on our commitments to investors, our customers and on every contract we are awarded. We intend to accomplish this by:

•Building upon our solid foundation and operational rigor to execute for our customers;

•Focusing on profitable growth while securing strategic positions as a prime or subcontractor; and

•Leveraging innovation as a competitive advantage to develop rapid solutions.

We use the following key financial performance measures to manage our business, which are discussed in detail below in the “Operations Review” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” secti

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