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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 3812 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems and Instruments

Industry Description

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems and instruments. Important products of this industry are radar systems and equipment; sonar systems and equipment; navigation systems and equipment; countermeasures equipment; aircraft and missile control systems and equipment; flight and navigation sensors, transmitters, and displays; gyroscopes; airframe equipment instruments; and speed, pitch, and roll navigational instruments and systems. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing aircraft engine instruments or meteorological systems and equipment, including weather tracking equipment, are classified in Industry 3829.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 3812 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems and Instruments are:

  • Acceleration indicators and systems components, aerospace types
  • Air traffic control radar systems and equipment
  • Airborne integrated data systems/flight recorders
  • Aircraft flight instruments
  • Airframe equipment instruments
  • Airspeed instrumentation (aeronautical instruments)
  • Altimeters, aeronautical
  • Angle-of-attack instrumentation
  • Angle-of-yaw instrumentation
  • Artificial horizon instrumentation
  • Automatic pilots
  • Bank and turn indicators and, components (aeronautical instruments)
  • Cabin environment indicators, transmitters, and sensors
  • Compasses, gyroscopic and magnetic except portable
  • Distance measuring equipment (DME), aeronautical
  • Driftmeters, aeronautical
  • Fathometers
  • Glide slope instrumentation
  • Gyrocompasses
  • Gyrogimbals
  • Gyropilots
  • Gyroscopes
  • Heads-up display (HUD) systems, aeronautical
  • Horizon situation instrumentation
  • Hydrophones
  • Inertial navigation systems, aeronautical
  • Infrared homing systems, aeronautical
  • Instrument landing system instrumentation, airborne or airport
  • Light reconnaissance and surveillance systems and equipment
  • Machmeters
  • Missile guidance systems and equipment
  • Nautical instruments
  • Navigational instruments
  • Omnibearing instrumentation
  • Pictorial situation instrumentation
  • Position indicators, airframe equipment: e.g., for landing gear,
  • Radar systems and equipment
  • Radio magnetic instrumentation (RMI)
  • Rate-of-climb instrumentation
  • Sextants, except surveying
  • Sonabuoys
  • Sonar fish finders
  • Sonar systems and equipment
  • Space vehicle guidance systems and equipment
  • Taffrail logs
  • Warfare countermeasures equipment
  • Wheel position indicators and transmitters, aircraft

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Navigational Instrument Manufacturing in the US (33451a)

Revenue 2025

$135.4bn

Growth 2025

1.28%

Key Trends

  • To remain competitive, domestic manufacturers have invested in research and development

  • A rebound in commercial air travel in 2022 is expected to fuel a resurgence in demand from this industry

  • Increased R&D spending will likely stimulate demand from downstream consumers

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 3812 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems and Instruments

US-SIC Code 3812 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems and Instruments sits in the 2-digit Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems and Instruments sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.

Division: D

Division Title: Manufacturing

2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits

Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 3812 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems and Instruments

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 3812 - Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical Systems and Instruments. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 381201 Aerospace industries
  • 381202 Missile & rocket components-mfrs
  • 381203 Airport equipment & supplies (mfrs)
  • 381204 Marine instruments-manufacturers
  • 381205 Radar-manufacturers & service
  • 381206 Gyroscopes (manufacturers)
  • 381207 Aircraft radio equipment (manufacturers)
  • 381208 Radio direction finders (manufacturers)
  • 381210 Missile/rocket instr/guidance eqpt (mfr)
  • 381211 Missile & rocket propulsion equip (mfrs)
  • 381212 Missile/rocket grnd support equip (mfrs)
  • 381213 Simulators & training devices-mfrs
  • 381214 G p s navigation systems & services
  • 381298 Search detection/nav systs/instr (mfrs)

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 38120000 Search and navigation equipment
  • 38120100 Aircraft/aerospace flight instruments and guidance systems
  • 38120101 Acceleration indicators and systems components, aerospace
  • 38120102 Aircraft flight instruments
  • 38120103 Airspeed instrumentation (aeronautical instruments)
  • 38120104 Altimeters, standard and sensitive
  • 38120105 Angle-of-attack instruments
  • 38120106 Angle-of-yaw instruments
  • 38120107 Artificial horizon instrumentation
  • 38120108 Bank and turn indicators and components
  • 38120109 Driftmeters, aeronautical
  • 38120110 Electronic detection systems (aeronautical)
  • 38120111 Flight recorders
  • 38120112 Glide slope indicators
  • 38120113 Gyro gimbals
  • 38120114 Gyrocompasses
  • 38120115 Gyropilots
  • 38120116 Gyroscopes
  • 38120117 Heads-up display systems (HUD), aeronautical
  • 38120118 Horizon flight indicators
  • 38120119 Inertial guidance systems
  • 38120120 Infrared object detection equipment
  • 38120121 Instrument landing systems (ILS), airborne or ground
  • 38120122 Machmeters
  • 38120123 Omnibearing indicators
  • 38120124 Position indicators for aircraft equipment
  • 38120125 Rate-of-climb instrumentation
  • 38120200 Aircraft control instruments
  • 38120201 Aircraft control systems, electronic
  • 38120202 Automatic pilots, aircraft
  • 38120300 Navigational systems and instruments
  • 38120301 Antennas, radar or communications
  • 38120302 Binnacles (compass housings)
  • 38120303 Compasses and accessories
  • 38120304 Control receivers
  • 38120305 Degaussing equipment
  • 38120306 Radar systems and equipment
  • 38120307 Sonar systems and equipment
  • 38120308 Space vehicle guidance systems and equipment
  • 38120400 Nautical instruments
  • 38120401 Fathometers
  • 38120402 Hydrophones
  • 38120403 Sextants
  • 38120404 Taffrail logs
  • 38120500 Defense systems and equipment
  • 38120501 Missile guidance systems and equipment
  • 38120502 Warfare counter-measure equipment
  • 38120600 Search and detection systems and instruments
  • 38120601 Air traffic control systems and equipment, electronic
  • 38120602 Detection apparatus: electronic/magnetic field, light/heat
  • 38120603 Electronic field detection apparatus (aeronautical)
  • 38120604 Magnetic field detection apparatus
  • 38129900 Search and navigation equipment, nec
  • 38129901 Cabin environment indicators
  • 38129902 Distance measuring equipment
  • 38129903 Light or heat emission operating apparatus
  • 38129904 Pictorial deviation indicators
  • 38129905 Radio magnetic instrumentation

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Division US-SIC Code Sector title
A 01-09 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
D 20-39 Manufacturing
E 40-49 Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
F 50-51 Wholesale Trade
G 52-59 Retail Trade
H 60-67 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
I 70-89 Services
J 90-99 Public Administration

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