Revenue (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenue Recognition Time

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

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2025						Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
	Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated
Point in time	$	235,566	$	182,698	$	418,264	$	219,318	$	206,746	$	426,064
Over time		360,424		136,758		497,182		298,242		123,382		421,624
Total net sales	$	595,990	$	319,456	$	915,446	$	517,560	$	330,128	$	847,688

	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2025						Nine Months Ended June 30, 2024
	Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated		Aerospace		Industrial		Consolidated
Point in time	$	650,576	$	516,567	$	1,167,143	$	636,992	$	596,608	$	1,233,600
Over time		1,001,025		403,632		1,404,657		838,836		397,325		1,236,161
Total net sales	$	1,651,601	$	920,199	$	2,571,800	$	1,475,828	$	993,933	$	2,469,761

Schedule of Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2025			September 30, 2024
Billed receivables
Trade accounts receivable	$	475,152		$	455,831
Other (Chinese financial institutions)		163			1,403
Total billed receivables		475,315			457,234
Current unbilled receivables (contract assets)		363,242			320,570
Total accounts receivable		838,557			777,804
Less: Allowance for uncollectible amounts		(8,976	)		(7,738	)
Total accounts receivable, net	$	829,581		$	770,066

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:

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2025			2024			2025			2024
Balance, beginning	$	8,558		$	7,126		$	7,738		$	5,847
Changes in estimates		519			835			1,325			2,531
Write-offs		—			(13	)		(120	)		(488	)
Other1		(101	)		(987	)		33			(929	)
Balance, ending	$	8,976		$	6,961		$	8,976		$	6,961

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

Schedule of Contract Liability

Contract liabilities consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2025				September 30, 2024
	Current		Noncurrent		Current		Noncurrent
Deferred revenue from material rights from JV formation	$	7,119	$	232,173	$	6,580	$	232,164
Deferred revenue from advanced invoicing and/or prepayments from customers		15,016		4,678		23,706		6,437
Liability related to customer supplied inventory		17,247		—		20,563		—
Deferred revenue from material rights related to engineering and development funding		8,908		194,384		5,942		186,008
Net contract liabilities	$	48,290	$	431,235	$	56,791	$	424,609

Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue

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

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Commercial OEM	$	175,226	$	189,697	$	496,763	$	544,568
Commercial aftermarket		215,451		165,718		581,162		467,148
Defense OEM		150,358		96,557		401,068		280,999
Defense aftermarket		54,955		65,588		172,608		183,113
Total Aerospace segment net sales	$	595,990	$	517,560	$	1,651,601	$	1,475,828

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

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Power generation	$	109,341	$	109,583	$	325,607	$	314,500
Transportation		143,652		163,310		401,992		511,565
Oil and gas		66,463		57,235		192,600		167,868
Total Industrial segment net sales	$	319,456	$	330,128	$	920,199	$	993,933

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

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2025	Three Months Ended June 30, 2024
Aerospace	RTX Corporation, GE Aerospace, The Boeing Company	RTX Corporation, GE Aerospace, The Boeing Company
Industrial	Rolls-Royce PLC, Caterpillar, Inc., Wärtsilä	Weichai Power, Rolls-Royce PLC, GE Vernova, Inc.

	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2025	Nine Months Ended June 30, 2024
Aerospace	RTX Corporation, GE Aerospace, The Boeing Company	RTX Corporation, The Boeing Company, GE
Industrial	Rolls-Royce PLC, Caterpillar, Inc.	Weichai Power, Rolls-Royce PLC