CONTRACT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2022

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

CONTRACT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

CONTRACT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Contract assets include unbilled amounts typically resulting from sales under contracts when the percentage-of-completion cost-to-cost method of revenue recognition is utilized and revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer. Contract liabilities include advance payments and billings in excess of revenue recognized. Contract assets and contract liabilities were as follows (in millions):

	March 27, 2022		December 31, 2021
Contract assets	$	12,130	$	10,579
Contract liabilities	7,902		8,107

Contract assets increased $1.6 billion during the quarter ended March 27, 2022, due to the recognition of revenue related to the satisfaction or partial satisfaction of performance obligations during the quarter ended March 27, 2022 for which we have not yet billed our customers (primarily on the F-35 program at Aeronautics). There were no significant credit or impairment losses related to our contract assets during the quarters ended March 27, 2022 and March 28, 2021.

Contract liabilities decreased $205 million during the quarter ended March 27, 2022, primarily due to revenue recognized in excess of payments received on these performance obligations. During the quarter ended March 27, 2022, we recognized $2.1 billion of our contract liabilities at December 31, 2021 as revenue. During the quarter ended March 28, 2021, we recognized $2.3 billion of our contract liabilities at December 31, 2020 as revenue.