Thales-Raytheon Systems Co. Ltd. (TRS) Joint Venture

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Thales-Raytheon Systems Co. Ltd (TRS) Joint Venture

Thales-Raytheon Systems Co. Ltd. (TRS) Joint Venture

In 2001, we formed the TRS joint venture with Thales S.A. The TRS joint venture arrangement involved three operating companies, one of which, Raytheon Command and Control Solutions LLC (RCCS LLC), previously called Thales-Raytheon Systems LLC, we control and consolidate, and the other two, Thales-Raytheon Systems Company S.A.S. (TRS SAS) and Thales-Raytheon Systems Air and Missile Defense Command and Control S.A.S. (TRS AMDC2), which we accounted for using the equity method through our investment in TRS. All are reflected in our IDS segment results.

On December 24, 2015, Thales S.A. and Raytheon entered into a letter agreement relating to the joint venture agreement for the TRS joint venture, which contemplated that the parties would use their commercially reasonable efforts to amend the joint venture agreement on or before June 30, 2016 to reduce its existing scope of work. In the second quarter of 2016, Thales S.A. and Raytheon amended and restated the TRS joint venture agreement to reduce the existing joint venture arrangement to TRS AMDC2 only and limit its scope to NATO-only business opportunities involving air command and control systems, theatre missile defense and ballistic missile defense. Accordingly, TRS AMDC2 continues to be a joint venture between Thales S.A. and Raytheon that is accounted for using the equity method. We record our share of the TRS income or loss and other comprehensive income (loss) as a component of cost of sales and AOCL, respectively. We record losses beyond the carrying amount of the investment only when we guarantee obligations of the investee or commit to provide the investee further financial support. Our equity method investments are included in other noncurrent assets, net and are not material individually or in the aggregate.

The amendment and restatement of the TRS joint venture agreement resulted in Raytheon acquiring Thales S.A.'s noncontrolling interest in RCCS LLC and selling our equity method investment in TRS SAS, resulting in a net cash payment to Thales S.A. of $90 million which was classified as a financing activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows. In the second quarter of 2016, we recorded our acquisition of Thales S.A.'s noncontrolling interest in RCCS LLC at fair value, which resulted in a reduction to equity of$167 millionbefore tax,$205 millionafter tax, which was subsequently adjusted to$197 millionafter tax in the fourth quarter of 2016, and the sale of our equity method investment in TRS SAS at fair value, which resulted in a tax-free gain of$158 millionthat was recorded in operating income through a reduction in cost of sales, consistent with the historical classification of equity method income for TRS SAS, at our IDS segment.