R&D expense · 2019–2025

Leonardo DRS R&D expense

$129M+40.2% · FY2025

Leonardo DRS (DRS) reported $129M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +40.2% year on year.

$31.0M2019$41.0M2020$48.0M2021$58.0M2022$82.0M2023$92.0M2024$129M2025
Leonardo DRS — R&D expense, 2019–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$129M+40.2%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$92.0M+12.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$82.0M+41.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$58.0M+20.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$48.0M+17.1%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$41.0M+32.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$31.0M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2019–2025 compound annual growth +26.8%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Leonardo DRS R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/leonardo-drs/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001833756-26-000013 · February 27, 2026

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