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Curtiss-Wright (CW) gets 47% of its revenue from the U.S. government

What Curtiss-Wright reports in its FY2025 10-K, and what federal contract records show.

Compiled by C. Zakarian, PhDFiscal year FY2025 (ends Dec 2025)Data as of October 16, 2026

Summary

Curtiss-Wright reported that 47% of its FY2025 revenue came from the U.S. government: about $1.65B of $3.50B in total. That ranks 18th of the 30 companies we cover that disclose a share.

47%of FY2025 revenue from the U.S. government, as reported
$1.65BU.S. government revenue, of $3.50B total
No matchfederal contract obligations, FFY2025
—obligations ÷ reported U.S. government revenue

Share of revenue over time

We have one reviewed year of Curtiss-Wright's share so far. Earlier years are being checked against each 10-K and will be added after review.

Curtiss-Wright U.S. government share by fiscal year
Fiscal yearU.S. gov shareU.S. gov revenueTotal revenueSource
FY2025 47% $1.65B $3.50B 10-K

What Curtiss-Wright counts as government revenue

Definition used
U.S. government agencies and prime contractors to them
Foreign military sales
The filing does not say
Subcontract work
Included (work as a subcontractor to other contractors counts)
Adjusted ex-FMS share
Not available: the figure includes FMS but the company does not disclose the amount

“Approximately 47% of our total net sales for 2025, 48% for 2024, and 46% for 2023 were derived from contracts with agencies of, and prime contractors to, the U.S. Government.”

Curtiss-Wright, FY2025 Form 10-K · read the filing

New coverage: latest 10-K, picked by Claude Code; needs editor approval.

The contract record

Prime contract obligations on USAspending.gov for the 2 recipient records we matched to Curtiss-Wright (obligations are not revenue).

Obligations by federal fiscal year

Curtiss-Wright matched contract obligations by federal fiscal year
Federal fiscal yearObligationsNote
FFY2023$148M
FFY2021$45.6M

Recipients we matched to Curtiss-Wright

These USAspending recipient records are rolled into the figures above. Readers can check each one; if a match looks wrong, tell us.

Matched recipients
Recipient nameUEIHow matchedFFY2025 obligations
CURTISS-WRIGHT ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CORPORATION JKZNKGGWYZ87 USAspending parentCURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION —
CURTISS-WRIGHT DS, INC. JKWWHMLK9AM6 USAspending parentCURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION —

Peers

Peer companies
CompanySectorU.S. gov shareTotal revenue
CWCurtiss-WrightDefense tech47%$3.50B
DRSLeonardo DRSDefense tech80%$3.65B
AVAVAeroVironmentDefense tech85%$1.98B
KTOSKratos DefenseDefense tech68%$1.35B
MRCYMercury SystemsDefense tech97%$980M
TDYTeledyneDefense tech25.5%$6.12B

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Sources

  1. Curtiss-Wright, FY2025 annual report (U.S. government share) (accessed October 16, 2026)
  2. SEC XBRL company facts for Curtiss-Wright (revenue history) (accessed October 16, 2026)
  3. USAspending.gov recipient profile: Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation (accessed October 16, 2026)
  4. USAspending.gov API, prime contract awards (award types A–D) (accessed October 16, 2026)
  5. Federal Exposure methodology