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Aerospace Facts and Figures AEROSPACE FACTS AND FIGURES uJ7f\Jl, COl:.AC9 l tD0:>2B 044[ C4( L2042B Ull2Co: ~ uG82B Cltt(A l tt3 0o2u 034Cu6, )2122 8 0003CLh 1971/72 TL 501 oA818 I 1971"'" 72 OSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. -=--___) COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Vice President for Public Affairs • Carlyle H. Jones Editor • Gerald J. McAllister Statistician • Sally H. Bath Consultant • Rudolf Modley Art Director • James J. Fisner PUBLISHED BY Aviation Week & Space Technology A MCGRAW·Hill JI'UBLICATION 330 West 42nd Street New York, N. Y. 10036 Library of Congress Card 46-25007 ~·~· Aerospace Industries Association, Inc., 1971 $3.95 Per Copy FOREWORD Major areas of activities in the aerospace industry continued their predicted decline during 1970. However, sales volume in 1970 was the fourth largest in the indus­ try's history and there are firm indications that the downward curve will be reversed. Basic economic measurements of the industry in 1970 include: • Sales in 1970 dropped to $24.8 billion compared with $26.1 bil­ lion in 1969 with most of the decline in sales of military aircraft and space vehicles. • Average employment fell from 1,354,000 persons in 1969 to 1,159,000 in 1970, and the decline has continued into 1971. Nevertheless, the aerospace industry remained the nation's largest manufacturing em- ployer. • Erosion continued in aerospace profits (as a percentage of sales after taxes) with 2.0 percent reported in 1970 compared with 3.1 percent in 1969. The 1970 aerospace profit ratio compares with 4.0 percent for all manufacturing industries. • Backlog of the industry dropped approximately $3.5 billion in 1970 from $28.3 billion reported at the end of 1969. • Aerospace exports were a major factor in maintaining the nation's precarious balance of trade dur~n.g 1970. For the seventh consecutive year, aerospace exports increased, nsmg from $3.1 billion in 1969 to a new record of $3.4 billion. The past year also marked the fourteenth consecu­ tive year that aerospace exports have exceeded $1 billion. The firm indications of an upturn in aerospace activities include: 2 • Space sales for 1970, which dropped from $4.3 billion in 1969 to $3 .6 billion in 1970, were largely due to the virtual completion of the hardware phase of the Apollo program. However, the space shuttle pro­ gram, a major step forward in economic space exploration, and the E arth resources program for unmanned satellites, are moving ahead. • Nonaerospace sales, which remained virtually the same over the 1969-70 period, <:fre expected to increase as the advanced technology gen­ erated by the aerospace industry enters an application phase to domestic and social problems. The industry is already heavily involved in transpor­ tation hardware work for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. The broadening development of a marketplace fo r aerospace technology in socio-economic fi elds appears promising. • Obligational authority for aerospace products fro m two major cus­ tomers-DoD and NASA-are estim ated to increase $ 1 billion in Fiscal Year 1972 (compared with FY 1971) to a total of approximately $18 billion. This 1971 / 72 edition of Aerospace Facts and Figures represents an effort by the Aerospace Industries Association to furnish an insight into the basic economics of the industry. The industry's record in such fields as research, development, test and evaluation and production of its diverse products is reported. This nineteenth edition is aimed at serving as a standard reference work for administrators and managers in Government and industry, writers and editors, legislators and analysts and students. K ARL G. HARR, JR. President Aerospace Industries Association 3 CONTENTS PACE 5 AEROSPACE SUMMARY 23 AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION 43 MISSILE PROGRAMS 51 SPACE PROGRAMS 64 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 70 FOREIGN TRADE 85 MANPOWER 96 FINANCE 105 AIR TRANSPORTATION 124 GLOSSARY 127 INDEX 4 Aerospace Summary 0 Sales of the aerospace industry continued the predicted decline in 1970, dropping to approximately $24.8 billion compared with $26.1 bil­ lion in 1969. A sales peak of $29 billion was achieved in 1968. Bulk of the sales decline was in aircraft and space vehicle sales. Mis­ sile sales in 1970 registered an increase of about $300 million over 1969. Sales to the Department of Defense declined more than $1 billion while sales to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration dropped $350 million. Non-government sales gained approximately $235 million over 1969 and non-aerospace remained at the same level. Backlog of the industry dropped to $24.8 billion in 1970 from $28.3 billion in 