POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2024

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

FAS income

The pretax FAS income related to our qualified defined benefit pension plans and retiree medical and life insurance plans consisted of the following (in millions):

	Quarters Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 29, 2024		September 24, 2023		September 29, 2024		September 24, 2023
Qualified defined benefit pension plans
Operating:
Service cost	$	(15)	$	(17)	$	(45)	$	(49)
Non-operating:
Interest cost	(349)		(364)		(1,048)		(1,094)
Expected return on plan assets	393		430		1,179		1,291
Amortization of actuarial losses	(64)		(42)		(194)		(126)
Amortization of prior service credits	36		87		110		261
Non-service FAS pension income	16		111		47		332
Total FAS pension income	$	1	$	94	$	2	$	283
Retiree medical and life insurance plans
Operating:
Service cost	$	(2)	$	(1)	$	(4)	$	(4)
Non-operating:
Interest cost	(15)		(17)		(47)		(51)
Expected return on plan assets	27		25		81		77
Amortization of actuarial gains	8		7		26		23
Amortization of prior service costs	(1)		(2)		(3)		(7)
Non-service FAS retiree medical and life income	19		13		57		42
Total FAS retiree medical and life income	$	17	$	12	$	53	$	38

We record the service cost component of FAS income for our qualified defined benefit pension plans and retiree medical and life insurance plans in the cost of sales accounts; the non-service components of our FAS income for our qualified defined benefit pension plans in the non-service FAS pension income account; and the non-service components of our FAS income for our retiree medical and life insurance plans as part of the other non-operating income, net account on our consolidated statements of earnings.

The amortization of net actuarial losses or gains and prior service credits or costs in the table above, along with similar costs related to our other postretirement benefit plans were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (AOCL) and recorded as a component of FAS income for the periods presented. These costs totaled $25 million ($19 million, net of tax) and $73 million ($57 million, net of tax) during the quarter and nine months ended September 29, 2024, and $(47) million ($(37) million, net of tax) and $(141) million ($(111) million, net of tax) during the quarter and nine months ended September 24, 2023.

Funding Requirements

The required funding of our qualified defined benefit pension plans is determined in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended, along with consideration of CAS and Internal Revenue Code rules. We made no contributions to our qualified defined benefit pension plans during the quarters and nine months ended September 29, 2024 and September 24, 2023.