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Com pi led by: Economic Data Service Aerospace Research Center Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. Director, Research Center David H. Napier Editorial Consultant Ann A. Hunter Design AAH Graphics, Inc. Published by: Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. 1250 Eye Street, N.W., #1200 Washington, D.C. 20005-3924 FAX (202) 371-8470 For information about orders, call (202) 371-8407 For information about content, call (202) 3 71-8563 Copyright © 2000 by Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. Library of Congress Catalog No. 46-25007 Intern ational Standard Seri al No. 0898-4425 2 .,._,... ~· ' .. - . ' . \'T'~vr.':l\1 . \ ~\tK~JD:'~~LEDEwJEPFfS ·.:~ ·. · · · · LM•~:ru~f<~ :.a. ·~.;'f.:•. Air Transport Association of America Council of Economic Advisers Export-Import Bank of the United States Exxon International Company General Aviation Manufacturers Association Helicopter Association International International Civil Aviation Organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation Office of Management and Budget U.S. Department of Commerce (Bureau of Economic Analysis; Bureau of the Census; International Trade Administration) U.S. Department of Defense (Air Force; Army; Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; Comptroller; Directorate for Information, Operatiqps, and Reports; Navy) U.S. Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics) U.S. Department of Transportation (Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Airline Statistics) 3 4 CDNTf~TS ' Foreword. 6 Aerospace Summary ... ....... ........ .. 8 Aircraft Production . 26 Missile Programs . ..... ... .. .. 48 Space Programs ..... .. .... ...... .... ... 58 Air Transportation. .. .. .... .. .. .... .. 72 Research and Development . 98 Foreign Trade .. ... ... .. ..... ... .... 112 Employment . ...... ................. 134 Finance . .. .. ... .. ..... .... .... 148 Glossary . .. .. ........ ...... ... ... ... 157 Index ... ... ....... ... .. ..... .. 164 5 ROM TWO BICYCLE BUILDERS WORKING OUT OF THEIR garage in Ohio to a multinational team building a structure 225 ~ miles above the Earth's surface, the launch and subsequent mat ing of the first components of the International Space Station (cover) symbolizes the progress mankind has made during the 1900s. Over the span of less than a general aviation aircraft billings century, the aerospace industry has marked the seventh straight re brought amazing progress. Air cord year; exports, imports, and transportation was born, grew into the resulting trade surplus all a dominant form of long-distance reached new highs; industry sales travel, and now represents an intri peaked at $151 billion; and prof cate web of passenger & its soared to a record $10 billion freight-carrying flying machines. in 1999. Warfare has been permanently al However, 1999 was not free of tered; its use and duration, and the blemishes. Commercial satellites misery caused by it, have been sig were added to the State Depart nificantly reduced. Rocketry, itself ment's Munitions List thereby a product of warfare, begat space transferring responsibility for issu flight and space exploration, which ing of export licenses away from a has brought satellite communica legal system designed for export tions, remote sensing, and the of commercial products to one Global Positioning System to the developed for weapons systems. masses. Clearly, the crowning As a consequence, commercial achievement during the 1900s was satellite and parts exports de stepping onto the Moon andre clined by more than 35% and our turning safely home-a feat made market share fell from two-thirds possible by the work and ingenuity to one-half. Federal investment in of the U.S. aerospace industry. aerospace R&D in 1998 (latest Nineteen-ninety-nine may very data available) is 60% less than a well be the statistical capstone of decade earlier. In the last two the 1900s for the U.S. aerospace years alone, aerospace employ industry. A record number of com ment of R&D-performing scien mercial airliners were built; com tists and engineers (R&D-S&Es) mercial airline traffic (both freight has fallen 30 percent. As a per and passenger) reached new highs; centag. of national employment 6 of R&D-S&Es, it is at the lowest ploration to Mars and beyond in level on record. Further, the aero the next century. space industry is failing to attract No one knows the advances in young college graduates into its medicine that will spawn from the workforce. The share of aerospace experiments aboard the Interna workers in the age bracket 25-34 tional Space Station. Nor can we has fallen ten percentage points measure the benefits to space (2 7% to 17%) from 1992 to 1999. travel from our efforts to reduce As we stand at the cusp of a the transit time to Mars. There is new century, we recognize these much to be learned! What strides challenges, but we rightfully take we make in the coming century pride in our accomplishments and depend largely upon what we can't help but gaze into the un strive to undertake. The good imaginable future. Confident in our news is America possesses ample technical competence, the aero imagination and determination to space industry will assist in build improve and that the U.S. aero ing and servicing of the space industry will find the way! International Space Station, colo nize the Moon, and lead man's ex- John W. Douglass President and Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association 7 .S. AEROSPACE INDUSTRY SALES INCREASED 2.1% IN 1999, following 1998's gain of 12.5% . DoD led with a 5% increase, ~ while NASA and other federal agencies' combined sales fell slightly. Sales to customers other than the U .S. government rose slightly to record levels. Here are the highlights of the in- of U.S. manufacturing sales, down dustry's 1999 performance: from 1.7% and 3.7% in 1998. Sales Earnings Overall industry sales totaled Net income after taxes was a $151 billion, compared with $148 record $10.2 billion, up from $7.7 billion in 1998. U.S. government billion in the previous year. As a sales reached $58 billion, up $2.1 percentage of sales, the industry's billion from the previous year. The profit amounted to 6.5 %, up from "other customers" category rose the 1998 aerospace profit-to-sales $464 million to a record $67.5 bil- ratio of 5.0%. By comparison, the lion. average for all U.S. manufacturing As usual, aircraft sector sales led industries was 6.2%. As a per all other product groups. Civil and centage of assets, aerospace earn military sales combined totaled ings amounted to 6.2%; as a $87 billion, compared with $84 percentage of equity, 21 .8%. billion in 1998. Total aircraft sales The consolidated aerospace break down into $51 billion for balance sheet showed net work civil and $35 billion for military, ing capital of $11.7 billion, up with civil aircraft sales dominating from $11.5 billion in 1998. Stock military sales for the third time holders' equity grew from $43 bil since 1993. lion in 1998 to $50 billion in There was also a gain in sales of 1999 and total assets climbed " related products and services," substantially from $160 billion to which surpassed $25 billion, up $170 billion. $517 million from the previous Orders and Backlog year. Likewise, missile sector sales Net new orders for aerospace grew to $8.9 billion, up from $7.7 products and services rose $4.3 billion. Unfortunately, space sector billion, or 3.9%, to $114 billion, sa les declined to $30 billion, down upfron . $110billion in 1998, re from $32 billion in 1998. versing the last two years' down For 1999, aerospace industry ward trend. The increase reflects a output amounted to 1.6% of the rise in military orders from $3,9 Gross Domestic Product and 3.5% 8 billion in 1998 to $51 billion in 1999. Orders in the civil sector fell from $71 billion in 1998 to $64 billion in 1999. The industry's backlog at year-end 1999 was $190 billion d?wn from $200 billion in the p're vious year. Of that, 63%, or $120 The industry produced 333 mil billion, are orders for non-military itary aircraft: 107 were delivered products. The backlog for military to U.S. military agencies and 226 systems held steady at $70 billion. ~ere exported either through For Civil Aircraft Production eign Mi Iitary Sales arrangements o~ through direct company-to-for U .S. manufacturers shipped eign-customer sales. The compa 3,477 civil aircraft in 1999 worth a rable figures for 1998 were 418 tot_al $45 billion. That represents a total, 149 for the U.S. military ser gam of 342 units and $3.7 billion vices, and 269 exports. in sales over 1998 levels. For Fiscal Year (FY) 2000, the Civil transport production-620 major aircraft types procured aircraft valued at a record $38 bil were: the Air Force C-1 7 lion-accounted for 84% of the to Globemaster Ill transport, the value. These figures compare ta~ Navy F/A-18EIF fighter, the Air :-vith 559 aircraft worth $36 billion Force F-22 Raptor fighter, the In 1998. Navy/Marine Corps V-22 Osprey of civil helicopters Pr~duction tiltrotor aircraft, the Army AH-64 remained almost even with 1998 Apache helicopter, the Air at 361 units (down 2) valued at Force/Navy C-130J Hercules $187 million (down $65 million). transport, the Navy E-2C General aviation aircraft sales Hawkeye early warning and con increased to 2,496 uni (up 283) trol aircraft, the Air Force E-8C and in dollar value to $6.9 billion JSTARS surveillance aircraft, the (up $1.2 billion). This sales level Navy CH-60S helicopter, and the marked the seventh straight record Navy T-45 Goshawk trainer. year for general aviation. Foreign Trade Military Aircraft Production Aerospace exports remained The Census Bureau reported strong at $62 billion, but declined 1999 sales of military aircraft and 2.5% from 1998's all-time high of parts, including engines, to be $64 billion.