336414: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing

What this code covers

NAICS 336414 covers manufacturing complete guided missiles and complete space vehicles, meaning launch vehicles, satellites and other spacecraft, and building their prototypes. Propulsion units sit under 336415, and other parts and auxiliary equipment under 336419. Research and development performed as a service is classified elsewhere.

Almost no small shop holds this as a primary code, but a lot of small shop revenue traces back to it. The complete vehicle awards go to the missile and launch primes, and those primes buy machined structures, harnesses, coatings and test hardware from small suppliers, many of them on Florida's Space Coast. Public buyers include the Missile Defense Agency, Army aviation and missile buyers, Navy Strategic Systems Programs, Space Systems Command and NASA centers such as Kennedy, Marshall and Goddard.

What federal buyers typically ask for

AS9100 is the floor, and the primes layer their own quality flowdowns on top of it. NASA work cites the NASA workmanship standards and a mission class that sets how much screening and documentation each part needs. Configuration control, serialized traceability, first article inspection and a certificate of conformance on every shipment are normal. The DFARS specialty metals clause follows the titanium and steel through the structure.

Guided missiles and launch vehicles are ITAR controlled under the launch vehicle and missile category, and spacecraft under the spacecraft category, so registration and controlled data handling are required before you see a drawing. Contracts with controlled unclassified information carry CMMC, and any electronics bring the counterfeit part clause.

Vehicle-level buys are sole source or unrestricted, and a growing share of them run through other transaction agreements and consortia rather than standard contracts. Small business reaches this code mainly through subcontracts, through set-aside buys for ground support and test equipment, and through research and development awards such as SBIR and STTR.