1969. This is a decline of approximately $6 billion from the peak backlog of nearly $31 billion. ,The backlog reported for 1970 breaks 5 AEROSPACE FACTS AND FIGURES, 1971 / 72 down to $13.1 billion in U.S. Government orders and $ 11.7 billion in other orders, principally civil aircraft. Aerospace expenditures by the D epartment of D efense are estimated at $13.9 billion for Fiscal Year 1972 which compares with approximately $14 billion in FY 1971. Obligational authority for aerospace products and services for both DoD and NASA for FY 1972 are estimated at nearly $18 billion, an in­ crease of $1 billion over the FY 1971 estimate. Average employment for the aerospace industry during 1970 was down to 1,159,000 workers compared with 1,354,000 in the previous year. Average employment in all manufacturing industries for 1970 was 19,- 393,000 compared with 20,169,000 in 1969. Exports continued to be a bright spot in the aerospace business pic­ ture. A new high of $3.4 billion in exports was reached during 1970. This compares with $3.1 billion in 1969 and marks the fourteenth year that exports have exceeded $1 billion. AEROSPACE SALES (IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS) 15.0 ~------~~---------L--------~~~------~~------~ 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 SOURCE: AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 6 AEROSPACE SUMMARY AEROSPACE SALES AND THE NATIONAL EcoNOMY Calendar Years 1960 to Date (Dollar Figures in Billions) I I AEROSPACE SALES AS SALES OF PERCENT OF Year Total Ending Gross Manu- Decem- National Manufac- Durable Aero- factur- Dur- ber 31 Product turing Goods space GNP ing In- able Industries Industry Industry dustries Goods 1960 $503.7 $368.7 $189.5 $17.3 3.4 4.7 9.1 1961 520.1 370.7 186.5 18.0 3.5 4.9 9.7 1962 560.3 397.4 205.2 19.2 3.4 4.8 9.4 1963 590.5 420.4 219.0 20.1 3.4 4.8 9.2 1964 632.4 448.0 235.6 20.6 3.3 4.6 8.7 1965 684.9 492.0 266.6 20.7 3.0 4.2 7.8 1966 747.6 538.5 295.6 24.6 3.3 4.6 8.3 1967 793.5 548.5 299.7 27.3 3.4 5.0 9.1 1968 865.0' 603.7 331.0 29.0' 3.4 4.8 8.8 1969 931.4' 655.6 363.7 26.1' 2.8 4.0 7.2 1970 976.5 665.7 361.7 24.8 2.5 3.7 "6.9 • I I r Revised NOTE: The AlA estimate of Aerospace Industry sales is arrived at by adding 1. DoD expenditures for "procurement" of aircraft and missiles, 2. DoD ex_penditures for research, development, test and evalua­ tion for aircraft, missiles, and astronautics, 3. NASA expenditures for research and development, 4. AEC expenditures for sj)ace propulsion systems and space electric power development, 5. Net sales to customers other than U.S. Government by approximately 55 aerospace companies (adjusted to eliminate duplica­ tion by subcontracting) and 6. Non-aerospace sales reported by the approximately 55 aerospace com­ panies reporting to the Bureau of the Census. Source: Manufacturing and Durable Goods Industries; Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders, Series M-3" (Monthly). Gross National Product; Department of Commerce, "Survey of Current Businl!!'s," (Monthly). Aerospace: Aerospace Industries Association estimates, based on latest available information. During 1969, the International Air Transport Association reported that there were 3,999 aircraft in operation on "World civil airlines, and 75 percent of them were manufactured in the U.S. The profits of the aerospace industry (as a percentage of sales after taxes) continued to decline. In 1970, the percentage was 2.0 compared with 3.1 in 1969. The profit percentage for all manufacturing corporations, measured by the same formula, was 4.0 percent in 1970. 7 AEROSPACE FACTS AND FIGURES, 1971/72 EsTIMATim SALES OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, BY CusTOl\11-:R (Millions of Dollars) Calendar Years 1948 to Date I I I Aerospace Products and Services Non- Year aerospace Ending TOTAL Government Products December SALES I Non- and 31 govern- Services Department NASA ment of Defense and Other - I 1948 $ 1,493 $ 1,182 - s 177 $ 134 1949 2,232 1,802 - 230 200 1950 3,116 2,598 - 238 280 1951 6,264 5,353 - 347 564 1952 10,130 8,568 - 650 912 1953 12,459 10,604 i - 734 1,121 1954 12,807 10,832 - 822 1,153 1955 12,411 10,508 - 786 1,117 1956 13,946 11,525 - 1,166 1,255 1957 15,858 12,833 - 1,598 1,427 1958 16,065 13,246 $ 1 1,372 1,446 1959 16,640 13,171 130 1,841 1,498 1960 17,326 13,196 I 363 2,208 1,559 1961 17,997 13,871 630 1,876 1,620 1962 19,162 14,331 1,334 1,772 1,725 1963 20,134 14,191 2,628 1,485 1,830 1964 I 20,594 13,218 3,635 2,020 1,721 1965 20,670 11,396 4,490 2,816 1,968 1966 24,610 13,284 5,026 3,663 2,637 1967 27,267 15,855 4,201 4,632 2,579 1968T 28,959 16,573 3,920 I 5,917 I 2,549 1969T 26,126 15,771 3,314 4,342 2,699 1970 24,848 I 14,642 2,952 4,578 2,676 I I I I r Revised.
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