Federal obligations in guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing (NAICS 336414)

Complete vehicles, not every aerospace dollar

NAICS 336414 classifies establishments that manufacture complete guided missiles and space vehicles. On USAspending.gov it tags contract awards with that industry classification. A ballistic missile, an interceptor, or a launch vehicle can land here when the award is coded as complete-vehicle manufacturing. Aircraft manufacturing is 336411. Missile and space parts and auxiliary equipment have their own code, 336419. Mixing those lines inflates or mislabels what this table measures.

The $204.1 billion obligation total is large because complete missiles and space vehicles are high-dollar items and because federal agencies buy them on long-lived production and sustainment contracts. It is not a count of launches, warheads, or satellites on orbit. The 1,219 award records are the contracting footprint in this dataset, not an inventory of vehicles.

Concentrated obligations on 1,219 awards

Few award rows and $204,092,884,650.68 in obligations is a prime-contractor manufacturing pattern. Production lots, multi-year buys, and major modifications can each carry very large amounts. USAspending records those commitments as obligations. This packet does not split the total by missile versus space vehicle, and it does not name contractors.

Outlays can lag for years on a missile or launch-vehicle program. Progress payments move cash after the obligation is recorded. Citing $204.1 billion as money already spent is incorrect. Citing 1,219 as the number of missiles delivered is also incorrect.

Neighboring aerospace NAICS lines

Search, detection, and navigation instruments (334511) capture sensors and avionics-like manufacturing, not the complete missile. Aircraft engines and aircraft parts are 336412 and 336413. Guided-missile parts that are not the complete vehicle belong on 336419. Engineering services and R&D codes capture design and research contracts that may precede production. None of those dollars are inside this 336414 rollup unless the award itself was tagged 336414.

What the table excludes

Assistance awards often lack NAICS and are outside $204,092,884,650.68. Foreign military sales recorded under other structures, if not tagged 336414 on a USAspending contract award, will not appear here. This page does not report classified program names; it reports the industry aggregate USAspending publishes on unclassified award files.

SpendingVault aggregates USAspending.gov contract data. The 1,219 count and the dollar total can change after corrections. The live industry page is the working table.

Using the missile and space vehicle industry page

Open the GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING industry page for the award list under the headline. Compare 336414 with aircraft manufacturing and with 336419 on All industries. Cite USAspending, say obligations not outlays, and keep the 1,219 award count so the concentrated-production pattern is clear.

Citing complete-vehicle dollars without a launch count

Cite $204,092,884,650.68 as USAspending contract obligations on 1,219 awards tagged NAICS 336414, complete guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing. Keep complete in the phrase. Parts belong on 336419; aircraft belong on 336411. Those other totals are not in this packet and should not be borrowed.

The 1,219 award count signals concentration, not a vehicle inventory. Production lots and modifications are rows. Outlays can lag for years. If you need recipient names, use the industry page. This file restates the packet: dollars, award count, code, and the USAspending contract-award source.

Complete-vehicle manufacturing is where the public often wants a count of missiles or launches. USAspending will not provide that count through NAICS 336414. The $204,092,884,650.68 obligation total is the tagged contract stock. The 1,219 awards are lots, modifications, and related actions. A multi-year production contract can look like one row or many, depending on how orders were recorded.

Space vehicles and guided missiles share this six-digit in the Census structure. This packet does not split them. Do not infer a civil-space share or a missile share from the headline. Do not import parts-code dollars from 336419. Quote USAspending, obligations, 1,219 awards, and the complete-vehicle qualifier, then stop unless you open the table.

Questions

How much is obligated on NAICS 336414 missile and space vehicle manufacturing?

USAspending.gov contract awards coded NAICS 336414 show $204,092,884,650.68 in obligations across 1,219 awards. That total is obligations, not outlays, for complete guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing. USAspending.gov records the amount as contract obligations, not outlays, on awards tagged NAICS 336414.

Is this the same as aircraft manufacturing?

No. Aircraft manufacturing is NAICS 336411. This table is 336414 only, totaling $204,092,884,650.68. Complete aircraft and complete missiles are separate industry lines in USAspending. The packet total is $204,092,884,650.68 across 1,219 awards; assistance awards often have no NAICS and stay outside the industry rollup.

Do the 1,219 awards equal 1,219 missiles?

No. The 1,219 figure counts contract award records tagged 336414, including production lots and modifications. It is not a vehicle inventory. One program can generate many awards. Treat the 1,219 figure as an award-record count, including orders and modifications, not as a physical inventory of products or sites.

Are missile parts included in 336414?

Complete vehicles are 336414. Other guided missile and space vehicle parts and auxiliary equipment use NAICS 336419. Parts dollars tagged 336419 are not inside the $204,092,884,650.68 total. This guide does not add a fiscal-year split. Quote the live industry page if you need the current award list under GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING.