Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets (Unaudited) Goodwill and Other Purchased Intangible Assets (Unaudited)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

GOODWILL AND OTHER PURCHASED INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill

As discussed in Note 2, Innovation Systems was established as a new, fourth business sector of the company. The Merger resulted in the recognition of $6.3 billion of goodwill, a majority of which was allocated to the Innovation Systems sector. A portion of this goodwill was allocated to the company’s other sectors based on expected revenue synergies generated by the integration of their products and technologies with those of Innovation Systems. The amount of goodwill recognized and allocated to the sectors is subject to change, pending the final determination of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with the Merger (see Note 2).

Changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill were as follows:



$ in millions	Aerospace Systems		Innovation Systems		Mission Systems			Technology Services			Total
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	3,742	$	—	$	6,696		$	2,017		$	12,455
Acquisition of Orbital ATK	418		5,329		469			79			6,295
Other⁽¹⁾	—		—		(1		)	(2		)	(3		)
Balance as of June 30, 2018	$	4,160	$	5,329	$	7,164		$	2,094		$	18,747


⁽¹⁾	Other consists primarily of adjustments for foreign currency translation.

Accumulated goodwill impairment losses at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, totaled $570 million at the Aerospace Systems segment.

Purchased Intangible Assets

Net customer-related and other intangible assets, including the preliminary fair value of purchased intangible assets acquired in the Merger, are as follows:



	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
$ in millions	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
Gross customer-related and other intangible assets	$	3,138		$	1,833
Less accumulated amortization	(1,809		)	(1,781		)
Net customer-related and other intangible assets	$	1,329		$	52

Amortization expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 was $24 million and $28 million, respectively, and was $3 million and $7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. The company’s customer-related intangible assets are amortized over their respective useful lives based on the pattern in which the future economic benefits of the intangible assets are expected to be consumed. Other purchased intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis. The company’s purchased intangible assets are being amortized over an aggregate weighted-average period of 12 years. As of June 30, 2018, the expected future amortization of purchased intangibles for each of the next five years is as follows:



$ in millions
2018 (remainder of year)	$	162
2019	284
2020	232
2021	150
2022	105

The company’s expected future amortization expense is subject to change, pending the final determination of the fair value of intangible assets acquired in the Merger (see Note 2).

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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