USAspending.gov · NAICS 334511 · Manufacturing
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
Top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars — code 334511 in Manufacturing.
- CY2024 awards
- $18.0B
- Corpus rank
- #11 of 499
- Award plate
- PEAK
- Sector
- MFG · SLICE
Search, Detection, Navigati… federal industry awards
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (NAICS 334511) ranks #11 of 499 tracked industries by calendar-2024 contract dollars at $18.0B.
Search, Detection, Navigati… takes 8.1% 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, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing’s annual contract dollars rose from $16.6B in 2023 to $17.9B in 2024. 8.1% vs 2023
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.
How Search, Detection, Navigati… leads the CY2024 industry award board
$18.0B · #11 of 499 by CY2024 industry awards , a top-third NAICS industry by calendar-2024 contract dollars (same board as the industries listing). See methodology.
$18.0B under NAICS 334511 · #11 of 499 , PEAK · MFG · SLICE · DRIFT. 2019→2024: 12→11 of 499 (2.51%→2.39% of tracked industry dollars) ; #4/140 in MFG. Nearest ABS peer: Other Aircraft Parts at $16.3B (PEAK).
Calendar-2024 actions under NAICS 334511 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
- Other Aircraft Parts $16.3B
- Administrative Management $15.1B
- All Other Professional $14.0B
- Custom Computer Programming Services $10.9B
- Other Computer Related Services $25.4B
- Petroleum Refineries $10.5B
Similar sector weight
- Other Electric Power Generation 8.1% · $237.8M
- Correctional Institutions 8.1% · $64.7M
- Satellite Telecommunications 8.0% · $1.5B
- Sewage Treatment Facilities 7.8% · $229.8M
- Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 8.6% · $936.7M
- Construction 7.3% · $124.6M
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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