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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001357615-24-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KBR"
cik: "0001357615"
company_name: "KBR, INC."
filed_at: "2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:49:36.958883+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KBR raises profit and cash flow guidance; agrees to acquire LinQuest

## Summary
- Q2 FY2024 results: strong performance; raising profit and cash flow guidance for the year.
- Announced agreement to acquire LinQuest, supporting U.S. Space Force, Air Force, and DoD.
- Backlog and options total $20.1B as of June 28, 2024; $2.1B in quarterly bookings.
- STS segment: K-GreeN® green ammonia license for India, simulator for OCI Global, advisory contract for Iraq, phenol technology for SABIC Fujian.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001357615-24-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KBR
- cik: 0001357615
- company_name: KBR, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-07-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000135761524000041/0001357615-24-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000135761524000041/kbr-20240724.htm

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