Other Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

Other Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]

Other Liabilities

Note 17. Other liabilities

	June 30, 2025		September 30, 2024
Net accrued retirement benefits, less amounts recognized within accrued liabilities	$	90,821	$	83,094
Total unrecognized tax benefits		13,465		10,104
Noncurrent income taxes payable		—		5,894
Deferred economic incentives (1)		6,435		7,062
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities		20,177		22,670
Net noncurrent contract liabilities		431,235		424,609
Cross-currency swap derivative liability		30,892		10,562
Other		8,466		13,385
	$	601,491	$	577,380

(1)Woodward receives certain economic incentives from various state and local authorities related to capital expansion projects. Such amounts are initially recorded as deferred credits and are being recognized as a reduction to pre-tax expense over the economic lives of the related capital expansion projects.