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Note 17: Collaborative Arrangements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Note 17: Collaborative Arrangements

Note 17: Collaborative Arrangements

 

In view of the risks and costs associated with developing new engines, Pratt & Whitney has entered into certain collaboration arrangements in which sales, costs and risks are shared. Sales generated from engine programs, spare parts, and aftermarket business under collaboration arrangements are recorded as earned in our financial statements. Amounts attributable to our collaborators for their share of sales are recorded as an expense in our financial statements based upon the terms and nature of the arrangement. Costs associated with engine programs under collaborative arrangements are expensed as incurred. Under these arrangements, collaborators contribute their program share of engine parts, incur their own production costs and make certain payments to Pratt & Whitney for shared or joint program costs. The reimbursement of the collaborators' share of program costs is recorded as a reduction of the related expense item at that time. As of December 31, 2012, the collaborators' interests in all commercial engine programs ranged from 14% to 48%, inclusive of a portion of Pratt & Whitney's interests held by other participants. Pratt & Whitney is the principal participant in all existing collaborative arrangements. There are no individually significant collaborative arrangements and none of the collaborators exceed a 31% share in an individual program.

 

On June 29, 2012, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU, and JAEC, participants in the IAE collaboration, completed a restructuring of their interests in IAE. Under the terms of the agreement, Rolls-Royce sold its ownership and collaboration interests in IAE to Pratt & Whitney, while also entering into an agreement to license its V2500 intellectual property to Pratt & Whitney. In exchange for the increased ownership and collaboration interests and intellectual property license, Pratt & Whitney paid Rolls-Royce $1.5 billion at closing with additional payments due to Rolls-Royce conditional upon each hour flown by V2500-powered aircraft in service at the closing date of the purchase from Rolls-Royce during the fifteen year period following closing of the purchase. The collaboration interest and intellectual property licenses are reflected as intangible assets and will be amortized in relation to the economic benefits received over the remaining estimated 30 year life of the V2500 program. Rolls-Royce will continue to support the program as a strategic supplier for the V2500 engine and continue to manufacture parts and assemble engines. Pratt & Whitney entered into a collaboration arrangement with MTU with respect to a portion of the acquired collaboration interest in IAE for consideration of approximately $233 million with additional payments due to Pratt & Whitney in the future. As a result of these transactions, Pratt & Whitney holds a 61% net interest in the collaboration and a 49.5% ownership interest in IAE. Please see Note 2 for further discussion of changes in the IAE collaboration arrangement.

 

The following table illustrates the income statement classification and amounts attributable to transactions arising from the collaborative arrangements between participants for each period presented:

(Dollars in millions)    2012 2011 2010
Collaborator share of sales:            
 Cost of products sold    $ 1,295 $ 963 $ 850
 Cost of services sold      216   36   38
              
Collaborator share of program costs (reimbursement of expenses incurred):         
 Cost of products sold      (97)   (88)   (83)
 Research and development      (203)   (220)   (135)
 Selling, general and administrative      (7)   (4)   (5)