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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Research and Development [Abstract] |
Schedule of Research and Development Costs | The following table presents the Company’s gross and net expenditures on R&D activities:
| Year Ended December 31,
(in millions) | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Gross R&D expenditures | $ | 856 |  |  | $ | 787 |  |  | $ | 694 |
Customer reimbursements | (139) |  |  | (86) |  |  | (108) |
Net R&D expenditures | $ | 717 |  |  | $ | 701 |  |  | $ | 586 |

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