Federal obligations in radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing (NAICS 334220)

Communications hardware, not a carrier bill

NAICS 334220 covers establishments that manufacture radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment. On USAspending.gov the code tags contract awards classified as that hardware: radios, antennas as classified here, and related wireless gear. It is not a count of radios issued, and it is not a monthly telecommunications invoice from a carrier.

Search, detection, and navigation instruments are 334511. Wired telecommunications carriers (517110) sell transmission service, not the factory that makes the radio. Computer systems design (541512) integrates systems. A tactical-radio program can split production, service, and integration across those codes. The $30.0 billion figure is only awards tagged 334220.

Reading $30.0 billion in equipment obligations

USAspending records obligations on contract awards tagged 334220. Production lots, spare radios, and modifications all feed $29,977,640,085.74. This packet has no fiscal-year split and no outlay total. Multi-year radio programs can show large obligations while deliveries continue.

Outlays are the payments. Quote $30.0 billion as USAspending contract obligations coded to NAICS 334220. Do not describe it as a spectrum fee, a carrier bill, or cash already spent.

12,730 awards on a radio-manufacturing code

The 12,730 award records include production lots and many smaller spare and accessory orders. The count is not 12,730 radios. Compared with complete-missile manufacturing, communications-equipment production shows more records and a more spare-like mix. Open the industry page for the award list.

Communications hardware is not a carrier invoice and not a software license. NAICS 334220 produced $29,977,640,085.74 in USAspending contract obligations on 12,730 awards. Radios, broadcast gear, and wireless equipment manufacturing share that six-digit. Search-and-navigation instruments do not; they are 334511. Wired telecom service does not; it is 517110. A program office can buy the radio here and the circuit there. This guide reports only the factory tag. The 12,730 award records include spares, which is why an electronics manufacturing code can look busier than a complete-platform code without being a larger dollar total. Do not convert 12,730 into units fielded. Quote obligations, not outlays. Quote USAspending.gov as the source.

What 334220 excludes

Assistance awards often lack NAICS and are outside this total. Wired telecom service is 517110. Navigation and detection instruments are 334511. Custom programming and systems design are services codes. Those dollars stay on their own pages unless the award was tagged 334220.

SpendingVault aggregates USAspending.gov contract data. The $29,977,640,085.74 total and the 12,730 award count can change after corrections. The live industry page is the table of record.

Using the wireless-equipment industry page

Open the RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING industry page for the award list under the headline. Compare 334220 with 334511 and 517110 on All industries. Cite obligations, not outlays, and keep the 12,730 award count with the dollar figure.

Citing radio-factory dollars without a carrier bill

Cite $29,977,640,085.74 in USAspending obligations on 12,730 awards tagged NAICS 334220, radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. Say hardware manufacturing, not monthly telecom service, not navigation instruments.

The 12,730 award count mixes production lots and spares. It is not radios issued. Wired carriers are a different NAICS and are not in this packet. Outlays are unpaid here. If a radio buy was coded as IT services, it will not sit in the $30.0 billion total. Use the industry table for tagging checks.

Radios, broadcast transmitters, and wireless communications equipment are a hardware NAICS. The $29,977,640,085.74 total is awards tagged 334220. The 12,730 records mix production lots and spare radios. A tactical radio program can put hardware here and service on 517110. Those are different tables. Navigation and detection instruments are 334511, another factory line.

Do not call this page a phone bill. Do not call 12,730 a radio inventory. Cite USAspending obligations on 12,730 awards coded 334220, radio and television broadcasting and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. Outlays follow deliveries and are not in the packet. Software that rides on the radio, if tagged as publishing or programming, sits elsewhere.

Questions

How much is obligated on NAICS 334220 wireless communications equipment?

USAspending.gov contract awards coded NAICS 334220 show $29,977,640,085.74 in obligations across 12,730 awards. That total is obligations, not outlays, for radio, television broadcasting, and wireless communications equipment manufacturing. USAspending.gov records the amount as contract obligations, not outlays, on awards tagged NAICS 334220.

Is this the same as paying a phone company?

No. Wired telecommunications carriers are NAICS 517110. 334220 is manufacturing communications equipment. Carrier-service dollars tagged 517110 are not inside the $29,977,640,085.74 total. The packet total is $29,977,640,085.74 across 12,730 awards; assistance awards often have no NAICS and stay outside the industry rollup.

Does 334220 include radar and navigation instruments?

Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical instruments are NAICS 334511. This table is broadcasting and wireless communications equipment tagged 334220. Treat the 12,730 figure as an award-record count, including orders and modifications, not as a physical inventory of products or sites.

Do 12,730 awards mean 12,730 radios?

No. The 12,730 figure counts contract award records, including lots, spares, and modifications. It is not a unit inventory. This guide does not add a fiscal-year split. Quote the live industry page if you need the current award list under RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING.