Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM)

Aerospace parts maker, 25,430, three segments by revenue. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 12, 2026. Ranked 47 of the 75 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

An aerospace and industrial parts maker whose filing states one total and its U.S. union figures, with four segments known only by revenue, so the patterns follow the segments' products.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 17% now, 33% at the end of 2027, 41% at the end of 2028, 44% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 44% desk work, 13% people work and 43% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 53% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 40% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

25,430 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states 3,860 union-represented employees as 26% of the U.S. workforce, which puts the U.S. workforce at about 14,850, or 58% of 25,430; 61% of revenue is from the United States.

The filing: “Employees Total worldwide employment at the end of 2025 was approximately 25,430 employees in 23 countries. 7 Table of Contents Approximately 3,860 employees, or 26% of the U.S. workforce, are represented by labor unions in the United States.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 25,430 employees in 23 countries at the end of 2025 (23,930 a year earlier); 3,860 employees, 26% of the U.S. workforce, represented by unions under eight U.S. collective bargaining agreements, the largest at the Whitehall, Michigan engine products plant (1,865); the filing notes net headcount added in two segments during the year without a count by segment.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Boeing (BA, 182,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
• RTX (RTX, 180,000 employees)17% now, 45% by 2028
• Lockheed Martin (LMT, 123,000 employees)17% now, 48% by 2028
• Honeywell International Inc. (HON, 101,000 employees)18% now, 46% by 2028
• Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC, 95,000 employees)17% now, 47% by 2028
• GE Aerospace (GE, 57,000 employees)17% now, 46% by 2028
• Textron Inc. (TXT, 34,000 employees)16% now, 42% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

9 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI 9 times, as a technology whose use by employees and vendors carries risks of disclosure, error and liability.

• “The use of new and evolving technologies, such as AI, presents risks and challenges that can 11 Table of Contents impact our business.”
• “Unauthorized use or misuse of AI by the Company's employees, vendors or others may result in the disclosure of confidential Company or customer data, reputational harm, privacy law violations, cybersecurity risks, and legal liability.”
• “Additionally, while the use of AI can be beneficial to the Company, AI algorithms are currently known to sometimes produce unexpected results or behave in unpredictable ways that can generate, among other things, irrelevant, nonsensical, inaccurate, harmful, discriminatory or infringing results, which could harm the Company's business, reputation, or result in legal or regulatory actions.”
• “The willingness of customers to accept alternative solutions for the products sold by Howmet, pricing pressure from competitors, and technological advancements or other developments, including the use of AI, by or affecting Howmet's competitors or customers could adversely affect Howmet's business, financial condition, or results of operations.”
• “Howmet's competitive position and future performance depend, in part, on the Company's ability to develop and innovate products, deploy technology initiatives, and implement advanced manufacturing technologies, including through the use of new and evolving technologies, including AI.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 20259median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• Pattern shares rest on segment revenue (c), not stated headcounts; the filing names headcount added in two segments without totals.
• The U.S. share is derived from the filing's union figures (3,860 as 26% of the U.S. workforce), not stated as a count.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0000004281-26-000012, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.