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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
Environmental Matters
The Company is subject to various federal, state, local, and foreign government requirements relating to the protection of the environment. Liabilities for environmental matters are recorded when remedial efforts or damage claim payments are probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated. Such liabilities are based on the Company’s estimate of the undiscounted future costs required to complete the remedial work or resolve matters. There can sometimes be a range of reasonable estimates, and in these cases, the Company uses the amount within the range that is its best estimate. If no amount within the range appears to be a better estimate than any other, it uses the amount that is the low end of such range. We regularly assess the amount of our accruals as remediation efforts progress, or as additional technical, regulatory, or legal information becomes available (including as a result of emerging abilities to analyze relevant data), or to align with industry norms (including as a result of our separation). This ongoing review may result in periodic adjustments to our accruals for environmental liabilities (including as a result of known or unknown liabilities becoming both probable and estimable).

The following table summarizes information concerning the Company’s recorded liabilities:

Balance at December 31, 2025
$823 
Changes to accruals for environmental matters deemed probable and reasonably estimable:
Related to current or former Company sites, recorded in Costs of products and services sold
Unrelated to current or former Company sites, recorded in Other expense, net37 
Environmental liability payments, net
(37)
Balance at June 27, 2026
$828 
Environmental liabilities are included in the following balance sheet accounts:
June 27, 2026December 31, 2025
Accrued liabilities
$149 $174 
Other liabilities
679 649 
Total environmental liabilities
$828 $823 
In addition to the amounts accrued above, the Company has estimated that additional losses from environmental matters are reasonably possible. These reasonably possible losses, if they were to be incurred, could result in the Company's aggregate environmental liability being approximately two to three times higher than the currently recorded accruals, with potential payments extending beyond two decades. The Company's ultimate exposure may differ materially from current estimates, and it is possible that environmental liabilities could be material to the Company’s combined results of operations and operating
cash flows in the periods recognized or paid. Further, the Company’s ongoing review of its environmental liabilities could result in changes to its accruals that could be material in the near term.
Litigation Matters
Flexjet v. Honeywell International Inc.
Flexjet, LLC (“Flexjet”) provides private jet services to customers. Aerospace maintains aircraft engine maintenance service contracts with Flexjet. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a customer dispute arose over delayed engine deliveries and specified engine enrollments under these maintenance service contracts. In 2021, Honeywell notified Flexjet that it was invoking force majeure provisions in response to the pandemic. On March 1, 2023, Flexjet brought suit against Honeywell, alleging breach of the parties’ aircraft engine maintenance service agreement (the “MSA”), seeking liquidated damages for delayed engine repairs, and claiming that its liquidated damages continue to accrue monthly related to engines awaiting repair. Additionally, two third-party aircraft repair and services companies, Duncan Aviation, Inc. (“Duncan”) and StandardAero Business Aviation Services, LLC (“StandardAero”) each sued Flexjet for amounts allegedly owed for services provided, and Flexjet filed third-party complaints in those cases on January 10, 2025 and June 10, 2025, respectively, purporting to join the Company as a third-party defendant.
The Company recorded accruals in accordance with ASC 450, Contingencies, with respect to the Flexjet-related matters, which accruals as of December 31, 2024 were not material. In December 2025, Honeywell announced it was in ongoing settlement negotiations with Flexjet and the other parties to the litigation matters.
On January 16, 2026, Honeywell completed a comprehensive settlement relating to its lawsuit with Flexjet. As part of this comprehensive settlement, Honeywell entered into settlement agreements with Duncan, StandardAero, and Flexjet. As of January 21, 2026, each of these cases have been dismissed. These settlements resolve all legal disputes among the parties arising out of the alleged breach of the MSA.
In connection with these settlements, the Company paid $59 million in December 2025 associated with the Duncan and StandardAero settlements. The Company paid $375 million in the first quarter of 2026 associated with a settlement payment to Flexjet.
Contemporaneous with Honeywell’s entry into the settlement agreement with Flexjet, Flexjet and Honeywell amended the MSA to extend the term through 2035.
Other Matters
The Company is subject to a number of other lawsuits, investigations, and claims (some of which involve large dollar amounts) arising out of the conduct of its business operations, including matters relating to commercial transactions, the integration of emerging technologies (such as, but not limited to, artificial intelligence and machine learning), employment, intellectual property, legal, and environmental, health, and safety matters. The Company recognizes liabilities for any contingency that is probable of occurrence and reasonably estimable. The Company routinely assesses the likelihood of adverse judgments or outcomes in such matters, as well as potential ranges of probable losses (taking into consideration the likelihood of any insurance recoveries), based on a careful analysis of each matter, and if appropriate, with the assistance of outside legal counsel and other experts.
Given the uncertainty inherent in litigation and investigations, the Company cannot predict when or how these matters will be resolved and does not believe it is possible to develop estimates of reasonably possible losses (or a range of possible losses) in excess of current accruals for commitment and contingency matters. Considering the Company's past experience and existing accruals as of the date of these financial statements, the Company does not expect the outcome of such matters, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the Company's combined financial position. Because most contingencies are resolved over long periods of time, potential liabilities are subject to change due to new developments (including new discovery of facts, changes in legislation, and outcomes of similar cases
through the judicial system) or changes in assumptions or changes in settlement strategy or the impact of evidentiary requirements, any of which could cause or require the Company to pay damage awards or settlements (or become subject to equitable remedies) that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s combined results of operations or operating cash flows in the periods recognized or paid.