Boeing (BA) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Boeing (BA) reported Research & Development of $903.0 million for Q1 2026, up 6.99% year-over-year from $844.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 6.33% quarter-over-quarter from $964.0 million in Q4 2025.

Boeing (BA) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Boeing (BA) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $903.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $903.0 million, up 6.99% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $3.7 billion (down 3.01% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $3.6 billion, down 5.17% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development eased to $903.0 million in Q1 2026 per BA's latest filing, from $964.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $1.2 billion in Q3 2024 and troughed at $633.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $856.4 million and a median of $868.0 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Research & Development soared 40.44% in 2022, then retreated 22.27% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $794.0 million in 2022, then climbed by 10.96% to $881.0 million in 2023, then decreased by 5.11% to $836.0 million in 2024, then climbed by 15.31% to $964.0 million in 2025, then slipped by 6.33% to $903.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows BA's Research & Development at $903.0 million in Q1 2026, $964.0 million in Q4 2025, and $897.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 4,964.60 Bn 4,964.60 Bn 456,459.43 406,069.86
2 General Electric 375.02 Bn 364.28 Bn 9.11 Bn 440.00 Mn
3 Rtx 251.10 Bn 246.00 Bn 9.08 Bn 627.00 Mn
4 Boeing 176.15 Bn 155.24 Bn 2.55 Bn 903.00 Mn
5 Lockheed Martin 117.75 Bn 115.86 Bn 2.08 Bn -
6 Howmet Aerospace 111.79 Bn 109.36 Bn 854.00 Mn 9.00 Mn
7 Embraer 94.69 Bn 92.06 Bn - -
8 General Dynamics 94.57 Bn 90.92 Bn 9.09 Bn -
9 TransDigm 77.14 Bn 73.27 Bn 1.51 Bn -
10 Northrop Grumman 74.17 Bn 72.08 Bn 3.45 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 903.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 964.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 897.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 910.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 844.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 836.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.15 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 954.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 868.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 881.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 958.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 797.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 741.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 794.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 727.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 698.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 633.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 678.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 575.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 497.00 Mn