NAICS 336415 guided missile and space vehicle propulsion obligations

Propulsion manufacturing as a contract tag

The Census title for 336415 is long because the class covers propulsion units and parts for guided missiles and space vehicles. Contracting officers assign that six-digit code when manufacturing of those items is the principal purpose. Airframe manufacturing, launch services, and fuel supply use other codes. The $13,488,326,390.55 on this hub does not include those neighboring tags.

One thousand one hundred forty-seven awards produced the dollar total. The mean of about $11.8 million fits a capital-manufacturing pattern: fewer awards than a medical-supply code, larger average size than a janitorial code. The packet still does not identify missile programs, vehicle names, or part numbers. Those strings, if present, live on award descriptions on the industry page.

Public USAspending tables can omit classified detail while still showing dollars and NAICS. A blank description next to a large 336415 award is a source limitation, not a missing row in the $13.5 billion.

Aerospace manufacturing NAICS codes are a stack of six-digit classes: airframes, engines, missiles, propulsion units, and residual parts. NAICS 336415 is propulsion units and parts for guided missiles and space vehicles. The $13,488,326,390.55 on this hub does not include airframe manufacturing or aircraft-engine manufacturing tagged elsewhere.

Commitments versus payments on long production work

Propulsion manufacturing often spans years. Agencies obligate funds for production lots, then pay as units meet milestones. Outlays can trail the $13.5 billion by a wide margin on open lots. De-obligations after a cancelled lot would already be netted in the current extract if USAspending recorded them.

The 1,147-award count is not a motor count. One award can cover many units; many awards can cover spare parts. Dividing dollars by awards does not yield a unit price.

Long-cycle production is why obligation-versus-outlay language matters here more than on a janitorial code. A propulsion lot can sit obligated for years while payments follow milestones. The packet still publishes only obligations: $13.5 billion across 1,147 awards.

Related aerospace codes are separate

Aircraft manufacturing, other aerospace manufacturing, and research-and-development NAICS codes have their own industry pages. Adding them to $13,488,326,390.55 would mix tags the source keeps apart. This page stays on 336415.

Grants to universities for propulsion research typically lack this manufacturing NAICS. They do not enter the industry total unless they were written as contracts tagged 336415.

Using the 336415 hub

Read $13.5 billion and 1,147 awards as the two facts in the packet. Open the guided missile and space vehicle propulsion industry page for recipient and agency fields. Rank the code on the all-industries index if the question is dollar order among manufacturing NAICS.

Do not infer operational inventories from the title. The aggregate measures tagged contract obligations, not missiles on hand.

Classification limits

Parts, testing, and related manufacturing can ride on a 336415 award, and propulsion work can be tagged to a broader aerospace code. SpendingVault does not recode those choices. The published sum is whatever USAspending tagged 336415.

Extract updates will move $13,488,326,390.55 and 1,147. Until then, those figures are the recorded contract footprint.

Public dollars, limited descriptions

USAspending sometimes shows a NAICS code and a dollar amount while shortening the award description. Those rows still count in the 1,147 awards and in $13,488,326,390.55. A blank or generic description is not a missing obligation.

Use the guided missile and space vehicle propulsion industry page to inspect whatever description fields the source populated. Rank 336415 among manufacturing codes by dollars, and keep the award count visible so the book is not mistaken for a 40,000-award supply code. Assistance without NAICS remains excluded.

Propulsion manufacturing at $13,488,326,390.55 on 1,147 awards is a capital-goods book. Pair the $13.5 billion with the award count so the hub is not mistaken for a 40,000-award accessories code. The mean of about $11.8 million is still not a motor price; quantity is not in the packet.

Neighboring aerospace manufacturing codes measure other hardware classes. This page stays on NAICS 336415. Open the industry table for recipient and agency fields the packet omits. Cite USAspending.gov. Assistance without NAICS stays outside. Obligations remain distinct from outlays on open production lots that have not yet met every milestone.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 336415?

USAspending contract awards tagged to guided missile and space vehicle propulsion unit and parts manufacturing show $13,488,326,390.55 in obligations across 1,147 awards. That is an obligation total, not outlays and not a unit count. Assistance awards without NAICS are excluded. Award rows are on the industry page.

What is the average 336415 award size?

Dividing $13,488,326,390.55 by 1,147 awards yields about $11.8 million. That mean is not a price per propulsion unit. Production lots, spare-parts awards, and modifications can all sit in the same average. The packet does not publish a median or a quantity field.

Does this include aircraft engines?

Only if the contracting officer tagged the action NAICS 336415. The Census title is guided missile and space vehicle propulsion units and parts. Aircraft engine manufacturing is a different NAICS class. Neighboring aerospace codes have separate SpendingVault hubs and are not inside this $13.5 billion.

Why might a propulsion award have a thin description?

USAspending sometimes publishes dollars and NAICS while withholding or shortening descriptions. The industry aggregate still includes those tagged actions in the $13,488,326,390.55. A short description is a source-field limit, not evidence that the award was omitted from the total. The $13.5 billion still includes those tagged actions; inspect the industry table rather than dropping rows with thin descriptions.