336419: Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing

What this code covers

NAICS 336419 covers parts and auxiliary equipment for guided missiles and space vehicles other than propulsion units and propulsion parts, plus prototypes. Think airframe sections, nose cones and radome structures, fins and control surfaces, interstage and payload structures, brackets and fittings, tanks and lines, umbilical and handling hardware. Propulsion is 336415 and the complete vehicle is 336414.

This is the missile and space code a small shop can actually prime under. Army aviation and missile buyers at Redstone Arsenal, NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support and the Missile Defense Agency buy spares, kits and support equipment here, DLA manages some missile piece parts by stock number, and NASA centers and Space Systems Command buy ground support and test hardware.

What federal buyers typically ask for

AS9100 is expected, Nadcap for special processes is common, and a certificate of conformance with material certs ships with every lot. First article inspection is routine for a new source or revision. The DFARS specialty metals clause applies to titanium, steel and nickel alloy structures and fasteners. Many missile spares are critical application items with a source approval requirement, and the request package looks like the one used for aircraft parts.

Drawings are ITAR controlled under the missile category or the spacecraft category, so registration and a controlled data process are prerequisites. Anything with electronics brings the counterfeit electronic part clause, and contracts with controlled unclassified information carry CMMC. Space hardware may add outgassing and cleanliness requirements to the finish callouts.

Spares and support equipment with government-owned data are often small business set-asides. Structures for a production line usually reach small shops as subcontracts from the missile and launch primes, and other transaction agreements are increasingly the vehicle for new work.