How did Aircraft Manufacturing move between 2019 and 2024?

Between calendar 2019 and 2024, Aircraft Manufacturing slipped from #1 to #2 of 499 ranked industries (DRIFT); share of tracked industry dollars went from 11.02% to 6.85%.

How heavy is Aircraft Manufacturing within MFG?

Sector 33 (Manufacturing) placement uses the first two NAICS digits. Aircraft Manufacturing ranks #1 of 140 classified industries there (WEIGHTY), taking 23.2% of $221.7B.

USAspending.gov · NAICS 336411 · Manufacturing

Aircraft Manufacturing

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Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 336411 in Manufacturing.

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CY2024 awards: $51.4B
Corpus rank: #2 of 499
Award plate: MEGA
Sector: MFG · WEIGHTY

Aircraft Manufacturing federal industry awards

Aircraft Manufacturing (NAICS 336411) ranks #2 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $51.4B.

Aircraft Manufacturing takes 23.2% of MFG sector dollars in the calendar-2024 window, a heavy share within its two-digit NAICS sector. See /methodology/#naics.

Year-over-year change, 2019–2024

Across the calendar years on file, Aircraft Manufacturing’s annual contract dollars fell from $53.0B in 2023 to $51.4B in 2024. 3% vs 2023 The strongest year on file is 2019 at $62.2B.

Aircraft Manufacturing annual contract dollars, calendar 2019-2024

Calendar-year prime contract obligations by action date (award types A-D). Annual figures use the same NAICS classification basis as the CY2024 headline above.

Source: USAspending.gov spending_by_category

How Aircraft Manufacturing leads the CY2024 industry award board

$51.4B · #2 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.

$51.4B under NAICS 336411 · #2 of 499 , MEGA · MFG · WEIGHTY · DRIFT. 2019→2024: 1→2 of 499 (11.02%→6.85% of tracked industry dollars) ; #1/140 in MFG. Nearest ABS peer: Engineering Services at $53.9B (MEGA).

Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 336411 count as opportunity size, not firm revenue. This code carries a heavy share of its MFG sector window. Populations, lag, and NAICS/SBA rules: methodology.

Source: USAspending.gov · U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mega-scale industry peers nationwide

Cross-sector peers from the USAspending NAICS extract: nearest mega-scale calendar-2024 award dollars and nearest sector-weight share. Not recommendations.

Closest CY2024 award dollars

Engineering Services $53.9B
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers $44.3B
Research and Development in the Physical $43.8B
Facilities Support Services $36.8B
Computer Systems Design Services $33.3B
Commercial and Institutional Building Construct… $29.8B

Similar sector weight

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems 23.9% · $699.0M
Space Research and Technology 24.4% · $193.8M
Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportati… 21.3% · $4.3B
Natural Gas Extraction 21.2% · $30.6M
Medical, Dental, 21.1% · $1.9B
Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 21.1% · $367.5M

Disclaimer: Data from USAspending.gov public records. For informational purposes only. Industry spending amounts are aggregated from contract awards and may not reflect the most current data. Always verify with official sources.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Compiled from USAspending.gov by the PlainFedContract editorial process.

Compiled by PlainFedContract, Government Agencies Editorial Process · August 14, 2026

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