Revenue (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Derived from Product Sales

	Year Ended September 30,
	2023			2022			2021
Manufactured products		84	%		84	%		86	%
MRO		14	%		14	%		13	%
Services		2	%		2	%		1	%

Schedule of Revenue Recognition Time

The amount of revenue recognized as point in time or over time follows:

	For the Year Ended September 30,
	2023						2022						2021
	Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated
Point in time	$	748,278	$	708,458	$	1,456,736	$	593,233	$	509,737	$	1,102,970	$	481,422	$	527,233	$	1,008,655
Over time		1,019,825		438,005		1,457,830		926,089		353,731		1,279,820		922,695		314,482		1,237,177
Total net sales	$	1,768,103	$	1,146,463	$	2,914,566	$	1,519,322	$	863,468	$	2,382,790	$	1,404,117	$	841,715	$	2,245,832

Summary of Amounts Recognized Related to Changes in Estimated Total Lifetime Sales for Material Rights and Costs to Fulfill Contracts With Customers

Amounts recognized related to changes in estimated total lifetime sales for material rights and costs to fulfill contracts with customers follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2021
Revenue	$	1,460	$	1,514	$	2,671
Cost of goods sold		1,736		667		1,961

Summary of Amounts Recognized Related to Amortization of Costs to Fulfill Contracts and Contract Liabilities Not Related to Changes in Estimate

Amounts recognized related to amortization of costs to fulfill contracts and contract liabilities, which were not related to changes in estimate, follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2021
Revenue	$	6,741	$	4,107	$	4,455
Cost of goods sold		5,559		3,077		3,466

Schedule of Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2023			September 30, 2022
Billed receivables
Trade accounts receivable	$	434,287		$	359,364
Other (Chinese financial institutions)		50,940			9,405
Total billed receivables		485,227			368,769
Current unbilled receivables (contract assets)		270,479			245,117
Total accounts receivable		755,706			613,886
Less: Allowance for uncollectible amounts		(5,847	)		(3,922	)
Total accounts receivable, net	$	749,859		$	609,964

Schedule of Uncollectible Amounts And Change in Expected Allowance for Credit Losses for Trade Accounts Receivable and Unbilled Receivables

The allowance for uncollectible amounts and change in expected credit losses for trade accounts receivable and unbilled receivables (contract assets) consisted of the following:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2023			2022			2021
Balance, beginning	$	3,922		$	3,664		$	8,359
Changes in estimates		7,211			447			2,382
Write-offs		(5,305	)		(46	)		(7,255	)
Other1		19			(143	)		178
Balance, ending	$	5,847		$	3,922		$	3,664

(1)Includes effects of foreign exchange rate changes during the period.

Schedule of Contract Liability

Contract liabilities consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2023				September 30, 2022
	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Deferred revenue from material rights from GE joint venture formation	$	6,147	$	233,997	$	5,754	$	234,516
Deferred revenue from advanced invoicing and/or prepayments from customers		6,868		2,196		4,120		38
Liability related to customer supplied inventory		14,543		—		12,442		—
Deferred revenue from material rights related to engineering and development funding		6,190		178,464		8,347		161,791
Net contract liabilities	$	33,748	$	414,657	$	30,663	$	396,345

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue

Revenue by primary market for the Aerospace reportable segment was as follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2021
Commercial OEM	$	651,275	$	499,438	$	386,543
Commercial aftermarket		547,625		420,881		306,547
Defense OEM		368,653		422,016		509,815
Defense aftermarket		200,550		176,987		201,212
Total Aerospace segment net sales	$	1,768,103	$	1,519,322	$	1,404,117

Revenue by primary market for the Industrial reportable segment was as follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2021
Power generation	$	382,536	$	317,026	$	292,470
Transportation		527,498		354,682		399,002
Oil and gas		236,429		191,760		150,243
Total Industrial segment net sales	$	1,146,463	$	863,468	$	841,715

The customers who account for approximately 10% or more of net sales of each of Woodward’s reportable segments are as follows:

	For the Year Ended September 30,
	2023	2022
Aerospace	RTX Corporation, GE, The Boeing Company	RTX Corporation, The Boeing Company, GE
Industrial	Rolls-Royce PLC, Caterpillar Inc., Weichai Westport	Rolls-Royce PLC, Wärtsilä, Caterpillar Inc.

Net sales by geographic area, as determined based on the location of the customer, were as follows:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2023						2022						2021
	Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated
United States	$	1,254,954	$	283,121	$	1,538,075	$	1,105,860	$	205,740	$	1,311,600	$	1,103,373	$	174,750	$	1,278,123
Germany		80,450		193,392		273,842		57,840		174,216		232,056		31,005		152,691		183,696
Europe, excluding Germany		163,222		273,757		436,979		128,719		234,795		363,514		95,984		195,957		291,941
China		56,773		186,713		243,486		49,407		86,972		136,379		35,286		178,983		214,269
Asia, excluding China		37,107		162,922		200,029		23,334		128,855		152,189		23,363		114,137		137,500
Other countries		175,597		46,558		222,155		154,162		32,890		187,052		115,106		25,197		140,303
Total net sales	$	1,768,103	$	1,146,463	$	2,914,566	$	1,519,322	$	863,468	$	2,382,790	$	1,404,117	$	841,715	$	2,245,832