R&D expense · 2011–2025

RTX R&D expense

$2.8B−4.3% · FY2025

RTX (RTX) reported $2.8B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −4.3% year on year.

$2.0B2011$2.4B2012$2.3B2013$2.5B2014$2.3B2015$2.4B2016$1.9B2017$1.9B2018$2.5B2019$2.6B2020$2.7B2021$2.7B2022$2.8B2023$2.9B2024$2.8B2025
RTX — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$2.8B−4.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$2.9B+4.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$2.8B+3.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$2.7B−0.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$2.7B+5.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$2.6B+5.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$2.5B+30.6%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$1.9B+0.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$1.9B−21.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$2.4B+4.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$2.3B−7.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$2.5B+5.7%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$2.3B−1.2%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$2.4B+21.5%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$2.0B—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +2.6%

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Wikipedia

{{cite web |title=RTX R&D expense |url=https://companiesranked.com/en/company/rtx/research-and-development-expense |website=CompaniesRanked |date=2026-09-25 |language=en}}

APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-rtx-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{RTX R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/rtx/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000101829-26-000006 · February 6, 2026

{{cite web |title=RTX R&D expense — 10-K (0000101829-26-000006) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101829/000010182926000006/rtx-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-06}}

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